Russell Edward Brand (born June 4, 1975) is a British comedian, actor, radio host, writer and activist.
After starting his career as a stand-up comedian and later MTV presenter, Brand was first known in 2004 as the host of Big Brother's Big Mouth, spin Big Brother-dead. In 2007, he had the lead role of his first film at St. Trinian's, and the following year he got a lead role in the romantic comedy drama Forgetting Sarah Marshall; the film made him starred in the spin off, rock comedy Get Him to Greece , with Jonah Hill in 2010. He also worked as a voice actor in the animated film Despicable Me in 2010, Hop in 2011, and Despicable Me 2 in 2013, and plays the title character of the 2011 remake of the romantic comedy Arthur Messiah Complex .
Since guests edited the British political weekly edition of New Statesman by 2013, Brand has been known as a public activist and campaigner, and has spoken on various political and cultural issues, including wealth inequality, addiction, corporate capitalism, climate, and media bias. In 2014, Brand launched his political comedy series The Trews, released a book called Revolution, and began working on a documentary about financial inequality with Michael Winterbottom.
During his career, Brand has been the subject of frequent media coverage and controversy for issues such as promiscuity and drug use, outrageous behavior at award ceremonies, his dismissal from MTV and the resignation of the BBC, and his two-year marriage with singer Katy Perry. He has incorporated much of his controversial public antics into his comedic material. In 2015, a biographical documentary entitled Brand: A Second Coming was released.
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Russell Edward Brand was born in Orsett Hospital in Grays, Essex, England. She is the only child of Barbara Elizabeth (niols) and photographer Ronald Henry Brand. Brand's parents split up when she was six months old, and she was raised by her mother. He had a difficult childhood. When he was 7 years old, a tutor tortured him sexually.
When Brand was 8 years old, his mother developed cervical cancer and then breast cancer one year later. When he was undergoing treatment, Brand lived with his relatives. When he was 14 years old, he suffered from bulimia nervosa. When he was 16 years old, he left home because of a dispute with his mother's spouse. Brands then start using illicit drugs such as marijuana, amphetamines, LSD, and ecstasy.
Brand said he had a "strange relationship" with his father, whom he saw sporadically and who took him to visit prostitutes during his trip to Thailand when Brand was a teenager. He made his theatrical debut at the age of 15 in the production of Bugsy Malone school, and then began working as an additional film. The brand went to Greays School Media Arts College and in 1991 he was accepted at the Italian Academy of Conti and had his first year of college financed by the Essex County Council. After his first year in Italy Conti Academy, Brand was expelled for illegal drug use and poor attendance.
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Careers
Stand-up
The brand appeared stand-up at the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year final in 2000. Although he finished fourth, his performance attracted the attention of Niger Klarfeld's Bound and Gagged Comedy Ltd. That year, he also made his debut in Edinburgh as a third of Pablo Diablo's Cryptic Triptych stand-up event, along with ventriloquist Mark Felgate and the Anglo-Iranian comic Shappi Khorsandi. In 2004, he took his first one-man show, Confessional Better Now, to the Edinburgh Festival, giving what he claimed to be an honest account of his heroin addiction. She returned the following year with Eroticized Humor. He launched his first national tour, Shame , in 2006. Brand was attracted to the embarrassing incident in his own life and coverage of him in the press tabloid. The show was released on DVD as Russell Brand: Live . Brand appeared in a sketch and performed stand-up at Amnesty International's 'Secret Policeman's Ball' in 2006 and again in the 2012 edition of Radio City Music Hall.
In March 2007, he hosted a night of a Teenage Cancer Trust show with Noel Fielding. In December 2007, Brand performed for Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip as acting at the Royal Variety Performance 2007. Her second national tour, in 2007, was called Russell Brand: Only Joking and was released on DVD as < i> Russell Brand: Doin 'Life . The brand started performing in the US, and a special record for Comedy Central titled Russell Brand in New York , aired in March 2009. Brands began touring the UK, USA and Australia from January to April 2009 on a tour called Russell Brand: Scandalous . In October, the next four dates made in November were added to raise money for Focus 12, a drug charity whose brand is protective.
