Brand's regret at Sachsgate scandal (From Southend Standard)
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Brand's regret at Sachsgate scandal
1:43pm Friday 1st February 2013 in Echo News
Brand's regret at Sachsgate scandal
ESSEX funny man Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross have told of their regret and embarrassment about sparking the Sachsgate scandal, as they discussed the incident together on TV for the first time.
Russell said he was wrapped up in the comedy value of their stunt and lost perspective of "reality" when they left near-the-knuckle messages during a prank call which caused outrage.
The pair reflected on their behaviour and told how it brought them close as friends, as Grays-born Russell appeared on an edition of The Jonathan Ross Show to be screened on ITV on Saturday.
They caused a furore in 2008 when they left smutty messages on veteran actor Andrews Sachs's answerphone during a pre-recorded Radio 2 show. It led to the departure of the station controller and both the stars left the BBC as a result of the fallout.
Speaking during the recording of his chat show, Jonathan said: "Let's deal with this, because we're both keen to put this behind us. People, I think are perhaps curious as to how we felt about it afterwards. We did both regret the furore that we caused, and also the hurt it may have caused Mr Sachs and his family."
Russell added: "Obviously we regretted it because it became difficult to distinguish the media phenomena from the obvious impolite act.
"I consider myself quite a polite person, right, but sometimes you get excited when you're doing a joke. You know when David Attenborough, he was saying when the camera men are filming an animal and they sort of think 'this is brilliant' and they forget it's actual reality - I sometimes think like that with comedy.
"I'm doing the joke, and I think 'this is brilliant, this is brilliant' and then you sort of realise, 'oh that's reality with real consequences'. I went 'oh it's only a joke' - I didn't realise that we were part of the frequency of reality."
Comments(15)
firedog
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4:26pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Shoebury_Cyclist
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4:29pm Fri 1 Feb 13
firedog wrote:Actually he's a very intelligent and funny man. Did you not see him take on the loons of the Westboro Baptist Church?
Russel Brand "funny man".The Echo should be fined under the trade discription act.
http://youtu.be/OBA6
qlHW8po
firedog
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5:01pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Shoebury_Cyclist wrote:Does he ride a bike?
firedog wrote:Actually he's a very intelligent and funny man. Did you not see him take on the loons of the Westboro Baptist Church?
Russel Brand "funny man".The Echo should be fined under the trade discription act.
http://youtu.be/OBA6
qlHW8po
Shoebury_Cyclist
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5:05pm Fri 1 Feb 13
firedog wrote:I have no idea.
Shoebury_Cyclist wrote:Does he ride a bike?
firedog wrote:Actually he's a very intelligent and funny man. Did you not see him take on the loons of the Westboro Baptist Church?
Russel Brand "funny man".The Echo should be fined under the trade discription act.
http://youtu.be/OBA6
qlHW8po
billericay boy
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5:08pm Fri 1 Feb 13
firedog
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7:08pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Shoebury_Cyclist wrote:You seem to be in tandem with him.
firedog wrote:I have no idea.
Shoebury_Cyclist wrote:Does he ride a bike?
firedog wrote:Actually he's a very intelligent and funny man. Did you not see him take on the loons of the Westboro Baptist Church?
Russel Brand "funny man".The Echo should be fined under the trade discription act.
http://youtu.be/OBA6
qlHW8po
Devils Advocate
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8:58pm Fri 1 Feb 13
I suppose in this "Couldn't give a toss" age that might seem Ok, but try that sort of thing with me and my grandchildren and I guarantee Punishment far more severe would be the order of the day. Common decency may be a forgotten phrase these days but it did make the British a far better people!
pussycats
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9:42pm Fri 1 Feb 13
Devils Advocate
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1:00am Sat 2 Feb 13
pussycats wrote:I understand your feelings. Adolf was a brilliant right-wing Austrian born Socialist. Much misunderstood, he made one or two mistakes which he so much regretted that he took his own life.And, the wholesale slaughter of practically a whole race of people has led to his persecution way after his death. Telling someone what they did to his granddaughter in graphic detail is forgivable? Never in my book. That is a direct attack filled with venom, intruding into a family and their love for each other.Only someone without family values can forgive his, and worse still, the other overpaid piece of an ammunition maker, who I view as being the real culprit in this matter.
Get off his back. Russell is a kind, intelligent man with an empathy towards others, that some of you will never have. He made a mistake and was sorry and regretful and has been honest with himself and others about it and has turned his life around, for the better. Shame, more people can't do the same.
Carnabackable
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9:38am Sat 2 Feb 13
asbo. just the truth
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12:21pm Sat 2 Feb 13
asbo. just the truth
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12:22pm Sat 2 Feb 13
Audioman
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10:16am Sun 3 Feb 13
Thurrockbob
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3:50pm Mon 4 Feb 13
perini says...
3:12pm Fri 1 Feb 13