English comedian Russell Brand is said to have yelled 'Que' while he was in bed with Andrew Sachs' granddaughter Georgina Baillie. Baillie, 23, said that though he has a ladies' man reputation, he was a 'disappointment' in bed, the Sun reported.
Brand and Jonathan Ross' abusive phone call to Fawlty Towers actor Sachs, ended up with Brand quitting the BBC and Ross making a grovelling apology. Brand further said that he took 'full responsibility' for the offence caused, after the number of complaints about the pair's radio humiliation of Sachs rocketed to 27,000.
Ross, 47, who has an 18million pounds three-year deal with the BBC, said he had made 'a stupid error of judgment'. Brand, 33, resigned after he and Ross were suspended by the BBC.
Via oneindia.in
"Russell Brand was a disappointment in bed," Baillie
viernes, 31 de octubre de 2008 | Etiquetas: Georgina Baillie, Russel Brand
Pressure was mounting for the BBC to take further action over offensive calls made by Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand to veteran actor Andrew Sachs.
The corporation has already apologised to Fawlty Towers star Mr Sachs after the DJ pair left answerphone messages saying Brand had slept with his granddaughter, 23 year old Georgina Baillie, an aspiring model.
The presenters also joked that the actor might kill himself as a result. Ross, 47, has since issued a personal apology, with Brand, 33, following suit.
The BBC has so far received more than 1,500 complaints, including phone calls and emails, and there have been several calls for the pair to be taken off air or sacked.
Mediawatch-UK, the pressure group which campaigns for "decency and accountability" in the media, called for Brand and Ross to be removed from broadcasting while the BBC investigated the incident.
Director John Beyer said: "I think the BBC should look at the possibility of putting other presenters on air while it conducts this investigation to reassure the public it is taking the matter seriously."
Mr Beyer said he had received several calls from people who were angry about the incident.
"People strongly object to licence fee payers' money being used to fund these sorts of immature pranks," he said.
Former shadow home secretary David Davies also called for the pair to be sacked.
"In no other organisation paid for by the taxpayer or otherwise, would you be able to get away with behaving like this," he told the Daily Mail.
Via ukpress
Russell Brand apologises after attack prank call
miércoles, 16 de julio de 2008 | Etiquetas: Russel Brand
Russell Brand has apologised for a recent onstage telephone prank in which he claimed to have information about a sex attacker.
The comedian had been performing at the Derngate in Northampton on Saturday when he borrowed an audience member's phone and called a crime hotline claming to have seen an alleged attacker.
But with police currently appealing for information about a number of sex attacks in the town, the comedian has been chastised for making a "frivolous" call over a genuine matter.
The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star can be seen on a YouTube video of the incident telling a phone operator: "I've got some information for you. I've seen a gentleman who fits that description [of the attacker].
"He was wearing a lime-green top and polka-dot trousers. I thought, 'Well, look at the state of him.' He looked like [children's TV presenter] Timmy Mallett."
The operator ended the call after Brand asked her out for dinner and began to sing down the line.
Northamptonshire officers have not confirmed whether any action would be taken against Brand but said they would "discourage" people from calling crime hotlines for insincere reasons.
Brand, 33, has since issued a statement saying: "I appreciate the seriousness of the issue and I am devastated by the possibility that I may have offended vulnerable people.
"I maintain that through discourse we can illuminate these dark behaviours but that ought not to be at the expense of people's feelings."
Via inthenews.co.uk
Russell Brand has been denied entry to the US after flying to New York to appear on a talkshow.
Immigration officials stopped the comedian at JFK Airport when he arrived to discuss new movie Forgetting Sarah Marshall on Wednesday's Late Night with David Letterman.
He was delayed for eight hours before boarding the same plane back to the UK.
He joked: "Now that I know what it's like to be an illegal immigrant, I've cancelled my membership to the BNP."
However, The Sun reports that he managed to pull Virgin stewardess Nicola Toft on the journey home and the pair took a taxi back to his flat after hitting the tarmac.
Via digitalspy.co.uk