In 2013, Brand presented and toured his comedy show Messiah Complex , where he handled ads, drug addiction laws and depictions of his heroes, such as Gandhi, Guevara, Malcolm X and Jesus, and how he is, in a way that is made funny, similar to them.
In January 2017 Brand announced its new show Re: Birth which will debut in April 2017 and will run until November 2018.
Over the years, Brand has appointed Richard Pryor, Bill Hicks, Peter Cook, Lenny Bruce, Tony Hancock, Jack Kerouac, Stewart Lee, Tenacious D, Eddie Murphy, Monty Python as the influence of his comedy.
Presents
The role of the first presentation of the brand came in 2000 as a video journalist on MTV. She presents Dancefloor Chart, visits nightclubs in England and Ibiza, and organizes tea-request events when Select . The brand was fired several days after coming to work dressed like Osama bin Laden the day after the September 11, 2001 attacks and bringing his drug dealers to MTV studios. After leaving MTV, Brand starred in RE: Brand , a documentary and comedy television program that aims to see challenging sights on cultural taboos. It was understood, written, and organized by Brand, with the help of his comic partner on many projects, Matt Morgan. The series is shown on the British digital satellite channel that is now dead in 2002.
In 2004, he hosted Eforum Big Brother on E4, a sister of performances for Big Brother 5 . This event gives celebrity guests and the public a chance to say what's going on inside Big Brother's home. For Big Brother 6 , the event name changed to Big Brother's Big Mouth . Following Celebrity Big Brother 5, Brand says he will not be back to host Big Brother 8 series Big Brother's Big Mouth. In a statement, Brand thanked all producers for "taking the risk of hiring an ex-addict" ahead of the event. As he presents the show, he says, "The three years I spent on Big Brother's Big Mouth have been an unprecedented joy." Brand is hosting a special disposable called Big Brother According to Russell Brand, where Brand is looking surreal, sideways at Big Brother all the time. On January 8, 2008, Brand was the fifth celebrity to "hijack" Big Brother's home, at E4 Big Brother: Celebrity Hijack.
Brand went back to MTV in spring 2006 as a talk show presenter, 1 Leicester Square , whose broadcast time was revised to allow a more adult-oriented theme. Guests included Tom Cruise, Uma Thurman, The Mighty Boosh, and Boy George, and the second series began in September 2006 on MTV. After Big Brother 7 finished, Brand presented a debate event called Russell Got Brand Problems , on E4. The watch numbers for the first episode look disappointing, beaten by almost all of E4's multi-channel competitors, despite the huge publicity and promotional campaigns for the show. A bad rating prompted the network to repeat the show as The Russell Brand Show and moved it to Channel 4. The first episode was broadcast on November 24 on Channel 4, and it Ran for five weeks.
The brand presented the 2006 NME Award. At the Bob Geldof ceremony, which received the award from Brand, said on the podium, "Russell Brand - what is a cunt", which Brand replied, "Truly, it is not surprising that Geldof is like a hunger expert. after all, eating at 'I Do not Like Monday' for 30 years. "Brand hosted the 2007 BRIT Awards and presented Oasis with the" Outstanding Contribution to Music "award at the event. He also hosts an hour of Comic Relief. On July 7, 2007, he presented at the UK Live Live at Wembley Stadium, London.
On December 12, 2007, BBC Four aired Russell Brand On the Road, a documentary presented by Brand and Matt Morgan about writer Jack Kerouac and his novel On the Road . Brand goes back to Channel 4 to host Ponderland Russell Brand, where she discusses topics such as childhood and science through stand-up comedy. The first show aired on October 22, 2007 and continued for the next five nights. The second series begins on October 30, 2008. The show lasts for 12 episodes for two series. The brand was later announced as host of the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs), which drew skepticism from American media, as it is relatively unknown to the American public. Appearance of the brand caused controversy for various reasons. He said the night "marks the launch of Britney Spears's very new era", calling it the "resurrection [Spears]". He also said, "If there is a Christ woman, it is Britney". Brand begged the audience to choose Democratic presidential candidate, Barack Obama, and then called later-US. President George W. Bush is "backward cowboy comrade", who, in England, "will not be trusted with scissors". He also made several references to the purity ring worn by the Jonas Brothers, but apologized for his later comments on the show.
