They say that we should all take responsibility for our actions. Keeping them secret is bad for the soul, and the ‘wrong thing to do’.
Sometimes you have to be a big man and own up to previous indiscretions.
Which is why I am amazed at the furore surrounding Russell Brands brave admission to Andrew Sachs that he had sex with his grand-daughter. That takes balls. Even more so to do it on national radio.
Admittedly, he needed the moral support of a good friend and fellow broadcaster to do the actual confessing itself, but that should not detract from the effort on his part.
Would the 20,000 or so people who have complained to the BBC rather he had lied? The BBC has already been in trouble over misleading it’s viewers and listeners, so the public should make up its mind. You can not have it both ways.
These 20,000 truth-haters have now ensured that both Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand will find themselves on the Sachs Offenders register, whose only previous occupant was a moustache wearing Torquay hotelier. It is a shame.
I understand that Ross took his suspension after his refusal to read the following statement:
“I say sorry, unreservedly, and regret my rude, randy and rotten remarks. I did not intend the worry or embarrassment derived from my remarks.”
UPDATE: I have just learned that Georgina Baillie, Andrew Sachs’ grand-daughter, about whom this whole sorry affair began, has decided to take action. So ashamed is she by the embarrassment caused to her grand-father, and so offended by the publicity granted to her by a brief dalliance with Russell Brand, she is taking the only action she can, and is removing herself from the public eye whilst hoping this whole sorry affair will die down, sooner rather than later. And she has found just the person to help her in this quest. Max Clifford.
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Dungeekin · October 30, 2008 at 11:05 am
Wot a pair of pwats. After all the wecwiminations, complaints and public outwage, I’m glad the BBC have done the decent thing and suspended Wussell Bwand and Jonathan Woss.
Tewwific.
Their actions were insulting and demeaning, and how this pair of twats and their wespective ‘pwoducers’ could have considered this amusing is beyond me.
Wule of thumb, gentlemen – if your ‘pwank’ is something that would, if delivered face-to-face, get you a punch on the nose then it’s pwobably something you shouldn’t do.
Of course, I also fail to understand the need for our worthy politicians to stick their oars in – while the cwass actions of these two embawwassingly-coiffed ’slebs’ were outwageous, it’s a matter for their Management, not our so-called Leaders. So I think we’ve probably heard enough about these two jumped-up, overpaid and infantile idiots and their asinine antics – they’ll suffer enough in the long wun.
I’ve never liked Bwand anyway. It seemed to me that his only talents were the dwess-sense of a Kings Cwoss dosser and hair by Van De Graaff.
Oh, and Wossie? I had your missus mate. Hurgh hurgh hurgh. Yeah, that’s dead funny that.
A couple of wight woyal rankers, both of ‘em.
Dungeekin
fourstar · October 30, 2008 at 11:21 am
“Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand will find themselves on the Sachs Offenders register”
*applause*
Admin comment by Mr Angry · October 30, 2008 at 11:22 am
Hello Dungeekin – that is possibly the most impressive first time comment here in nearly three years.
Fourstar – *bows*
Keef · October 30, 2008 at 1:03 pm
Came here to leave a comment read Dungeekin’s will not bother now and leaves in awe.
Misty · October 30, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Bit of a storm in a tea cup in my opinion.
Yes it was rude, crass, stupid etc.
But come on this is Jonathon Ross & Russell Brand were talking about here, what else do you expect?
fj · October 30, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Yes I noticed that Georgina is staying out of the limelight only pausing to give the Sun several in depth stories about Russell Brand shouting “que” when they were at it. She is obviously distraught.
Lucy · October 31, 2008 at 8:12 am
True, with regard to the ‘what do you expect?’ as it is of course what we expect from those two. But does it give them the right to behave like that? Er, no. I think it was about time that they were shown they’re not invincible, personally.
Anna · October 31, 2008 at 4:29 pm
Oh my. I think I wet my pants.