This is the moment Russell Brand asked Vanessa Feltz whether he could have sex with her 15-year-old daughter in an exchange she later described as “scary and intimidating”.
The television presenter appeared on Brand’s MTV chat show, 1 Leicester Square, in 2006.
During the uncomfortable interview, Brand repeatedly asked whether he could “have it off” with Ms Feltz or her two daughters.
Although she initially appeared to treat the remarks as a joke, Ms Feltz became increasingly uneasy as the conversation progressed and her responses grew more serious.
Brand then made further jokes about having sex with daughters he might have in the future.
Years later, speaking on This Morning, Ms Feltz said she could not pretend to have found the exchange funny.
She described something “extremely chilling” about the disgraced comedian and actor, saying she found him “ruthless and a bit scary”.
Russell Brand asked Vanessa Feltz whether he could have sex with her 15-year-old daughter
The presenter appeared on Brand’s MTV chat show, 1 Leicester Square, in 2006
Ms Feltz appeared on Brand’s programme in 2006, when she said the two were “good pals”.
Partway through the interview, Brand loudly asked: “Can I have it off with either you or your daughters?”
Ms Feltz grimaced at the host’s brazen vulgarity and replied: “No, you may not.”
She appeared to play along briefly, adding: “All three at once, no,” prompting Brand to respond: “Here’s a wacky suggestion.”
Reacting to her answer, he said: “Damn, she’s always one step ahead.”
Brand continued: “Come on, some of them are adults.”
Looking increasingly offended, Ms Feltz adopted a more serious tone and told him: “I’ve got two daughters, the answer is no.”
Brand persisted, asking: “None of them?”
“Neither,” Ms Feltz replied, before adding: “Will you stop it.”
He pressed the point again, saying: “Hold on, you’ve got two whole daughters and I can’t even have one. Selfish.”
As the exchange became more uncomfortable, Ms Feltz told him: “When you have your own daughters, you’ll know why I said that.”
Brand immediately replied: “Well I won’t sleep with them.”
Clearly uncomfortable, Ms Feltz answered: “I’m not sure about that,” in a frustrated jab at the host.
Brand then attempted to dismiss the remarks, saying: “I’m only mucking about, I’m not actually going to sleep with my own kids. It’s only a joke. It’s only words.”
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The clip has resurfaced online following Brand’s conviction for rape and sexual assault.
Ms Feltz has discussed the interview on several occasions and has continued to express discomfort about Brand’s behaviour.
Speaking to The Guardian in 2024, Ms Feltz said she and Brand had “hit it off immediately”.
Ms Feltz grimaced as Brand made the vulgar request involving her and her daughters
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However, she said Brand had a side that made her uncomfortable, describing his comments on MTV as “revolting”.
She later revisited the encounter during an appearance on Good Morning Britain.
Ms Feltz said: “I was quite friendly with him. I found him vastly entertaining. I was absolutely mesmerised by the stream of words and the charisma. I’d never seen a presenter anything like him.
“He simply announced, in this unbelievably dispassionate way, that he wanted to have sex with me and both my daughters. The younger one was 15 at the time.
“I couldn’t pretend I thought that was funny. It didn’t seem to be a joke.
“I realised then that there was something extremely chilling about him — something very ruthless, and a bit scary and intimidating.
“What he really relished was power over women. He wanted to have sex with women who did not want to have sex with him, rather than with the many who did.”
In another unsettling clip, Brand was seen holding up a card reading “Obey” towards Katy Perry on the Oscars red carpet in footage from 2010.
Brand and his pop-star wife were being interviewed by a GMTV reporter about the event.
As Katy Perry playfully accused her then-husband of not watching the ceremony, he disagreed before telling her off for swearing.
Brand then held a small card bearing the word “Obey” up to the camera before walking away and leaving the singer to complete the interview alone.
Some social-media users interpreted the logo, which belonged to a clothing brand, as a sign that Brand was asserting control over his then-wife.
Perry appeared shaken by the interaction and noticeably subdued during the final moments, when she stood alone with the reporter.