His comments at the MTV Video Music Awards 2008 caused Brand to receive death threats from some offensive viewers. The brand claims that MTV asked him to host the 2009 award after the ratings for the show 2008 were 20 percent higher than a year earlier. Also in 2008, Brand hosted a one-off comedy called Live Comedy Event: Russell Brand and Friends , which was featured on Channel 4 on January 25, 2008. The brand returned to host the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, on September 13, 2009, at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. The ratings for the 2009 event were the best since VMA 2004. On 12 February 2011, Brand guests hosted an episode of the hit sketch comedy of America Saturday Night Live. Brand also hosts the MTV Movie Awards 2012.
Acting
As a teenager, Brand appeared in the 1994 episode of The Bill and the adventure series of children Mud . In 2002, Brand appeared on the TV show Cruise of the Gods and White Teeth . In 2005, she played Tommy on BBC sitcom Blessed, written and directed by Young Ben's co-writer Ben Elton. Brand auditioned for part of Super Hans on the sitcom Channel 4 Peep Show ; the role eventually goes to Matt King. In 2007, Brand appeared on Cold Blood for ITV, playing an ex-con called Ally. Brand plays a recovered crack addict named Terry in a pilot for the ITV The Abbey comedy, written by Morwenna Banks. He voiced the Earth Guardian in Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind. . Brand appeared in a small role in the 2006 film Penelope ; although his first major film role was as Flash Harry in the 2007 film St Trinian.
The brand reached American fame when he starred in the 2008 film Forgetting Sarah Marshall, where he played rock star Aldous Snow, the girlfriend of the title character (played by Kristen Bell). Brand received a warm welcome for her performance as Snow, and she reveals that the character has changed from a writer to a rock star because of her audition. The brand starred alongside Adam Sandler in the Disney movie Bedtime Stories , released on December 25, 2008. He changed the role of Aldous Snow to a comedy friend titled Get Him to Greek , starring Jonah Hill. He reunited with Forgetting Sarah Marshall directed by Nicholas Stoller and producer Judd Apatow for the film.
The brand starred in the 2010 Julie Taymor version of William Shakespeare The Tempest , as Trinculo. In 2010, Brand voiced Dr. Nefario in the movie Despicable Me Universal, and took a role in the 2013 sequel. The brand also guested on Angry Dad's The Simpsons episode of The Movie as herself. Brand also starred in April 2011 live action movie/animated CGI Hop animation with James Marsden, voiced the protagonist of E.B. Hop opened at number one at the box office Friday in the US, generating $ 11.4 million. The same month, he plays the title character in the remake of Arthur, written by Peter Baynham, which is a box office disappointment. The brand starred as Lonny in the film adaptation of the 1980s rock musical Rock Of Ages, which was released in theaters in June 2012.
In 2016, Brand voiced Creek in the movie DreamWorks Troll . He also appeared in the comedy Army One with Nicolas Cage.
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In October 2008, Brand's own production company called Vanity Projects. The company's most recent production, Radio
The brand's radio career began in early 2002, when he hosted a Sunday afternoon show with Matt Morgan at the Indie Rock station in London, Xfm. The brand was fired from work after reading pornographic material directly in the air. The brand was then held with The Russell Brand Show beginning in April 2006 on BBC Radio 6 Music. In November 2006, the show was transferred to BBC Radio 2 and aired on Saturday from 9 to 11 pm. This event regularly attracts about 400,000 listeners. In an episode of the show aired on October 18, 2008, Brand and fellow Radio 2 DJ Jonathan Ross made a series of phone calls to actor Andrew Sachs in which Brand alleged in the air that he had sex with Sachs granddaughter. Sunday tabloids The Mail on Sunday broke the story and considered phone calls as indecent. The two presenters were later suspended by the BBC for the incident, and Brand withdrew from his show. The BBC was later fined Ã, Â £ 150,000 by the UK's Ofcom broadcast regulator to deliver the call.
