# Lily Allen recalls feeling uncomfortable at Brand and Fielding’s rape jokes on TV

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/unsettling-moment-russell-brand-jokes-with-noel-fielding-about-being-rapists-in-front-of-lily-allen-in-tv-exchange-she-found-really-horrendous/
- Published: 2026-11-06T17:22:16+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-06T17:32:29+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16271733/Unsettling-Russell-Brand-Noel-Fielding-rapists-Lily-Allen.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Brand’s conviction has brought a 2007 TV clip back into focus.
- Allen later called the exchange “really horrendous”.
- She said the culture at the time shaped her reaction.

## Summary

Russell Brand has been convicted of one rape and three sexual assaults, bringing renewed attention to a 2007 television exchange in which he and Noel Fielding joked about rape in front of Lily Allen. Allen later described the moment as “really horrendous” and said it made her uncomfortable in retrospect.

The clip is from Channel 4’s *Big Fat Quiz of the Year*, where Jonathan Ross’s remarks prompted Fielding and Brand to make jokes about rapists, Jack the Ripper and a cape as the studio audience laughed. Allen said in 2023 that she laughed along at the time because of the culture then. The article says there is no suggestion Fielding has faced similar allegations.

## Coverage

- [Daily Mail: Lily Allen recalls feeling uncomfortable at Brand and Fielding’s rape jokes on TV](https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16271733/Unsettling-Russell-Brand-Noel-Fielding-rapists-Lily-Allen.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490)
- [France 24: British comedian Russell Brand found guilty of rape and three sexual assaults](https://www.france24.com/en/video/20261106-british-comedian-russell-brand-found-guilty-of-rape-and-three-sexual-assaults)

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