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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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Samewrinklesnewname · 08/11/2026 19:08

Never found him attractive or funny, didn’t like how he came across at all.
I always thought he could do with a good scrub with a wore brush and bleach.

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 19:08

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"

Did Kate Moss go out with him?!

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Hellllooo8 · 08/11/2026 19:08

He always came across as sleazy / creepy to me and couldn’t fathom how anyone could fancy him.

I would have to change channels if he was on, he made me uncomfortable.

But I have a list of celebs that I find icky and many of them turn out to be problematic - either I can spot it, or most male celebs are creeps. Not sure which one it is!

SiegfriedSassoon · 08/11/2026 19:09

On certain people, very very dark eyes can look disconcerting and strange. Like a sharks eyes.

RaraRachael · 08/11/2026 19:09

I always thought he was disgusting and looked like he would smell bad

IsItTheBlackOneOrTheRedOne · 08/11/2026 19:09

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

“Manic and crazy or black holes”
See also Jared Leto.
You have articulated this very well 👌

Uricon2 · 08/11/2026 19:09

RB is appalling but his eye colour is immaterial. I am quite a lot older than him and at the height of his fame, before anything bad was even hinted at found him unattractive, but that's as far as it went.

Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz Angel of Death was considered to be very attractive including in some accounts by those he sent to the gas chambers. You can tell nothing from any aspect of anyones looks.

Apotofrealcoffee · 08/11/2026 19:10

I’ve truly despised RB for years. A chemical thing, he’s just the very definition of absolutely everything I find unattractive, annoying and offensive. It’s not that I don’t like ‘charming men’, I just don’t think he’s charming.

And I don’t get the whole ‘eloquent speaker’ thing. He’s a weather vane who just swings wherever the provocative, money-making direction is. First he was hard left, back when it was cool. And now he’s far right and ‘Christian’, because it’s cool. Everything he says is just a rehash from those particular spaces. There’s nothing clever about him.

He also has a very annoying, fake, high pitched Mockney voice.

Ponoka7 · 08/11/2026 19:10

It was this thinking that got people who have learning difficulties and disabilities thought of as dangerous and not quite human. As well as certain features. It was used in eugenics and other oppressive movements. Then all antagonists were portrayed as though disabled in some way.
Brand isn't my type, but he was very much many women's fantasy. He was put on a pedestal by many. Posters on here defended him and Ross. It should have got them both sacked and off TV.

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 19:10

GiveMeOodlesofPoodles · 08/11/2026 19:07

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.

100%

Honestly thinking about this is so upsetting
My lovely Ddog would be so confused, but always loyal, dogs are far too trusting of humans 😔

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blackheartsgirl · 08/11/2026 19:11

JoleneJoleneJoleneJoleneJolene · 08/11/2026 19:04

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

Yes this

i I have very dark brown eyes, you can barely see my pupils unless your’re up close. Inherited from my Nan,

I am neither a coke head nor evil, animal abuser or sexual deviant!

Russell Brand is just a terrible person, nothing to do with his eye colour

floopyboop · 08/11/2026 19:13

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 19:08

Did Kate Moss go out with him?!

Very briefly in the mid noughties. I'm not sure it really qualified as a relationship but it was all over the papers for a while. She has really odd taste!!

BillieWiper · 08/11/2026 19:14

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!

He's in the despicable me films too. I'm not going to let him spoil my minions!
Despicable him is about fucking right though.

I actually hope all of them sue him to the absolute hilt. He wouldn't have got that job or any of his film work if his crimes had been exposed.

So his earnings are essentially the proceeds of crime. Quite literally in terms of him getting paid to do stand up and radio shows about raping people and mistreating women. He should have to hand over every penny to rape charities and his victims!

MotherofPufflings · 08/11/2026 19:14

This thread is basically victim blaming by stealth.

Missohnoyoubetterdont · 08/11/2026 19:14

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 19:10

100%

Honestly thinking about this is so upsetting
My lovely Ddog would be so confused, but always loyal, dogs are far too trusting of humans 😔

Where did this information come from? I mean I strongly dislike the man but know from watching his awful podcasts that he has had two dogs (one sadly dead now) that he absolutely raves about. I mean I wouldn’t put it past him, just wondering where the link is?

