Russell Brand’s journey – such as it is, in every sense of the word – is currently seeing him praying on stage in front of large numbers of Republicans across America. You might remember him getting up close and spiritual with Tucker Carlson a while back, and now he’s getting high and almighty with fellow […]
None of the upsides of a worldwide lurch into fascism is it makes it easier to see who had principles and who was just pretending. There are downsides, however.
You think his 2010 views were more authentic than his 2024 views? He’s always been a grifter, he’s just found a more lucrative market segment
I think he once believed in things and now lies for a living, less successfully than he has in the past.
He believed in attention for himself. He got that by grandstanding on white knight activism.
Whether or not he believed in his soapbox topics is unclear.
None of the upsides of a worldwide lurch into fascism is it makes it easier to see who had principles and who was just pretending. There are downsides, however.