Noel Fielding..

[CurlewKate]

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

No it wasn’t but you are asserting he was complicit. Complicit in what precisely?

I think Jack Byles and Gareth Roy who were members of RB’s entourage and who coerced Women 6 into giving RB a massage saying he wouldn’t work without it and she was subsequently sexually assaulted were complicit. Someone who met RB in social situations, without further evidence, no.

I think the people who will have known will be the people around him who work for him directly or indirectly, Just like the entourage around Weinstein, Epstein etc - the taxi drivers taking schoolgirls to his house, the assistants, managers etc. Obviously the women around him who constantly feel on edge and just want to get out as quickly as possible and feel they can’t raise it as they they won’t be believed and it won’t be taken seriously. The managers who receive the complaints but don’t investigate or deal with it, the senior managers who brush it under the carpet to protect the ‘talent’. They are complicit and it doesn’t seem to be changing.

Heaven forfend anyone point out the arrogance of posters assuming they know best. Or have an opinion that doesn’t match yours. Apologies - you carry on.

I agree.

My colleague headteacher was convicted of crimes against children. Certainly doesn’t mean all of us who worked alongside him have committed the same crime.

We didn’t make statements about him, nothing.

This is so funny. Good ole’ Bob - never minces his words.

It is not unfair to call Noel out for making a joke about rape when that's exactly what he did. They can banter all day long about the creepy cape and Jack the Ripper, but joking about how he'd leave the scene of a rape is not an acceptable think to jest about IMO. Either in 2007 or now.

Jonathan's comments weren't any better but I was talking about Noel because thats who the thread is about.

I have always found Noel Fielding creepy and annoying and not funny in the slightest. God only knows what he's doing on Bake Off.

Oh, I don't know how they could avoid knowing of his sexual boasts, his predilections and perversions, the rumours amongst media folk. That's just what RB put out in the public eye. Imagine behind closed doors and amongst friends how far the conversation might have gone? What they all talked about together. I wonder if they ever asked him directly if he'd ever stepped out of line?

He's always given me the absolute ick. Something wrong about him.

I'm no fan of rape jokes but they used to be quite common, Billy Connelly who seems to be held in high esteem used to do them. Thankfully they are no longer acceptable but as others have said we are not all automatically responsible for the crimes of everyone we know. The actual enablers are different.

As far as I know Noel Fielding has not been accused of any sexual assaults.

A pair of nutjobs together.

Yes. Let's trawl through every picture and haul in any man who is photographed with RB or NF or who wears skinny jeans.

David Lammy is absolutely right. We don't need a jury system any more-let's just have the denizens of Mumsnet throw out a name, lots of others and their spidery senses can come on, nod sagely and say they always had a funny feeling about the named person too.

That is enough. Off With their heads!

Surely, this thread is starting to become a bit of a joke now although Mumsnet may not be laughing so much if someone litigious comes along.

I alwats thought NF was a real creep.

Everyone who worked in and around the industry at the time knew Noel was dating Pixie

He was 33, she was just 16 and studying for her GCSE’s. He might not be criminal but he’s certainly gross.

Wanted to portray a "wholesome" family-friendly, more mainstream image, no doubt.

Good lord, I never suggested Noel is responsible for Brands crimes or anyone elses. Nor have I accused him of committing any of his own.

I don't think joking about rape 20 years ago was a good look. I think not speaking out to apologise for that joke given the current circumstances or wish to remove any association or support between him and a convicted rapist is not a good look.

I accept these are choices he is free to make and I am.also free to judge him on. Same goes for Ross, Carr and the like.

Bill Wyman should surely be in the dock too. He started a sexual relationship with Mandy Smith at 14 years old when he was early 50’s. She became very ill with anorexia afterwards if I remember rightly.

I met NF once when I was young, drunk and wearing a tiny outfit - he was lovely snd and an absolute gentleman to me. I know that isn’t evidence of anything but even though I’ve never enjoyed his television shows I’ve always had a soft spot for him cos of how he treated me that night.

The article you listed does not mention that and does not tie in with when RB was charged.

Me too. Only found out when he didn’t show for work, and it transpired he was in custody following a raid on his house that morning. I had absolutely no idea what I had been working with

The only "weird" thing about him is his face and his style of humour. He never made jokes of the type RB did - his humour was original and really funny, I went to see him and Julian Baratt live a few times, it was the funniest thing ever, so surreal. I watched a lot of comedy when all of these people first appeared - and while I liked mainstream stuff like Bill Bailey, Mighty Boosh, League of Gentlemen - even some bits of Little Britain - I always found RB unfunny, and also weirdly un-sexy (which was really weird to me as objectively he has a good looking face). Actually, same goes for David Walliams, that's another really creepy one.

You’re not. I’ve always felt that way about him too.

I didn't see it at the time, but have done this week. Neither of them cracked a smile, it was clearly very intended and meant.

This one was escorted off the premises.
He had been more than 'in posession of indecent images'.
This was just a regular colleague. Nobody had a clue.

Edited to add: I am not in or anywhere near Stockport or called Angie.

I remember at collage all my mates fancied him in the Mighty Boosh, I was always a Julian Barratt girl so hopefully he's not got any skeletons in his closet.

I've always found Noel Fielding quite amusing, with a gentle kind of comedy, albeit I've only seen him as a guest on mainstream shows, so perhaps I've never seen the full force of him. He should know you're judged by the company you keep though.