Disgraced comedian Russell Brand faces sentencing Monday after his conviction for rape and sexual assault, with broadcaster Vanessa Feltz now speaking out about a chilling 2006 TV interview where Brand asked to “have it off” with her and he.
Following a four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court in London, Brand, 51, was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault on Thursday (5 November), with his sentencing scheduled to take place on Monday (9 November).
In light of his conviction, during an episode of This Morning, which aired on Friday (6 November), Feltz spoke about an “unbelievably dispassionate” interaction she’d had with Brand in the past. Viewers have since found the moment in question, which occurred during a televised interview in 2006 between himself and Feltz on his former E4 show 1 Leicester Square.
Brand’s 2006 Remark on TV Show
In the resurfaced clip, the comedian asks Feltz, whose youngest daughter, Saskia, was only 15 at the time, “Can I have it off with either you or your daughters?” Feltz appears to grimace at the idea. “No, you may not,” she says. “I’ve got two daughters and the answer’s no.” Brand then goes on to joke: “None of them?
Hold on, let’s go through them. You’ve got two whole daughters and I can’t even have one.” “No you can’t,” says Feltz, to which he responds that she is being “selfish”. When Feltz says, “When you have your own daughters, you’ll know why I said that,” Brand cracks a joke about incest. “Yuck, yuck!” she replied.
Feltz Describes the Encounter as ‘Chilling’
During her This Morning appearance, Feltz, 64, recalled the details of her time on the show, saying that his comment was a “pretty revolting thing to say to anyone, especially a mum”. “He said in an unbelievably dispassionate way as if it would have no effect on me at all or maybe he didn’t care – that he’d like to have sex with me and both my daughters,” Feltz said.
“The youngest was 15 at the time.” She continued, “I couldn’t pretend I thought that was funny. I don’t think it was funny. Plus you could tell it wasn’t really a joke. It didn’t seem to be a joke – and I realised then that there was something extremely chilling about him, really. Something very ruthless and sort of a bit scary and intimidating.”
Brand Faces Prison After Sexual Assault Convictions
Brand spent the weekend in a cell after he was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of raping a woman in 2009, as well as sexually assaulting female TV and radio workers between 2004 and 2009. He faces a “significant” prison term.
His victims told the court he had forced them into sexual activity, sometimes within seconds of their first meeting, using his immense fame to pursue a goal of sex with 5,000 women. In the wake of his convictions, the Metropolitan Police revealed that more allegations against the former TV and radio host are being investigated – including the alleged rape of a 16-year-old schoolgirl. The Independent
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