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Moment Russell Brand asks Vanessa Feltz if he can have sex with her 15-year-old daughter as she blasts ‘chilling’ rapist
A resurfaced clip shows Russell Brand repeatedly asking TV presenter Vanessa Feltz in 2006 whether he could have sex with her or her daughters, including her 15-year-old. Feltz initially responded with humour but became increasingly serious, later saying the exchange felt disturbing; the clip has circulated again following Brand’s conviction for rape and sexual assaults.
Feltz said she and Brand had initially got on well, and that she found his charisma entertaining, but described his comments as revolting and said she could not regard them as a joke. In the interview, Brand called his remarks about his own future daughters a joke and said he was only mucking about. The article gives no further details of the convictions or sentence.
In short
- A 2006 interview clip has resurfaced.
- Brand asked about Feltz’s daughters, one then aged 15.
- Feltz later described the exchange as chilling.
Explained simply
Russell Brand is a British comedian and broadcaster who became a prominent figure on television and radio. Vanessa Feltz is a television and radio presenter; she has spoken publicly about a 2006 exchange with Brand in which he asked about having sex with her and her daughters.
Feltz said she first found Brand’s manner entertaining but later regarded his comments as disturbing, rather than a joke. Brand described remarks about his own future daughters as joking and said he was mucking about.
The clip has drawn renewed attention since Brand’s conviction for rape and sexual assaults. The story concerns how the old exchange is now being viewed alongside those convictions.