Noel Fielding..

[CurlewKate]

… is very silent about Russell Brand, isn’t he?

No reason not to come forward - unless they've been subjected to an injunction like RB used on his alleged victims to prevent them from even talking to the police: https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/11/07/russell-brand-secret-injunction/

Let's at least discuss this with our eyes open.

RB was different from the beginning. His stand up seemed to me to be more like a rant from someone in a mental health facility. It just wasnt funny most of the time. It was quite clear that he was the TV executives' performing monkey. They knew what they were doing. There should be a real clear out of TV people because many of them have been on the gravy train for years, fleecing the public and getting away with unacceptable stuff whilst thinking they are untouchable. This arrogance in all its forms needs to end in TV world. Entitled, cynical, self- serving.

Judging men to be rapists because of how they dress is ridiculous. We rightly object to women being judged because of how they dress so the same should apply.

I have no views on NF, I think I've seen him in the IT Crowd but don't know him otherwise.

’’I saw Goody Fielding with the Devil!’
I don’t see what some performative virtue signalling on Fielding’s part would achieve, and I feel the assumption that that individuals who knew/ worked with Brand who don’t hasten to go on record saying ‘he’s a very bad man’ have themselves something to hide is dangerous.

Not saying he’s a rapist. But he was one of the many who must have known and chose to keep quiet.

Nobody has said NF is a rapist.

We are however noting the two men’s similar lives, style, comedy, work persona.

All of which were relevant to Brand’s offending.

If a man makes rape jokes with a rapist, is friends with a rapist, then yes I would expect scrutiny.

I'm just waiting for much more detail of the backstory about that to come out. But maybe not. Sometimes people in the public eye are reluctant to talk publicly about things that happened to their dead loved ones, especially years later. I'm sure it's a complicated situation.

I think ‘making a statement’ can look a bit pathetic in cases like this. What is he supposed to say? ‘Oh, he was my mate, but I didn’t know he was raping and sexually abusing women, which is obviously shameful and I completely condemn his behaviour.’ Blah. Blah. Blah. It would just be a bunch of word salad. I think saying nothing is less damning (and possibly more dignified) because nobody then has the opportunity to pick apart every word and even the tone of those words. I’m not saying he is guilty or not guilty of anything himself, but I think people yakking on about the silence of his friends is just another way of baying for more blood. Russell Brand is the convicted rapist here.

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they look nothing alike. RB is objectively a lot more physically attractive, NF is absolutely not.

Well, I think we all now understand that the whole culture is changing. What ppl thought they could get away with back then no longer applies...thank god. There is a backlash from some sections of male society of course, but generally I think we are improving and the RB way of doing things is a thing of the past.

I don’t see them as the same. Brand’s brand was always serial shagger, pushing the boundaries of decent behaviour and generally creepy (still don’t understand how this was ok and celebrated at the time). Fielding wasn’t that, he was the quirky odd guy, the surrealist. Very different personas.

Trial by Mumsnet 🙄

Maybe he's been interviewed by police about some of the other ongoing RB cases, you certainly wouldn't want to be speaking publicly if you're going to end up in court as a witness and lawyers would advise not to

Exactly this. It’s not a bloody witch trial.

All this “so and so who was associated with someone years ago and Dresses a Bit Similar needs to Issue a Statement” - it’s all about clicks, outrage generation, purity signalling - do we need everyone globally to complete a short multiple choice questionnaire after any event so we know exactly where everyone stands and are clear on who we ought to be considering shunning?

I think its important for people to acknowledge that they were part of a culture that was deeply misogynistic

it was widely known about RB let’s not pretend this is a surprise to those that know him

it doesn’t mean they are guilty of behaviour like RB’s but they were part of a culture that openly ignored it as they were having a good time while so many woman suffered or were being horribly objectified

Why must he have known? You may be confident that you know how close they were, or were not, but two people appearing to be friendly on camera means very little. Following their appearances together on Big Fat Quiz, RB went off to Hollywood, had a brief movie career and married Katy Perry. They weren't moving in the same circles. Some of the stuff on this thread, made up and trotted out as fact, is potentially actionable.

Scrutiny by the police yes, no one on here is likely to know what he knew or what he did. What he looks like, what he wears or how he does his hair is irrelevant. If we could identify rapists by how they look and dress it would be difficult for them to get away with it

I’m not saying he’s a rapist. Actually that’s really not what I’m thinking.

But I find it hard that he had so many close associates who were clearly very aware, and joked about, his attitudes towards women, who conveniently are now absolutely silent. Don’t forget his alleged offending included in work situations.

So yep - closely work with a POS who attacks women in work situations for years, make it clear at the time you find his attitudes funny and even joke about them, but now he’s been convicted act like you deserve the benefit of the doubt…? No, sorry.

It's not just him though. Jonathan Ross, Noel Gallagher, Steve Coogan - all the people who were friendly with Brand at the time. They MUST have known what was going on, and if not encouraged, at least condoned his behaviour. At the very least enabled.

You've got to look at EVERYONE who was around Brand at the time - they all created a monster. Judging from what he wrote about his mother in his books, she spoiled him rotten and let him get away with all sorts, from a young age. She was even at his home when he was with women in bed and he kept his mum waiting. She must have known what was going on - was she just sitting there rolling her eyes, going "What is he like, eh?! Boys will be boys." Because that's the impression I got. In fact the way Brand describes the idolisation of his mother in those books just drew parallels for me for how Savile was with HIS mother.

As for Brand's father. He's almost as guilty as his son is. Taking his son to Hong kong when he was 17 and hiring prostitutes for them both - in the same room 😠. And he'd already let him have access to his porn collection at a young age. That's some gross neglect of parental duty right there, during his formative years.

I went off Bob Geldof after I read in his autobiography that he used to shoot his neighbour’s dog with pellets.

Exactly. These threads are just trouble-stirring for the sake of it - the entertainment of the trial is over, and some sad people are desperately looking for someone else they can clutch their pearls and purse their lips at..

After watching that clip I thought it was because RB thought he was being funny introducing him as Bobby Gandalph. That's what it sounded like to me.

I don't think that many will be quick to say publicly they are a friend of RB.I also reckon that people who were friends will soon be keeping silent. He will most likely end up with few people he could count on as a friend.

This is my thinking.

More people coming forward means there are more chances that he’s going to be interviewed as a potential witness at some point.

I’d much rather he stayed quiet rather than damaged any potential usefulness as a witness later

This is my thinking.

More people coming forward means there are more chances that he’s going to be interviewed as a potential witness at some point.

I’d much rather he stayed quiet rather than damaged any potential usefulness as a witness later