Rosie O’Donnell rips Megyn Kelly over reaction to Russell Brand’s 10-year prison sentence

Rosie O’Donnell criticised Megyn Kelly after Kelly called Russell Brand’s prison sentence an outrage and argued it was disproportionate. The exchange renewed a public feud between the two commentators and drew attention to their sharply different views of the convictions and sentence.

Brand was sentenced in London after a month-long trial for one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault, for offences committed between 1999 and 2009. Kelly questioned the sentence, referring to it as ten and a half years, and compared it with her claims about UK policies on other sexual offenders. Brand, 51, is being held at HMP Wandsworth, where a 2024 monitoring report cited overcrowding, shortages of clothing, vermin and high temperatures.