Accused rapist Russell Brand has found God. If only he knew how to find Bible verses on live TV

April 28, 2026 — 7:00pm

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For someone who prides himself on being an eccentric original, Russell Brand’s attempt to reinvent himself as a born-again Christian has an eye-roll level of predictability.

Among shamed and publicly shunned celebrities, there are three options for social redemption: flee to a rehab facility, sit down with an A-list interviewer for a contemplative tell-all, or find God.

Given Brand says he has been sober since 2003 and no one in the mainstream media wants a bar of him, he had no choice but to use the light of the Lord to try to redefine his past behaviour as sins rather than potential crimes.

In an appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show last week, Brand said: “I recognise that my sexual conduct in the past was selfish, and I did not apply enough consideration, barely any, I suppose, really, to how that sex was affecting other people. What fame gave me and what my addiction fuelled was opportunity for endless consent, which led me to be a hedonist and a fool, and an exploiter of women, and that is wrong. And that is something that needs to be redeemed and addressed and atoned for.”

Brand is due to go on trial in the UK in October, where he faces seven charges – three counts of rape, three counts of sexual assault and one count of indecent assault – against six women. He has pleaded not........

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