The brand returned to the radio when he and Noel Gallagher held a one-off soccer talk show on April 19, 2009 for Talksport. Brand returned to Talksport on October 9, 2010, with a Saturday night performance lasting 20 weeks. This show features back-stage clips and recording of the Booky Wook 2 promotional tour . The brand joins a number of guests, including Noel Gallagher and Jonathan Ross.
Podcasts
The brand launches a two-weekly podcast called The Russell Brand Podcast on February 25, 2015, via audioBoom. The podcasts reunited with the radio featuring Matt Morgan's team and poet Mr. Gee. Podcasts end after 24 episodes. In 2017 Brand launches a new podcast called Under the Skin With Russell Brand that makes it interviews guests from the world of academics, popular culture and art.
Write
The first brand autobiography, My Booky Wook , was released on November 15, 2007 and received favorable reviews. Andrew Anthony from The Observer commented that "Russell Brand about drugs and debauchery at My Booky Wook put most memoirs of other celebrities to shame." The second book, Booky Wook 2: This Time It's Personal, was released on September 30, 2010. Brand signed a £ 1.2 million deal with HarperCollins in June 2008. The first book, Articles of Faith examines the Brand philosophy and consists of a collection of columns of The Guardian which first appeared there in 2007 and 2008. The book was published on October 16, 2008, and also includes Brand interviewing Noel Gallagher, James Corden, and David Baddiel about football.
From 2006 to 2009, Brand wrote a column for The Guardian that focused on West Ham United and the English national football team. Collections of columns from 2006 and 2007 were released in a book titled Irons in the Fire . Brand continues to write articles for The Guardian that offer her perspective on current events and pop culture, including the deaths of Amy Winehouse and Robin Williams. After the London riots of 2011, Brand wrote a column in which he criticized the government's response to the unrest in Summer 2011 as a failure to address the root cause.
Brand made his children's book debut in November 2014 with Talesster Tales Russell Brand: The Pied Piper of Hamelin. This is the first installment of the intended series, featuring illustrations by Chris Riddell. In The Guardian, Lucy Mangan's reviewer noted: "The brand should be on every page, the reluctance to get out of the storyline that keeps the reader up at every turn" and adds that Chris Riddell's illustration "gives the book a beauty that inappropriate and coherence not conveyed by the text ". Nicholas Tucker, in The Independent, was even less impressed, noting the words "tired of offending" the book, and wrote:
Were it not for the celebrity, this book in the manuscript would have been returned to the author by any publisher along with perhaps some good advice for finding anger management courses. But Brand took over The Pied Piper from Hamelin was the first of a series of riffs on traditional fairy tales and folklore. If everything is as bad as this one, British children's books will reach new lows.
His book Revolution , in which Brand developed his previous ideas, was published by Random House in October 2014 and received much publicity. Nick Cohen of The Observer called Brand "horrible: rambling, confused and satisfied, full of references to the books Brand has half the reading and the thinker he half understands." On the other hand, Steve Richards in The Independent commented: "The brand writes and speaks with passion, words flow easily and music, in contrast to the benign prose of selected politicians marked."
In September 2017, Brand published Recovery: Freedom from Our Addiction .
Political activism
2009-2012: Early Intervention
In January 2009, Brand participated in a celebrity mail to the Independent as a supporter of the Hope Foundation to condemn the Israeli attack on Gaza, and "lose the lives of cruel and massive citizens." Gaza. "In February 2009, Brand and several other entertainers wrote to The Times to defend the leader of the BahÃÆ'¡'ÃÆ', who was tried in Iran at the time.In April 2009, he attended the G Summit protests -20 in 2009 and spoke to the press.
