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borninthe80esss · 16/09/2023 09:28

newnamethanks · 16/09/2023 09:12

Oh ffs, RB is now spouting 'not me guv' on the bloody news. Its a conspiracy don't you know? The media eating itself.

The Instagram comments on his video are insane.Lots of.. It's because your a truth teller and the media doesn't like it (He seems to think covid was a lie and the government are trying to kill us with vaccinations) Weird that people go along with his insane ramblings.

Laiste · 16/09/2023 09:28

So they're British and famous for ages and have a career. So not royalty.

Personally speaking there isn't that interests me enough to sit through 90 minutes about them!

Actually - that's unless it's DJ (yellow 3 wheeler) or Prince Andrew (but it's not royalty), or CR (summer holiday) ....

kirinm · 16/09/2023 09:31

Finlesswonder · 16/09/2023 08:59

For this to be a breaking news C4 Dispatches, I'm sorry to have to say it will "need" to be something much darker than "just" some comedians slept with some girls.
I know it's horrible to think that that "isn't bad enough", but honestly off the back of Saville, #MeToo, Prince bloody Andrew etc, this has become so commonplace the public are (IMO) desensitised to older media men sleeping with girls.

RB is suggesting these are criminal allegations so I assume we are talking about things like rape.

blankittyblank · 16/09/2023 09:31

Laiste · 16/09/2023 09:28

So they're British and famous for ages and have a career. So not royalty.

Personally speaking there isn't that interests me enough to sit through 90 minutes about them!

Actually - that's unless it's DJ (yellow 3 wheeler) or Prince Andrew (but it's not royalty), or CR (summer holiday) ....

There have been rumours about CR for eons! He's totally due an expose at some point. Yesterday though the dispatches was claimed to specifically be about comedians. So reckon DJ might be a contender. Another with a lot rumours attached to him

IClaudine · 16/09/2023 09:33

I still think the whole thing might be a spoof and RB has been roped in. If it is a spoof, a lot of celebs will be pissed off about people on SM throwing their names into the ring.

Ruthlessaunt · 16/09/2023 09:33

DW has to feature in this somewhere... My life is boring at the moment (stomach bug)... I don't think its RB though, something seems off about it, is he using this as publicity for himself to be relevant?

ellie09 · 16/09/2023 09:34

RB has previously shown support for the Labour party hasn't he?

I wonder if its a ring of comedians, in which it was widely known what they were up to and had been swept under the carpet for political gain? I know RB gained a lot of followers for Corbyn and the Labour Party years ago.

TinaTeaspoons · 16/09/2023 09:35

We already know it's RB. But I'm thinking there must be more to it, others clearly involved etc. I cannot imagine as others have said that the whole programme is devoted to RB. There would be legal implications too I would imagine to put out a documentary like this without a court trial first.

EmmaPaella · 16/09/2023 09:36

My life is indeed very boring. Also my brain feels much sharper from working out all the initials.

Zonder · 16/09/2023 09:37

ellie09 · 16/09/2023 09:34

RB has previously shown support for the Labour party hasn't he?

I wonder if its a ring of comedians, in which it was widely known what they were up to and had been swept under the carpet for political gain? I know RB gained a lot of followers for Corbyn and the Labour Party years ago.

Didn't he then go really right wing and anti woke?

kirinm · 16/09/2023 09:39

ellie09 · 16/09/2023 09:34

RB has previously shown support for the Labour party hasn't he?

I wonder if its a ring of comedians, in which it was widely known what they were up to and had been swept under the carpet for political gain? I know RB gained a lot of followers for Corbyn and the Labour Party years ago.

He's a massive conspiracy theorist and alt-right now.

Movinghouseatlast · 16/09/2023 09:46

I think it's more about how bad behaviour has been covered up by the press. So may be about several people.

The person I said I think it is had a huge sex story about them in The News of The World many years ago, when only just famous. There was a video on line ( shamefully I watched it...)

There is literally nothing on line about it now. It's like it didn't happen.

Maatandosiris · 16/09/2023 09:48

ellie09 · 16/09/2023 09:23

I think we are still missing one name.

Maybe James Corden?

I heard he was on a bit of a spiral recently getting drunk at midday brunches and his drinking is a bit out of control.

Could he be the link to royalty? Now that would be big!!!!

IClaudine · 16/09/2023 09:50

ellie09 · 16/09/2023 09:34

RB has previously shown support for the Labour party hasn't he?

