Russell Brand Is In Serious Trouble For Prank Calling An Old Man
I watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall again last night (best) and I'm still on the fence about Russell Brand. On the one hand, the VMAs happened. On the other, the guy does clearly have comedic talent, as evidenced by his performance as Aldous Snow in FSM. On the third hand, HE PRANK CALLED AN OLD MAN IN ENGLAND AND SAID HE SCREWED THE OLD MAN'S GRANDDAUGHTER:
There's a long-ass article about it in the Daily Mail, but basically here's what happened: Russell Brand and his radio co-host Jonathan Ross called former Fawlty Towers actor Andrew Sachs, who is old, and left a series of obscene messages on his "answer-phone" about how Russell Brand slept with Sachs's 23-year-old granddaughter Georgina Baillie, and then they played them on the air, and now it's a HUGE thing in England with people calling for Ross, Brand, and others associated with the program to be fired, partly because in England, taxpayers pay their salary. Highlights from the article, which includes a transcript:
Before calling Mr Sachs on the show, 33-year-old Brand referred to 'the elephant in the room' - that the actor did not know the comedian had slept with his granddaughter.During the call, Ross shouted: 'He f***** your granddaughter' and later speculated that Brand had 'enjoyed' Georgina on a swing.
During another message Brand told Sachs: 'I used a condom.
And then here's the funniest part of the entire article:
Miss Baillie cut short a European tour with the burlesque dance group the Satanic Sluts in the wake of the broadcast.
So, like, wooo-wooo, Russell Brand is in trouuuuble. No word on whether his emotional assault on one of his country's most loved old actors will affect his takeover of American culture, which includes the upcoming Forgetting Sarah Marshall sequel/spinoff, Get Him To The Greek.
Posted by Lindsay at 11:15 AM in Backlashes, British Comedies, Feuds
Tags: Forgetting Sarah Marshall | Get Him To The Greek | Jonathan Ross | Russell Brand
Russell Brand is funny in Forgetting Sarah Marshall, but that movie hardly warrants a (best) parenthetical. I've taken the liberty of correcting that sentence for you:
I watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall again last night (decent) and I'm still on the fence about Russell Brand.
You're welcome.
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No. You are wrong. I've seen it twice now and it's a whole other movie upon second viewing. It might be the best breakup film of all time.
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Ummm...Annie Hall?
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I wish Brand would commit suicide - he is an evil parasite.
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Hoooold up a second here.... Manuel from Fawlty Towers isn't Spanish?
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The Daily Mail is hilarious. They had an article the other day about Joan Collins driving her Rolls Royce to go shopping at Target. SCANDALOUS!
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Seriously, when I saw this http://www.flickr.com/photos/lmg/2980215161/in/set-69593/ on the street, I was expecting a much better story. Benny Hill wasn't even involved!
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I actually listened to this radio show and it's a little bit different than the article makes it sound. It wasn't premeditated, and it wasn't Russell who blurted it out to Andrew Sachs, it was Jonathan Ross. On the other hand, it was a prerecorded show so they could have cut it out, instead of needlessly being awful.
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I heard the radio show- and it was all pretty funny and silly, not malicious or anything. They were calling for an interview- not just to tell the guy that Russell did his granddaughter. Jonathan Ross just blurted it out- and it only came up cos of something david baddiel said a week ago. But its really sad that poor old andrew sachs is upset about it. but then- his grandaughter is a satanic slut- what does he expect? Plus- It was actually mostly Jonathan Ross saying the nasty and obscene things- Russell Brand doesnt really deserve the blame.
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"I just can't believe she slept with that brigand. One day your little princess is in the burlesque group the Satanic Sluts, and the next she's sleeping around."
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i'm going to preface this by saying that i think Russel Brand is pretty funny....
but i want to punch him in his uterus.
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maybe it's just me but I used to remember when you had to listen to what your reporting about before reporting it. (the radio show is east enough to download on itunes)
/your a terrible blogger
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Oops, wrong site. We don't "report" anything here.
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I love Russell. He can do no wrong. I heard the message and thought that it was hilarious!.
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