The brand was chosen by the Dalai Lama to host the 2012 teenage show of Buddhist leaders in Manchester. The Dalai Lama's representative explained that Brand was chosen because he had proved "the power of spirituality to bring about change in his own life", while Brand told the BBC after the event: "I say yes because he is the incarnate Buddha's life and I think, if you are around the Dalai Long time, it's just good for your spiritual quest through life, a great diplomat, an extraordinary activist, a great man and an inspiration to all of us. "
In April 2012, Brand testified before the parliamentary committee on drug addiction, shared his experiences and saw that drugs should be decided. He said, "I am not a lawyer, I say that, to a drug addict, the legal aspect is irrelevant.If you need to get drugs, you will.Criminal and legal status, I think, sending the wrong Message.Catch is not a lesson , it's just an administrative blip. "Part of this testimony is included in the BBC Three documentary, Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery, which airs in December 2012. Brand says he feels compelled to film after death 2011 from Amy Winehouse's close friend, and she uses the opportunity to also question how the British people "deal with addicts and addicts."
In June 2013, Brand appeared in a video to support Chelsea Manning.
2013-2014: New Statesman , Newsnight
Since 2013, Brand has more often emerged as a campaigner for serious problems than as an entertainer. On October 23, 2013, Brand was interviewed by Jeremy Paxman for BBC NewsNight and challenged about his call for "revolution" and whether a person who has never voted can edit a political magazine. In the case of the New Statesman, published on October 24, 2013, Brand essay explains his objections to the destruction of the earth through greed and exploitation, and calls for a change of consciousness to accompany political and economic steps to achieve a more sustainable future. Nick Cohen at The Guardian commented on Brand: "He writes as if he was prematurely and not teenagers: a child, born after the millennium, who can behave as if we never lived until 20th century. "
Jeremy Paxman interviewed Brand at Newsnight in 2013, where he underestimated the British political system as ineffective and encouraged British voters not to vote. When asked by Paxman what the revolution was like, Brand replied:
A socialal egalitarian system based on a massive redistribution of wealth, [with] heavy taxation of corporations... I think the concept of profit must be greatly reduced... I say profit is a dirty word, because wherever there is profit there is also a deficit.
British commentator Joan Smith dismissed Brand as a "self-publicist" who likes to "waffle about 'revolution'" as "a celebrity, I'm afraid, who's more idiot than savant." Former editor of Independent Simon Kelner strongly defends his appearance on NewsNight: "It sounds rather interesting, even if it does not really work, but Brand rhetoric is growing for lack of detail". A few months later, documentary filmmaker Adam Curtis, in an interview for New Humanist magazine, questioned Brand's advocacy not to vote in the election: "Who benefits from it? The unelected is strong, because you're the politician which is emotionally and psychologically debilitating.Only the power of politicians is the collective trust we have in them.The most radical thing is to recapture an idea that you can change the world. "
2014-present: The Trews , Revolution and political activism
In January 2014, Brand was invited by the Cambridge Union Society to participate in the interview, held in the Union debate room with Leo Kirby, Union Speaker of 2014. The interview lasted for over an hour and was published on the YouTube Union channel.
Brand launched his YouTube series The Trews: True News with Russell Brand on February 27, 2014, where he "analyzed the news, honestly, spontaneously and with great risks to his personal freedom." In addition to news analysis, he regularly has guests on the show, including economists, journalists, and activists. At the end of the year, more than 200 episodes have been released on the channel. the show was stopped for almost a year because he decided to leave from social media to focus on his personal and professional growth.
In June 2014, he participated in the People's Assembly Against austerity, which attracted some 50,000 people marching from the BBC office to Westminster. Brand speaks to the crowd, saying, "The people in this building [House of Commons] generally do not represent us, they represent their friends in big business. It's time for us to take back our strength. Power is not there, here, in us. The necessary revolution is not a revolution of radical ideas, but the implementation of ideas we already have. "
In September 2014, Brand lent his support to the Fire Department, gave a speech at the union union against cuts in London and asked the public to support firefighters.