I wonder if its a ring of comedians, in which it was widely known what they were up to and had been swept under the carpet for political gain? I know RB gained a lot of followers for Corbyn and the Labour Party years ago.

How would Labour be able to cover it up?

ellie09 · 16/09/2023 09:51

Zonder · 16/09/2023 09:37

Didn't he then go really right wing and anti woke?

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Not sure as I really dont follow him.

It may be about events that happened years ago however, not necessarily the last few years.

Im trying to think of what may make this more shocking, or relevant to put on Dispatches and I think it would make more sense if there was a cover up.

This would have been in LP best interests at the time as they got the campaigning and attention. Now it may be released to try and influence voting for the next by election and general election (in favour of Tory)

Im not saying it's not true, but the timing is just very odd and why it had taken 3 years to investigate. That's virtually on the same level as Lucy Letby's criminal trial.

WestwardHo1 · 16/09/2023 09:52

RamsesTheChub · 16/09/2023 09:15

Libya is a massive disaster that's for sure and I can accept the war - which the UK was complicit in - could've affected the ability to maintain these dams, but the rest is hyperbole bordering on science fiction.

No credible scientist thinks the earth will be uninhabitable in 15 years.

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I hope you're right

IClaudine · 16/09/2023 09:52

CaveMum · 16/09/2023 09:11

Me pondering out loud, but as well as thinking this may be about the perils of trial by social media I’m also wondering about AI and deep fakes. Could it be that the RB video is a deep fake (released with his permission) to demonstrate how convincing these things are now?

Again, not a fan of RB but I’m more inclined to believe this is a “social media is the root of all evil” thing, given Channel4s previous exploits, because the alternative (that dozens or more people have been horribly used and abused) is awful to contemplate.

Ooh. Deep fake. Good thinking. There are a few cuts in the RB video.

Purplewarrior · 16/09/2023 09:53

There have been rumblings about DJ for many years, and his involvement wouldn’t surprise me at all.

I have met DW. He’s exactly as you would expect, so no surprise there either.

RB has always been so open and transparent about his promiscuity and his demons. I’m on the fence there.

I will be really shocked if NF is a wrong un.

ellie09 · 16/09/2023 09:54

Maatandosiris · 16/09/2023 09:48

Could he be the link to royalty? Now that would be big!!!!

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Dont follow him much either so not sure what the link to royalty is!

I did see a blind item saying there was concerns about his alcohol use.

His Instagram hasn't really been updated in the last lot of months, and there's a weird missing person's post there of a 16 year old girl (this may be family etc but who really knows!)

PaperWalkAndTalk · 16/09/2023 09:55

So a TV programme about the MeToo in the comedy world has now got people thinking of various conspiracy theories, it's a political cover-up, it's deep-fake.

Brits love a good sex scandal, that's all there is to it.

OnTheWayThere · 16/09/2023 09:57

I thought RB was anti-woke (at some point)? He signed off his YouTube video trying to get ahead of the news with "Stay awake", etc. So it's okay for people to 'stay awake' ...a.k.a 'Stay woke' when it comes to him and what he's trying to get them to be aware of but not with other/others' issues.

Seems hypocritical but it's par for the course with the anti-woke brigade.

ellie09 · 16/09/2023 09:57

PaperWalkAndTalk · 16/09/2023 09:55

So a TV programme about the MeToo in the comedy world has now got people thinking of various conspiracy theories, it's a political cover-up, it's deep-fake.

Brits love a good sex scandal, that's all there is to it.

In all seriousness, I think that would actually be a really cool watch, exposing AI and deep fake technology and I really like the spin on things!

A lot of people in the Britney Spears community think this is happening to her at the moment.

Funny how its all "comedians" - maybe a big prank? To see how society reacts to it?

I dont see how they could make a 90 min programme about it though

IClaudine · 16/09/2023 09:59

I dont see how they could make a 90 min programme about it though

Perhaps they haven't and the scheduling is not what it seems either.

usernother · 16/09/2023 10:00

I've just watched Russell Brands video on Twitter. Elon Musk has commented on it. Surely Dispatches cannot be doing a whole programme on him?

thedancingbear · 16/09/2023 10:02

Maatandosiris · 16/09/2023 09:48

Could he be the link to royalty? Now that would be big!!!!

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I think sexual assault is disgusting and my overwhelming sympathies are with the victims of these terrible crimes. Obviously the best thing would be for them not to have been committed.

But if someone has to have done them, please can it be Corden?

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