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Russell Brand’s Infamous MTV Firing Involved Kylie Minogue, Crack, and an Osama bin Laden Costume

Brand brought his drug dealer and his dealer’s young son to MTV while wearing one of the worst costumes imaginable.

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If you thought Gilbert Gottfried making jokes about 9/11 a mere couple of weeks after the attacks on the World Trade Center was in poor taste, you probably haven’t heard about the gag Russell Brand pulled on September 12, 2001. In fact, if anyone could’ve given Gottfried a run for his money in the “too soon” department, Brand was that guy. Back in those days, the up-and-coming comedian was working as a video journalist for MTV UK. He was also a very active crack and heroin user, by his........

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