The idea that Elon Musk and Andrew Tate think that publically backing him helps quash any suggestion of bad actions is laughable.
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No part of this is surprising except that it hasn't come to light a decade ago.
That's not surprising either. This stuff usually only ever comes to light, when the talent is no longer profitable.
Once upon a time I actually liked Russell Brand. Thought he was intelligent and quite in touch with the ways of the world despite his eccentric character. He truly lost the plot when covid came around, although it wasn't the first time he'd talked absolute shite.
In hindsight, it's not really a surprise that he'd be this kind of person.
Yeah, I know a lot of people thought he was a reasonably smart dude with some interesting insights. But when you think about it he’s always been very superficial. There’s not much depth to any of his takes. He’s just charismatic and speaks like he keeps a pocket thesaurus in his jacket.
He a junkie you would see rambling at a bus stop incoherently. The difference is an expanded vocabulary and a he's been on TV.
When I was poor and I complained about inequality they said I was bitter. Now I'm rich and I complain about inequality they say I'm a hypocrite. I'm starting to think they just don't want to talk about inequality. —Russell Brand
Still one of my favorite quotes, it’s unfortunate that I won’t really be able to use it any more.
Brand used to be a legit socialist back in the day. The longer he had money, the harder I think was for him to continue to understand the struggle of the common people. Either that or its audience capture like what happened to Dave Rueben.
The YouTube channel the Kavernacle has done some good coverage on his drift to the right.
So many people I used to watch on youtube lost their fucking minds in 2020.
I never liked him much, and that's not a "I knew he was out there raping", that I didn't know. But personality-wise he was basically an egocentric rockstar who thought he knew it all and everyone not agreeing with his views and sense of humour were just too stupid.
And turns out, he is behaving even more like a 80s rockstar than I thought.
He lost the plot well before Covid, it's just that it wasn't noticed outside the UK as it largely revolved around our election in 2015 when he was encouraging people not to vote, then when he realised at the last minute this would just lead to he Tories winning by default, backed labour at the eleventh hour, leaving a lot of his followers confused and aimless so the alt-right could swoop in and win them over.
She was 16, so yeah, he's right: he was banging a child.
Even if he isn't convicted of the others (one was treated at a clinic after the assault) dating a 16 year old when you're 30 is gonna get you some time.
Assuming this is all true (I do believe them, but it's up to judge/jury to decide) but he somehow manages to get out of this, his reputation is in the toilet
It's creepy and abusive as fuck so I don't say this out of any great desire to defend him, but that girl is of legal age in the UK, so by our standards he isn't a nonce, legally speaking.
16 is above the age of consent in the UK as far as I know, so the issue wouldn't be the dating of a sixteen year old, it'd be the apparent rampant rapes and assaults regardless of age.
Age of consent is 16 here in the UK bro
He's still a cunt
And in news that surprised absolutely no one...
I swear there's a dark triad for "free thinkers" like him.
He used to be good but like many they started doubling down on their beliefs during the pandemic and quite frankly they become mentally unwell.
It's always the ones you mostly suspect.
Kutcher and Kunis' phones ringing off the hook right now.
You know we have a real problem in our society when these women haven't been able to come forward with these allegations until the press have contacted them.
If they fear coming forward after being assaulted by someone who is hardly discreet about being a sexual predator, what must it be like for the victims of more outwardly respectable public figures?
Can we make a list of right wingers that aren't disgusting pieces of shit? Will be much quicker.
Funnily enough he used to be pretty left.
It's like this right wing conspiracy pipeline is a honeypot for pond scum that reveals who they really are.
Populist rhetoric works because it offers seemingly simple solutions to complex problems and excuses behavior that would otherwise be unacceptable.
Sometimes it's even a good excuse, others just an outlet for hate and stress.
Never did like that guy. He seemed like a creep from the start, and I didn't ever find him funny.
I've never met a person irl who didn't think this guy was unfunny and a super creep. I could never figure out why he was famous cause I've never met a person who was even kinda a fan of his
Completely and utterly damning. He's a rapist. I hope an investigation and conviction follows this reporting. Also maybe now's the time to codify that 16 year olds shouldn't be fair game for 30 year old men.
What an absolute asshole monster
That Times article should come with a trigger warning, it contains descriptions of the assaults.
He's a link that bypasses the paywall https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Farticle%2Frussell-brand-rape-sexual-assault-abuse-allegations-investigation-v5hxdlmb6
Not a single person with a brain is surpriced. The guy is a GLOWING red flag.
When he came out getting super loud and obnoxious on political takes I figured he was the type. No surprise at all...
Didn't he non-consensually post candid pics of Katy Perry without makeup? I thought he was an asshole ever since then. Not that she should've been ashamed, but it should've been her choice.
I don't know the non-consensual bit for sure, but that's how I recall it being presented at the time and why I've never liked him. I'd never heard of the fucker before that.
Another right wing repugnant ghoul. Shocking
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