In October 2014, at the time of the book Brand Revolution was published, John Lydon (also known as "Johnny Rotten" of the Sex Pistols), in an interview with Polly Toynbee of The Guardian i>, says that Brand's advocacy of non-voting is "the most stupid thing I've ever heard." In a November 2014 YouGov poll, involving a celebrity of choice, Brand was chosen as the person who had the most negative influence in the political debate (46%). The poll also found that 60% of the poll participants did not like it and 28% liked it.
Shortly after that, Brand appeared on Newsnight again, but was interviewed by Evan Davis on this occasion. Asked about the conspiracy theory of 9/11 and whether the attack was perpetuated by the American government, Brand commented: "[w] e must remain open-minded for possibilities," although this part of the interview ends with Brand insisting that he does not " about conspiracy theories are dumb. " Hadley Freeman in The Guardian mocked the opinion he expressed in an interview: "I am not entirely sure where he thinks he will go with the idea of ​​this revolution because the [SPOILER!] Revolution will not happen. "
BBC Three commissioned Brand to make a documentary film about the global "War on Drugs", aired on November 26, 2014. The film, titled Russell Brand: Ends the Drug War , shows him exploring the drug policy of the country others who seek a loving approach to people who use illegal drugs. The brand explains in the documentary, "People think mercy is 'wet liberalism'; no, it's pragmatic." Brand works with production company Matchlight Ltd, director Ross Wilson and executive producer Liz Hartford.
On December 2nd, 2014, Brand joined East London residents to protest an increase in rental rates in New Era housing. During the protests for New Era citizens, Paraic O'Brien's reporter Channel 4 News continues to encourage Brand to answer questions about the value of its own property, which is rented out. The queue questioned the annoyed Brand, who eventually called the reporter "discordant" - the short clip was circulating on YouTube.
Later that month, on December 11, Brand appeared on the BBC's Question Time program which included British Liberal Party leader Nigel Farage as one of the other panelists. The brand called Farage "Enoch Powell's" on-air pound shop, and the two continued to trade insults after the program ended. Behind the episode of the Time Question, a journalist concluded that neither Brand nor Farage had won, with the former defendant "preaching", while Brand's supporters wrote that the comedian was out of its element. : "I'm not saying he does not make an impact.I agree with most of what he says, and I'm glad he's at the Question Time - at the heart of his stance - saying that but in terms of performance or identity , he was seen stuck between two benches. "
In January 2015, during Channel 4's Big Fat Anniversary Quiz, Brand insulted politician Ed Balls, calling her "snideny-wristed-wristed aunt". Balls responded by calling Brand as "Ben Elton's pound shop."
In March 2015, Brand announced he would use the money from his Revolution to open a cafe, Trew Era Cafe in the New Era of London at Borough of Hackney, which would employ recovering drug addicts. CafÃÆ'Â © opened on 26 March.
In March 2015, readers of the Prospect magazine chose Brands as the fourth most influential thinker in the world, behind Thomas Piketty, Yanis Varoufakis, and Naomi Klein.
Brand and director Michael Winterbottom work together to produce the documentary, The Emperor's New Clothes , which has its international premiere on April 24, 2015 at the Tribeca Film Festival. The film features archival footage with appearances by Brand in London and New York City, examining the 2007-2008 financial crisis and global economic inequality. The documentary is produced by the Brand Revolution Film company and is distributed by StudioCanal UK.
On April 29, 2015, eight days before the 2015 British election, Brand published an interview with Labor leader Ed Miliband on The Trews episode as part of the series Trews Politics Week. Miliband claims that he took part in order to win the likes of Brand who did not vote, although his opponent David Cameron regarded the whole interview as "a joke". The next day Brand released an interview with Green Party leader Natalie Bennett and Green MP Caroline Lucas, lending her support to Lucas in Brighton who counseled the people there to vote for Green, adding that "In many cases it does not matter if you do not choose Green". He also criticized the election "set not to represent the wishes of people".
