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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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PrincessScarlett · 08/11/2026 18:56

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

That was Emily Maitlis. The interview is very telling with hindsight. She asked him if he would be happy with his daughter dating someone like him. He started off trying to charm her and when it wasn't working he just got vague. Emily was on BBC news the day he was found guilty talking about that very interview.

It is quite chilling to watch knowing what we now know. He obviously uses him charm to get what he wants and then switches very quickly when it's not working.

sashh · 08/11/2026 18:56

teaandtoastwithmarmite · 08/11/2026 18:24

I always thought he was creepy and a sleaze

Me too.

FizzyPopLove · 08/11/2026 18:57

It’s his smile that I find troubling. It’s like he’s baring his teeth. I’m not sure what it is about his mouth shape when he smiles but to me, it’s menacing.

Also the base of his nostrils. It’s like there are black lines or furrows running down from them into his face. You can see it when the photo is taken from below.

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Zanatdy · 08/11/2026 18:57

I fancied him back in the mid 2000’s, even went to see him in Liverpool. Don’t know what I was thinking.

Takethehuntingquiche · 08/11/2026 18:58

JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · 08/11/2026 18:31

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

I know someone who was abused by their psychotic OH & he apparently had black eyes. No drugs involved

fatphalange · 08/11/2026 18:58

Sorry but objectively I think he’s got nice eyes. Easy with what we know about him now to get carried away and say he’s got evil shark eyes or whatever or has a certain ‘look’. These men can look like absolutely anything, there is no ‘look’.

GiveMeOodlesofPoodles · 08/11/2026 18:58

I had a clever, smart, switched on friend who thought he was the most wonderfully intelligent well spoken educated amazing man.

I flat out told her repeatedly he was a just creepy fucker with an expansive vocabulary. She wouldn't have it. I never saw what she saw in him.

He's always been grim.

giddyboo · 08/11/2026 18:58

Ive always thought his mouth and teeth are really strange. Like a rodent.

shuggles · 08/11/2026 18:59

@Getsomemeatonyerbones He either looks manic and crazy or they're like black holes, just dead, wonder if that's telling?

You can say what you want, but clearly many women found him attractive.

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

There were multiple women who pursued a relationship with Brand. If he was unattractive, then no women would have sought a relationship with him.

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 19:00

FizzyPopLove · 08/11/2026 18:57

It’s his smile that I find troubling. It’s like he’s baring his teeth. I’m not sure what it is about his mouth shape when he smiles but to me, it’s menacing.

Also the base of his nostrils. It’s like there are black lines or furrows running down from them into his face. You can see it when the photo is taken from below.

Yes def the smile too

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giddyboo · 08/11/2026 19:00

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.

Your nans funny 😁

Blackcat2026 · 08/11/2026 19:01

Hated him from the get-go. I always loathed the way he glorified drug use and addiction and womanising. Always thought he was a raging narcissist - massive superiority complex 🤮

Nomorewino · 08/11/2026 19:01

I never saw the attraction, even if i had found him physically attractive, the whole persona would put me off. As it is, he always looked grubby, like he needs a good wash. And the hair. "Shudder"

GobbolinoAndSootica · 08/11/2026 19:02

No never - i think people used to think he was attractive and exciting in the way where they thought he was a bad boy they could tame. It was never an attraction i understand- especially Brand being a bit grubby looking.

Also, I recall lots of peeiple thought he was really intelligent because he sounded like he was spewing up a thesaurus and used ten words when one would do. As in, instead of saying just that he'd say

"Furthermore, there appeared to be a widespread misconception that he was intellectually formidable, when in reality he simply had an inexplicable proclivity for regurgitating the entire contents of a thesaurus whenever a perfectly serviceable, monosyllabic alternative was readily available. His apparent erudition was, I suspect, largely an elaborate exercise in linguistic obfuscation, whereby the deployment of an unnecessarily extravagant vocabulary was mistaken for evidence of actual intellectual substance."

(All said with staring gaze and a head tilt!)

OpheliaHamlet · 08/11/2026 19:02

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

Bloody Hell, what a little psycho. But most worryingly, it's clear he was perfecting his sociopathic skills.
Charming the animal upstairs, to then abuse it. After hurting the dog, he was able to practice faking emotions such as love, and care.

It is clear, that later on, he pretty much used the same technique with women.

BillieWiper · 08/11/2026 19:02

Yup. Horrible. His smile is grim as well. So fake seeming. There's no warmth to either his eyes or smile.

