The Russell Brand/Britney VMA Promos Are Seriously Creeping Everyone Out
Eeek, whose idea was this? The whole gimmick with Russell Brand is that he's this funny guy from England who is almost completely unknown even to people who saw him in Forgetting Sarah Marshall. So after they tapped him to host the VMAs, someone at MTV was like "Let's see if we can get Britney to do promos with him." Except they're really uncomfortable and Russell acts like not just a pervert molester, but a condescending pervert molester. It's really unfunny. In the latest ones, he tries to kiss Britney, burps, and fondles her leg:
(There's another equally gross one here.) This could be amusing if anyone in America knew who this dude was, but this is no way to introduce him. NOT LIKEABLE.
Posted by Lindsay at 10:45 AM in Awards, Backlashes
Tags: Britney Spears | Russell Brand | VMAs
It is a shame that Russell Brand is about to blow up because I really like him. Damn overexposure.
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He does a variation on that "Bang! Pregnant" bit in his stand-up, so Brand may be the one who doesn't know how to introduce himself.
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This makes me sad because I really love Russell Brand and these promos do make him look really creepy. I'm kind of afraid of him getting really big over here, but I suppose it's not the end of the world and I should just stop being an obnoxious hipster and get over it.
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I don't think he's likable even once you get to know him (And he was a right douche when I met him out clubbing in person- Condescending Pervert molester is about right, and I hadn't even heard of him til then!)
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