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Russel Brands eyes

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Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:16

They are very strange arent they?
I have always thought this.
He either looks manic and crazy or they're like black holes, just dead, wonder if that's telling?

Also, did you ever fancy him? I had a friend who thought he was gorgeous. I never ever did and he couldn't have been further from my type

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JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · 08/11/2026 18:17

Cocaine

Apotofrealcoffee · 08/11/2026 18:17

I agree, if you look into his eyes there’s so much rage. Or nothingness.

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Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:18

Apotofrealcoffee · 08/11/2026 18:17

I agree, if you look into his eyes there’s so much rage. Or nothingness.

Exactly, there's either just nothingness or I see a strange glint, hard to explain-just a craziness

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Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:19

JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · 08/11/2026 18:17

Cocaine

Do you think it's just this?

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Lemieux7 · 08/11/2026 18:19

In person I’m sure he’s very charming but I wouldn’t have touched him with a barge pole.

FeetupTvon · 08/11/2026 18:20

Yes, very odd individual. I’ve always thought he’s strange. I could never understand how anyone liked him or found him funny.

JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · 08/11/2026 18:20

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:19

Do you think it's just this?

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Yes. And having very dark eyes
I don't believe you can tell if someone is evil, or whatever, by their eyes

Lemieux7 · 08/11/2026 18:21

I think, basically he’s an overgrown child like most narcissists. Never grew up and realised that other people have their own rights and feelings.

Robogob · 08/11/2026 18:23

I know most people will say I’m imagining it or being hysterical, but I think his eyes are evil. Proper malevolent evil.

Electrickittens · 08/11/2026 18:23

FeetupTvon · 08/11/2026 18:20

Yes, very odd individual. I’ve always thought he’s strange. I could never understand how anyone liked him or found him funny.

^^This. And he always spouted a load of fact-free made-up crap. I am eternally bemused that anyone thought his teenage-style ranty pseudo-politics remotely interesting, let alone half of the New Statesman or whoever else gullible he managed to convince!

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Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:23

Since reading yesterday about what he used to do to his dog, I can't stop thinking about it, poor poor dog. I think it's such a strange way to act, especially as a child, it's almost evil

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teaandtoastwithmarmite · 08/11/2026 18:24

I always thought he was creepy and a sleaze

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 08/11/2026 18:24

What did he do to his dog OP?

Electrickittens · 08/11/2026 18:25

What on earth did he do to his dog?!

spanishcheese · 08/11/2026 18:26

The eyes and the teeth

Aniceempirebiscuitandacupoftea · 08/11/2026 18:26

My “types” are Sean Bean, Phil Tuffnell and Will Mellor. As my nan would have said, I couldn’t fancy RB if his arse was covered in diamonds.

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Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:28

Robogob · 08/11/2026 18:23

I know most people will say I’m imagining it or being hysterical, but I think his eyes are evil. Proper malevolent evil.

Yes, I see this too, when they're glinty, it's either that or complete black holes

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Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:29

spanishcheese · 08/11/2026 18:26

The eyes and the teeth

Yes teeth too, the smile/grin

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Takethehuntingquiche · 08/11/2026 18:29

The dark eyes always seem to me as if he's evil. One of his victims said his eyes were completely black when he was assaulting her, like he was possessed

Sadly, he got used to women falling at his feet so he thought he could have whomever he wanted

I slways found him vulgar, like he needed a good wash, and very unfunny

hididdlyho · 08/11/2026 18:30

He definitely looks like someone who does tons of coke. There was probably some sort of personality defect there before he started using, but the amount of drugs he was using combined with achieving some level of fame from a relatively early age has made him think he was untouchable. I've never seen the appeal; he wasn't ever funny and I'm not someone who minds slightly inappropriate humour. Always liked Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton who did close to the knuckle humour in the 00s but never understood why anyone found Brand or Walliams remotely funny and not just straight up offensive; they just remind me of Bernard Manning.

JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · 08/11/2026 18:31

Takethehuntingquiche · 08/11/2026 18:29

The dark eyes always seem to me as if he's evil. One of his victims said his eyes were completely black when he was assaulting her, like he was possessed

Sadly, he got used to women falling at his feet so he thought he could have whomever he wanted

I slways found him vulgar, like he needed a good wash, and very unfunny

Again, completely black eyes is much more likely to be explained by cocaine than the presence of evil

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Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:32

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 08/11/2026 18:24

What did he do to his dog OP?

Someone said in one of the posts about him on here that he wrote in his book how as a child he used to be at the top of the stairs and call/coax his dog to come up to him up the stairs. When the dog reached the top, he'd kick him down the stairs 🥲 then go down and console him, then do it again. It's just horrific, some messed up control thing? It seems evil to me

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5128gap · 08/11/2026 18:33

I must be one of the tiny minority of people who never looked at Brand and thought him anything other than a decent looking if you like that sort of thing, funny at times bloke, with perfectly ordinary eyes. I never got 'a vibe', a foreshadowing of evil, my flesh didn't crawl and I categorically did not know all along he was a wrong un.

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Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:33

hididdlyho · 08/11/2026 18:30

He definitely looks like someone who does tons of coke. There was probably some sort of personality defect there before he started using, but the amount of drugs he was using combined with achieving some level of fame from a relatively early age has made him think he was untouchable. I've never seen the appeal; he wasn't ever funny and I'm not someone who minds slightly inappropriate humour. Always liked Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton who did close to the knuckle humour in the 00s but never understood why anyone found Brand or Walliams remotely funny and not just straight up offensive; they just remind me of Bernard Manning.

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I know people who have done coke and did myself a couple of times in my youth, their or my eyes weren't like that

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TheLightSideOfTheMoon · 08/11/2026 18:34

I did fancy him back in the day. I thought her was charming and eloquent.

I also found his humour on Ponderland really funny, however I’ve not seen much of him on panel shows.

I agree that his eyes ‘change’. Sometimes you can see his entire vibe shift. Looking at him now he had the cold dead ‘shark eyes’. And they’re very close together in traditional ‘predator’ style.

I only fancies him for a couple of weeks, btw. It’s not been a long-term thing.