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Lily Allen recalls feeling uncomfortable at Brand and Fielding’s rape jokes on TV
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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.
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In short
- 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.
How this story developed
- 10 minutes ago The resurfaced clip shows Jonathan Ross calling Brand and Fielding “c***smen”, after which they joked about rapists, Jack the Ripper and capes as Allen appeared uncomfortable; she said she laughed along at the time because of the culture then, and there is no suggestion Fielding has faced similar allegations.
- 20 minutes ago Russell Brand’s conviction for rape and sexual assaults has drawn fresh attention to a 2007 television exchange in which he and Noel Fielding joked about rape in front of Lily Allen, who later said she found the moment “really horrendous”.
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Explained simply
Big Fat Quiz of the Year is a Channel 4 comedy panel show in which guests answer questions about events from the past year. In a 2007 episode, Lily Allen appeared alongside comedians Russell Brand and Noel Fielding, and an exchange about rape drew laughter from the studio audience.
Allen later said she laughed at the time because of the culture then, but that she found the exchange uncomfortable in retrospect. Brand and Fielding were making jokes prompted by presenter Jonathan Ross; the article says Fielding has not faced similar allegations.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Unsettling moment Russell Brand jokes with Noel Fielding about being rapists in front of Lily Allen in TV exchange she found ‘really horrendous’”.