Russell Brand allegations: Big Brother boss who labored with comic at Channel 4 says allegations are ‘miserable’

A TV govt who labored at an organization that employed Russell Brand has described the allegations in opposition to the star as “depressing”.

Phil Edgar-Jones was artistic director of Remarkable Pictures, a part of Endemol UK, and oversaw Big Brother throughout its Channel 4 years.

Speaking to Sky News, he stated: “There was never any sense that he’d done anything inappropriate that was brought to our attention certainly.

“We knew he had a status for being promiscuous – and everyone knew that on the time – however that is so far as it went, so far as we knew.”

Mr Edgar-Jones, who’s now director of Sky Arts and Entertainment, went on to emphasize that Remarkable Pictures would “100%” have acted if one thing was dropped at its consideration.

Four girls made allegations of rape and sexual assault in opposition to Brand in a joint investigation by The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches.

Some of the claims date again to when he was presenting the Big Brother spin-off programme Big Brother’s Big Mouth.

The comic and actor has stated he “absolutely refutes” the allegations in opposition to him – and claimed he’s being attacked by the mainstream media.

Mr Edgar-Jones stated it was tough to say whether or not Brand’s on-set behaviour on the time would have been thought to be unacceptable now.

“It’s 20 years ago – I guess, maybe these things get called out a lot more now, for sure. But at the time, it didn’t seem like there was anything untoward that he was doing,” he added.

The govt went on to verify that he’s blissful to participate within the critiques which are taking place in the meanwhile – with the BBC and Channel 4 launching investigations.

In different developments:

• YouTube has suspended adverts on movies posted to Brand’s account

• Channel 4 has taken down content material that includes the comic from its streaming service

• The BBC has additionally eliminated some Brand content material from iPlayer and Sounds

• Brand’s tour promoters have confirmed that his stay reveals have been postponed

• The Metropolitan Police has acquired an allegation of sexual assault in opposition to Brand that dates again to 2003

Removing YouTube earnings is ‘cancel tradition’

Brand was on the centre of the so-called “Sachsgate” scandal in 2008, when he and TV presenter Jonathan Ross left lewd messages on the answerphone of Andrew Sachs, the late actor who starred in Fawlty Towers.

The voicemails had associated to Sachs’s granddaughter Georgina Baillie, who had an on-off relationship with Brand within the 2000s.

Speaking to The Politics Hub With Sophy Ridge, Baillie stated that YouTube’s choice to droop earnings from Brand’s channel amounted to “cancel culture”.

The 38-year-old actress went on to say that, though she didn’t know all the particulars surrounding the allegations, a number of the proof is “compelling”.

When requested about her ideas in regards to the claims, Baillie added: “I don’t know what happened there – I don’t know because I wasn’t there. He never did anything like that with me, everything was more than consensual, I promise.”