After this interview, three days before the election, Brand released the final episode of The Trews Politics Week titled "Emergency: VOTE To Start Revolution" which issued additional material from his discussion with Ed Miliband and stated "I do not think we have no choice but to take decisive action to end the danger of the Conservative party ". He dropped his anti-voting position and "declared the importance of choosing", supported the Labor Party and told his fans that "You must vote for the Labor Party," although he admits "that he can not be sure of the reality of what the Labor government will do. means ". He also stated that Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg was "a good man".
These turns sparked a reaction from his fans because he "decided to support the Labor Party at the eleventh hour - after registration closed." and many blame the lowly youths in elections in the Brand, claiming that it contributed to the Conservative victory. Brand unregistered to vote in 2015 election.
On August 20, 2015, Brand released the 366 episode of The Trews titled "The Final Episode Of The Trews - Goodbye, Good Luck", which he says will be the last episode of the series. The Trews returns on October 12, 2016.
In August 2015, Brand supported Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labor leadership election. He said: "Jeremy Corbyn will be a better new kind of Worker.His fear is, can party politics affect the will of the people?" In May 2017, the Brands supported Labor leader Jeremy Corbyn in the 2017 general election he wrote at The Huffington Post that Corbyn "has the qualities I want in a strong and stable leader". He writes: "Whether it's the Iraq War or the bad bait, Corbyn has allied with common sense and compassion in almost every Parliamentary argument." He praised Corbyn for his long notes to stick to his principles and to defend media treatment against him. Regarding the 2015 election he said: "You know I never really said 'do not vote? I say' It's no use choosing when the main political party is basically indistinguishable and the relationship between government, big business and media factions makes it impossible for the democratic will of the people to be realized, which is a more nuanced and clearly true point.However, that was then and this is now. "
Controversy
On September 16, 2010, Brand was arrested on suspicion of a suspected battery after he allegedly attacked a paparazzo that blocked and then-fiancà © à © e Katy Perry's way to catch a flight at Los Angeles International Airport. Paparazzo placed Brand under citizen detention until police arrived and he was released from detention the following day after posting a US $ 20,000 security deposit. On March 15, 2012, an arrest warrant was issued for the Brand in New Orleans, USA, due to allegations that he had thrown photographers' phones through windows. Paparazzo took a picture of Brand with the iPhone as Brand wrestled with the device from his hand and threw it into the windows of the law firm. The warrant mentions "simple criminal damage to property", a leading Brand, offering to pay for window replacements, to voluntarily appear in the police station. The brand was filming a movie in New Orleans at the time of the incident.
The brand was removed from the GQ Awards event on September 3, 2013 after receiving the "Oracle" award. In his acceptance speech, he mentioned the sponsorship of former business uniform Hugo Boss to the Nazi regime. Brand said, "They (the Nazis) do look fantastic, let's face it" before he stepped onto the stage by imitating a Nazi replica. The brand was eventually removed from the show after DDlan Jones's editor GQ confronted Brand with his view that the speech was "very offensive" - ​​Brand responded by saying that the Nazi treatment of Jews was "very offensive". Brand was then given the opportunity to reflect on the awards night on the Guardian website :
Now I realize that this appreciation speech [ GQ ] is really not a big deal... It's a silly joke by stupid comics on crazy shows. It makes me wonder how the relationship and power dynamics I witnessed in this relatively unimportant context are replicated on a more significant scale... We should be concerned that our rights to protest are continuously eroded on the grounds of improving our security. ?... When you take a breather and look away from the spectacle, it's amazing how absurd it is when you look back.
In June 2015, Daily Mail revealed that the Brand sells T-shirts declared in English, when in fact it was made in Bangladesh by workers who earn less than US $ 1 per hour. He says that he does not realize this, and has ended his relationship with the manufacturer as a result.
Personal life
Brands have been said to be dressed in "flamboyant bohemian mode" and have been diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity (ADHD) and bipolar disorder. He also suffered from bulimia, pornography addiction, and experienced a period of self-harm. The brand has described the concept of "fame" like "ashes" in its mouth.
