In a very telling interview two decades ago, convicted rapist Russell Brand spoke about his hopes and fears for the future
At the height of his fame in the noughties, Russell Brand admitted that he was afraid of dying and that he would be only remembered for some of his TV accomplishments.
It comes as Brand, 51, was jailed yesterday for 10 years and 6 months after being found guilty of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others at Southwark Crown Court on Thursday. Jurors unanimously convicted Brand of offences against four women between 2004 and 2009.
Speaking to the Guardian in 2006, he said he was “afraid of not getting enough done” and not being known for doing something meaningful before he dies.
“I suppose the reason I go on about death is because I’m afraid of it, afraid of not getting everything done,” he said. “I don’t want to die as That Mad Bloke From Big Brother. I didn’t want to die as That Mad Bloke From MTV. I want to do something that has value, worth, poetry and momentum.”
Ironically, he will be known for far worse than ‘The Mad Bloke from Big Brother.’
He was also quizzed on whether he was a sex addict, which he denied, and also spoke about how he doesn’t like the way everything is “so controlled and constrained” when it comes to sex.
“The definition of addiction as I understand it is compulsive behaviour – you’re unable to stop, despite the consequences on your life,” he said. “By that criterion I don’t think I have a problem with sexual addiction.
“With sex, it’s just a hedonism thing. I don’t like the way everything’s so controlled and constrained. If anything is unusual everyone’s freaked out. But it doesn’t matter, nothing matters, I’m nihilistic like that. I think, let’s just f***, let’s do something that feels good.”
He added: “I’m certainly not a pervert. I’ve just got a lot of energy… I think it’s libido. It’s life-force.”
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Brand could be facing further charges after he was jailed yesterday.
The disgraced entertainer was told he will be on the sex offenders register for life and must serve at least seven years of his sentence behind bars before being considered for release on license, while his wife, Laura Gallacher, watched on in court.
Judge Mr Justice Joel Bennathan sentenced Brand for the rape of a fan and sex assaults on three women, including a woman in a Soho bar, as well as a radio worker and a Channel 4 staffer, who were both abused by him while at work.
As Brand starts his new life behind bars, a former inmate at the jail where rapist Russell Brand has now been sent has warned that he is a ‘marked man’ who is ‘in real trouble’.
His ex-partner Jemima Goldsmith has also now accused him of “violence, coercive control and abuse” — claiming she had to call the police to have him removed from her home during a violent incident in 2014.
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