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 19:15

blackheartsgirl · 08/11/2026 19:11

Yes this

i I have very dark brown eyes, you can barely see my pupils unless your’re up close. Inherited from my Nan,

I am neither a coke head nor evil, animal abuser or sexual deviant!

Russell Brand is just a terrible person, nothing to do with his eye colour

I wasn't saying it was specifically about his eye colour or dark eyes really, just something about them, nothing behind them sometimes. Either that or a devilish glint (not in a good way)

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turniplegs · 08/11/2026 19:15

I do think he's good looking - though you have to imagine him without the shaggy, unclean-looking hair and the general 'unwashed' vibe to see it.

He's a mess of a human though. I found him funny in my twenties - I liked his verbosity and loquaciousness - but then went to one of his shows (from the Booky Wook tour) and was put off by a lot of what he said. He said to one woman in the audience, 'yes, I'll give you an autograph, come to my hotel and I'll splatter it in semen all over your womb'. Put me off completely.

I see him as someone super-intelligent in a very superficial way, and that his intelligence is used to serve all his worst impulses. Bit demonic, to be honest.

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 19:17

Missohnoyoubetterdont · 08/11/2026 19:14

Where did this information come from? I mean I strongly dislike the man but know from watching his awful podcasts that he has had two dogs (one sadly dead now) that he absolutely raves about. I mean I wouldn’t put it past him, just wondering where the link is?

Edited

I read it on two other posts about him on here-I think the Laura Brand one and another. They said it was taken from his book. I'll try to find it

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GETTINGLIKEMYMOTHER · 08/11/2026 19:20

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

Not that I believe in a Satan, but to me his eyes do have a Satanic look.

I once read of some woman he’d come on to, saying his eyes would go really scarily black when he was determined to ‘possess’ you. (Well, it’s a nicer word than shag…).

Missohnoyoubetterdont · 08/11/2026 19:20

Getsomemeatonyerbones · 08/11/2026 19:17

I read it on two other posts about him on here-I think the Laura Brand one and another. They said it was taken from his book. I'll try to find it

If it’s true, it’s a sure sign he’s an absolute psychopath!

MorrisonsPlatter · 08/11/2026 19:22

An unattractive voice, a gummy appearance when he smiles. Looks disgusting, like he needs a good wash, a ridiculous fashion choice. How anyone thought he was sexually attractive is completely beyond me.

RainbowRoadshow · 08/11/2026 19:22

I was behind him going through security in LA airport once around 10 or 12 years ago. I was surprised by how tall and well built he was, for some reason I thought he'd be shorter and skinnier. He was surrounded by an entourage and he definitely had a real 'presence', heightened by a strident strut of a walk and clickety-clack boots. When I say 'presence' I don't mean that in a good way, he gave me the instant ick. Hard to explain but he just had a sketchy, mildly menacing vibe.

The very same week I literally walked into Nick Cave in a shop in Brighton. I am not comparing the two as people, but they do both have an instantly recognisable 'look'; tall, slim, very upright, dark hair and eyes, flamboyant dressers. The difference was, where RB had that unnerving presence about him, Nick Cave radiated something that was the polar opposite. Again hard to explain, but a kind of gentle, all-encompassing charisma that sucked you into his orbit.

Not sure what point I'm making here, but because this happened about 3 days apart, these two have always kind of personified good egg and bad egg in my mind.

sprigatito · 08/11/2026 19:23

I don’t understand how anyone fancied him, but then I don’t go in for scrawny scarecrows with heroin-chic pallor and eyes like a deep-sea shark. He’s always made my guts lurch.

MorrisonsPlatter · 08/11/2026 19:23

You mean rape I presume.

Abhannmor · 08/11/2026 19:24

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.

I think he uses this fixed stare deliberately. Particularly when someone challenges him. He opens his eyes wide and just bores into people, unblinking. Perhaps he imagines himself some kind of mage , a Rasputin figure who can get his way by sheer will power? It must have worked as a tactic on some people for him to have persisted with it all these years.

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