The brand has shown interest in the Hare Krishna Movement and writes in the 2007 Guardian column: "I say Hare Krishna as often as I can, sometimes even when I'm not filmed". In addition, during an interview on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in October 2010, Brand talked about his love for Transcendental Meditation (TM). This love of TM is reaffirmed in the editorial of the 2013 New Statesman which he wrote: "Through Transcendental Meditation, twice a day I feel the happiness of God... I connect to the infinite consciousness that has no palpable relationship with the mind , my fears or desires. "He was also interested in Christian spirituality and practiced by reciting the Lord's Prayer every day and trying to have the consciousness of Christ.
In 2011, Brand served as the best man at the wedding of Noel Gallagher to Sara MacDonald.
Brand lives in Shoreditch, London after previously living in a $ 2.2 million house in Los Angeles.
Russell Brand is a vegetarian.
Relationship
Brand met singer Katy Perry in mid-2009 when she filmed a cameo for her movie Get Him to Greece, even though the cameo was cut off from the movie. They started dating after meeting again at the MTV Video Music Awards 2009 in September, when Perry threw a bottle of water in his head from across the room during practice. The two were engaged on New Year's Eve 2009 during a holiday in India, and married there on October 23, 2010 in a Hindu ceremony, near the Ranthambhore tiger shelter in Rajasthan.
On December 30, 2011, the Brands filed for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences, completed in July 2012. Perry's July 2012 autobiography, Katy Perry: Part of Me , reveals that a career schedule that contrary and Perry does not feel ready to have children towards the end of their marriage. In June, Perry told Vogue that Brand did not like the idea of ​​"being the boss," and the last time he heard from him was December 31, 2011, when he sent him an SMS message. told her that she divorced her.
A few days after the divorce was over, Brand told Howard Stern that he loved Perry very much, but after marrying he realized "this does not really work... I really, really love him, but it's hard to see each other... mostly unsuccessful for practical reasons. "While Stern presses for details, Brand refuses, saying," I do not want anyone to hurt him, he's younger than me, he's a young woman and he's pretty and he's sensitive and I care very much for him. " Brand, who married Perry without a prenuptial agreement, was eligible to claim half of the $ 44 million he earned during their marriage, but was rejected.
From 2013 to 2014 Brand is in a relationship with Jemima Khan, an editor of New Statesman , and a daughter of financial expert Sir James Goldsmith. In May 2014, Brand received defamation from The Sun after a story printed in November 2013 stating that he had cheated Khan. Brand says he will donate unspecified damage to the Hillsborough Justice Campaign. Brand and Khan ended their relationship in September 2014.
In the October 2014 edition of Vanity Fair, Brand said of the allegations of hatred against women made against him: "I have lived my life and have a cultural frame of reference that makes the accusation legitimate... But as a man who tries to live a decent spiritual life, hatred towards women is not part of my current behavior... On the one hand, redemption is a big part of my narration I speak of denying previous life, previous belief, previous behavior. "
Since 2015, Brand has been in a relationship with the Scottish lifestyle blogger, Laura Gallacher, who has been dating since 2007. Gallacher is the brother of television presenter Kirsty Gallacher. The brand suggested in Instagram posting in July 2016 that he and Gallacher were expecting a child. Their daughter Mabel was born in November 2016. Mark Gallacher married in Henley-on-Thames on August 26, 2017.
Use of substance
The media publishes articles about Brands during the period of drug use, usually in connection with the incident, and its public profile has been linked to this era. Drug-related issues led to Brand's arrest on 12 occasions. The brand was removed from Gilded Balloon in Edinburgh, Scotland and after the next show in town in 2004, the reviewer stated that "you would rather hug him than hit him", because he has embraced the recovery at this point. After the discontinuation of its use, Brand revealed through his stand-up show that he introduced his drug dealer to Kylie Minogue during his time on MTV and masturbated a stranger in a public toilet for a television program. In January 2014, Brand described her first experience with heroin as "happy".
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