Russell Brand makes joke about rape in resurfaced video from TV quiz show
Russell Brand makes joke about rape in resurfaced video from TV quiz show
Scarlett O'TooleMon, November 9, 2026 at 4:37 PM UTC
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A video has resurfaced of Russell Brand on a UK TV show -Credit:Getty (Getty)
Russell Brand joked about rape during a TV appearance in the years before he was convicted of rape and sexual assault, with a clip of the moment now resurfacing.
The disgraced comedian, 51, was found guilty on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault on Thursday, November 5, at Southwark Crown Court, England. Jurors deliberated for eight-and-a-half hours before unanimously convicting Brand of offences against four women between 2004 and 2009.
Amid the convictions, a video has resurfaced on social media of Brand appearing on Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz of the Year, an annual British television program broadcast at the end of each year.
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In the episode, which originally aired in 2007, host Jimmy Carr welcomed Brand, Rob Brydon, David Mitchell, Jonathan Ross and Noel Fielding onto the panel. They were also joined by singer Lily Allen, who was 21 at the time. She was the only woman on the program.
Allen was seated next to Brand and Fielding in the video. The clip began with Ross telling Carr, "I'm a bit concerned because look where you've put us.
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The video was from Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz of the Year -Credit:Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz of the Year
"You've put the only sexually attractive young lady – well, the only young lady full stop, she happens to be very attractive as well – near two of the best known c------- of the business."
Ross continued, "I’m going to insist as a sort of uncle figure in Lily's life that she moves over there because obviously that's the sexless zone," as he pointed to Brydon and Mitchell.
Brydon and Mitchell nodded in agreement as Ross added, "And then, Lily might go home with her breasts still on." Fielding shot back, "How dare you? We're not rapists."
Carr replied by asking Fielding why he was wearing a cape on the show if he wasn't a rapist. Fielding explained, "It’s a Jack the Ripper cape. He wasn’t a rapist, he was just..."
Before he could finish, Brand cut in and said, "A serial murderer. There is no direct corollary between capes and rape. It’s just a rhyme. Leave him alone."
Brand continued, "What if, horror of horrors, he ain’t even done a rape. You could ruin his reputation. Have you done a rape?" Fielding responded, "Well, if I have, I’d be leaving the scene of the crime like this," before moving his cape in front of his face. Fielding has not been accused of any wrongdoing and is not involved in Brand's trial or conviction.
Lily Allen later opened up about the episode -Credit:Dave Benett/Getty Images for De
Allen later opened up about the comments. "I was on a chat show with Russell Brand and Noel Fielding and Jonathan Ross. And there are comments, I think, about me being raped or something," she told Grazia in 2023.
The singer added, "And I laugh along with it. In retrospect, that’s really horrendous. It makes me uncomfortable, but I don’t think I felt that at the time, because it was the culture."
Source: “AOL Entertainment”