I'm glad he's not seemingly doing this but I'm surprised he didn't claim he was having psychosis or something kind of severe MH crisis during at least some of the attacks.

He certainly can look really a lot like how people do when suffering from certain illnesses like that.

I'm worried that he'll end up being popular in prison and get loads of attention with a captive audience. And actually enjoy it.

Shufflebumnessie · 08/11/2026 19:03

He's always made my skin crawl, looked like he needed bathing in bleach & that his eyes looked crazed. I've never found him remotely funny (or attractive/charming etc) and have actually avoided watching some things he's in because I can't stand him.
It's just a shame he's in Bedtime Stories as that's an enjoyable family film, apart from him!

Crushed23 · 08/11/2026 19:04

I think a lot of women fancied him and were eager to shag him in the 2000s and 2010s. All of the alleged victims in the 2023 channel 4 documentary had had consensual sex with him before the alleged assaults/rapes. That’s why you get apologists claiming these women can’t have been abused because they had consensual interactions with him before or after the incident (obviously that’s complete bollocks and doesn’t absolve a rapist one bit).

JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · 08/11/2026 19:04

Takethehuntingquiche · 08/11/2026 18:58

I know someone who was abused by their psychotic OH & he apparently had black eyes. No drugs involved

Well that's obviously horrible
You're the 3rd poster to mention it and I just think people should be wary about linking having dark eyes with the presence of evil. It all feels a bit mein kampf

NippyNinjaCrab · 08/11/2026 19:04

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 18:51

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?

Apparently she couldn't or was advised by her team not too until his trial was over. X

CrystalRabbit · 08/11/2026 19:04

I fancied him, and found his stand-up largely funny, though found his affected use of language a bit irritating. I liked him enough to read his Booky Wook and it’s apparent from that he has a cruel, deranged side to him. I don’t remember the incident about the dog but some of the stories about how he treated women are horrible. I read it years ago but I think he acknowledged he acted horribly, he’s not really glorying in it in the book.

HRTQueen · 08/11/2026 19:04

I think he just has very dark eyes and this gives him a more intense look

there is no such think as evil eyes

I found him interesting when he was being serious and I can see he is handsome but never found him attractive his personality was too much

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 19:05

OpheliaHamlet · 08/11/2026 19:02

Bloody Hell, what a little psycho. But most worryingly, it's clear he was perfecting his sociopathic skills.
Charming the animal upstairs, to then abuse it. After hurting the dog, he was able to practice faking emotions such as love, and care.

It is clear, that later on, he pretty much used the same technique with women.

Yep, really worrying, especially for a child. As awful as it would be, it wouldn't be as chilling if he'd say kicked the dog when he was angry (obviously still utterly awful) but this took planning and an evil thought process that the average person just wouldn't have, chilling

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floopyboop · 08/11/2026 19:06

"Also, did you ever fancy him?"

Christ on a bike, no. His face looks like a foot, and he dressed like a hipster at a Charles Manson themed party. And yes, the manic eyes - never a turn on.

And all that even before he opens his mouth to spout the loquacious bollocks he clearly thinks makes him sound so clever! If ever there was a walking ick, it's Russell Brand.

A girl I used to work with a million years ago had a one night stand with him, shortly before he dated Kate Moss. She said she went nosing around his cupboards in the middle of the night, saw his collection of Jesus sandals, instantly stopped fancying him, left, and ghosted him thereafter. She laughed for about a month that Kate Moss was dating her "leftovers". We laughed at her that she ever went home with him in the first place.

As Bob Geldof so wisely put it at the 2006 NME Awards:
"Russell Brand... what a c--t"

GiveMeOodlesofPoodles · 08/11/2026 19:07

OpheliaHamlet · 08/11/2026 19:02

Bloody Hell, what a little psycho. But most worryingly, it's clear he was perfecting his sociopathic skills.
Charming the animal upstairs, to then abuse it. After hurting the dog, he was able to practice faking emotions such as love, and care.

It is clear, that later on, he pretty much used the same technique with women.

That is disgusting.

The poor dog, dutifully doing as s/he was told each time - to come here - only to be kicked down a flight of stairs. Again and again... ever the faithful obedient companions to their own detriment. I often say dogs are too good for humans, but in the case of this sick man it was never more true.

I am off to give my dog and jolly good belly rub and ear scratch.

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