Russell Brand’s Creepy Wedding Anniversary Video: What Fans Said
Russell Brand, 51, was jailed for 10-and-a-half years at Southwark Crown Court for rape and sexual assault. A 2018 anniversary video he posted for his wife Laura Gallacher, which fans called creepy, is back in focus.
Russell Brand, 51, was jailed for 10-and-a-half years at Southwark Crown Court for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others. Russell Brand's creepy wedding anniversary video to his wife, Laura Gallacher, is back in focus.
The sentence
A jury found Brand guilty of raping a fan in 2009. It also convicted him of sexually assaulting three other women over five years, during the peak of his career.
Those convictions involved an MTV worker at a Soho bar, a woman at the Choice FM studios and a Channel 4 worker who had been forced to give him a massage. Brand denied all the allegations throughout the trial.
The jury cleared him on two other counts. He was found not guilty of attempted indecent assault, after an accusation that he grabbed a woman's arm and pulled her towards a toilet in central London in 2001. He was also found not guilty of orally raping a woman in a toilet at a bar in London.
Laura in court
Gallacher, whom Brand married in 2017, arrived at court on the morning of the sentencing to support her husband. She sat to the front right of the dock, behind Brand's father, Ron.
They were later instructed to move to the public gallery. She watched as Brand was sentenced.
The anniversary video
On August 26, 2018, Brand marked the first anniversary of the wedding with a video on X, which was then still known as Twitter. In it, he sang a song called Inside of You, performed by his character Aldous Snow in the film Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Jason Segel wrote it.
The lyrics began: "Old as ancient skies, I've had these wandering eyes, but you took me by surprise, when you let me inside of you." He closed with: "Happy anniversary, Laura. Thanks, Jason, for that song. Bye."
How fans reacted
The post was soon flooded with comments from fans who were disturbed by it. One commenter said: "It's all about sex with him, very creepy."
Another replied: "You are such an a*s." A third wrote simply: "Creepy."
A fourth commented: "Just a wee bit terrifying no matter which way you look at it." A fifth typed: "Clearly missing something here. Creepy!"
Anyone affected by sexual assault can find help through rapecrisis.org.uk or the national helpline on 0808 802 9999.
