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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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Electrickittens · 08/11/2026 18:34

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:32

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

Oh that’s really psychopathic 😞

Alittlefrustrated · 08/11/2026 18:36

I think he just deliberately did the stare thing for the camera - part of his "look at me, I'm crazy me" image.
There are other normal pics of him.
I have very dark eyes where you can't see the pupils and can do the wide eyed stare too, but prefer not to look mad 🤣
Yes, I did think he was gorgeous in his youth. Not now.

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:36

Electrickittens · 08/11/2026 18:34

Oh that’s really psychopathic 😞

I know, don't they say cruelty to animals as a child can be a sign of issues, just awful

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Whosthetabbynow · 08/11/2026 18:36

I found him interesting when he was going through his phase of pointing out that it was the fat cat CEOs of huge corporations that had all the money and not the poor people. Didn’t take much notice of him after that. I thought he’d disappeared as he’d settled down and had a family. Didn’t know he’d relocated to the USA.

SethAndReubenTooSendGaloshes · 08/11/2026 18:37

I saw him act in zadie Smith's white teeth I think? A long time ago when he wasn't well known and I thought he was attractive then but it wore off very quickly. His schtick was annoying even before it was disturbing.

StayGoldenPonyGirl · 08/11/2026 18:39

I didn't ever really fancy him but I did find him funny - Ponderland was hilarious to me (I was early 20s) and I did like some of his stand up and the Aldous character.

I'm afraid I fell for the same trick Saville pulled - so publicly and obnoxiously weird and creepy that surely they couldn't possibly actually be like that.

I never put much stock in being able to tell things about people by their eyes, though. It isn't his eyes themselves but his expression - the intense glare and head tilt when challenged or on a rant. Very intimidating.

faithfultoGeorgeMichael · 08/11/2026 18:40

The eyes of a psychopath

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:41

And the change in him and the 'My dear' when being questioned about his shagging around to the famous journalist (I forget her name) he was intimidating

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hididdlyho · 08/11/2026 18:41

@Getsomemeatonyerbones I mean someone who is using coke throughout the day every day, rather than doing a couple of lines on a weekend

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:42

hididdlyho · 08/11/2026 18:41

@Getsomemeatonyerbones I mean someone who is using coke throughout the day every day, rather than doing a couple of lines on a weekend

Ah ok, does it give an evil look?

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DuckFilledPlatitude · 08/11/2026 18:42

Also, did you ever fancy him?

I wouldn't go so far as to say I fancied him, but he was objectively attractive in his younger days if you liked that 'type' - tall, lean, sculpted face, a bit arty-looking. I've never particularly noticed his eyes.

Similar to @5128gap I didn't have any inklings about Russell Brand in advance of the rape and assault allegations being made public. I did think, along with the vast majority of people as I recall, that he, along with Jonathan Ross, behaved like a complete wanker towards Andrew Sachs and his granddaughter. I didn't watch anything Brand was in on TV and I have never read his 'Booky Wook' so the Andrew Sachs incident was the only time he really crossed my radar.

JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · 08/11/2026 18:43

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:42

Ah ok, does it give an evil look?

It hugely dilates pupils giving eyes a black look. If you think that looks evil then yes

5128gap · 08/11/2026 18:43

StayGoldenPonyGirl · 08/11/2026 18:39

I didn't ever really fancy him but I did find him funny - Ponderland was hilarious to me (I was early 20s) and I did like some of his stand up and the Aldous character.

I'm afraid I fell for the same trick Saville pulled - so publicly and obnoxiously weird and creepy that surely they couldn't possibly actually be like that.

I never put much stock in being able to tell things about people by their eyes, though. It isn't his eyes themselves but his expression - the intense glare and head tilt when challenged or on a rant. Very intimidating.

Same. I assumed it was an act.

FionnulaTheCooler · 08/11/2026 18:45

I fancied him back in the day when he was presenting Big Brother's Little Brother. I always thought he had a lovely smile. Obviously, not any more.

FiloPasty · 08/11/2026 18:46

Has anyone watched the Netflix documentary- Taken - Natalee forgotten the full name but about a girl who goes missing on spring break and the guy who they eventually convicted. Same eyes I thought whilst watching it.

NippyNinjaCrab · 08/11/2026 18:49

Never fancied him but you could tell he was sexually confident and a charmer. If anyone fancied him after he opened his mouth with that voice have a word with yourself 😂😂

The facade of a happy family man was a good one for him to hide in plain sight.

It's maybe not many people's opinion but mine is his wife was groomed from when they first met.

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:51

NippyNinjaCrab · 08/11/2026 18:49

Never fancied him but you could tell he was sexually confident and a charmer. If anyone fancied him after he opened his mouth with that voice have a word with yourself 😂😂

The facade of a happy family man was a good one for him to hide in plain sight.

It's maybe not many people's opinion but mine is his wife was groomed from when they first met.

Yep I think this is a huge possibility too, she seems a very nice, kind sort of person, maybe sadly, easy to manipulate. I'm very interested to see what Katy Perry has to say...but why not speak up earlier?

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Surroundedbyfools · 08/11/2026 18:51

JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · 08/11/2026 18:17

Cocaine

My instant answer too. Coked up to the eyeballs and the general stare of a personality disorder

WiddlinDiddlin · 08/11/2026 18:53

No, and I normally like long haired scruffy smart arses..

But he was always creepy, absolutely full of himself and arrogant, pretending to be significantly more intelligent than he was, his pseudo-intellectual schtick really got on my tits and the more I saw of him, in the era where he was absolutely fucking everywhere, the more I found he just made my skin crawl.

I was of the opinion then, that he surrounded himself with sycophants and young, naive, not very bright or not very confident people, particularly younger women, so he could really lord it over them as to how wordly wise and clever he was. Seems I was right but boy I had a lot of arguments with friends at the time as they thought he was gorgeous and wonderful.

Oliveoy · 08/11/2026 18:53

I saw him in the flesh once and what struck me was his cold dead fish eyes. Been telling people about that for years. I'd thought he was funny up to that point but in real life he exuded something dark.

WhenYoureStrange · 08/11/2026 18:54

I never fancied him. I always got a strange desperation from his demeanour.

Puffsox · 08/11/2026 18:54

I have always thought him detestable since he pulled that stunt on Andrew Sachs. It was mean- spirited and horrible. So I am quite glad he will
be behind bars, but feel very sorry for his victims.

pilates · 08/11/2026 18:55

Mad eyes and never found him attractive. I could never understand how people found him funny.

pictoosh · 08/11/2026 18:55

He's got sharp, chiseled facial features and dark eyes which might be interpreted as 'evil-looking' going by cartoon character and story book standards...as well as daft TV shows and films.
The devil always has a goatee beard, the antagonist a cruel smile. Everyone knows that, right?

Truth is...looks are meaningless. Some cunts look really nice.

godmum56 · 08/11/2026 18:55

I am not one of those "oh I knew all along" people, but I did think he was weird and unpleasant from the first time I saw him.
This is in no way any kind of defence but Noel Fielding has always struck me as the weird kid who hangs out with the nasty crowd and is scared that if he doesn't go along then they will turn on him.

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