Russell Brand may have had a ding-dong of a time encountering Jeremy Paxman on ‘Newsnight’ recently, but it seems the comedian/actor/revolutionary has got a soft spot for Ol’ Beardy after all.
“I didn’t like being called trivial, but I happen to think he’s all right,” Brand told a packed crowd during his Conversation with HuffPostUK on Monday evening.
And he added later, “I like to see him drilling the others.”
Russell Brand spent the evening discussing many topics of the day during his conversation with The Huffington Post UK's Political Director Mehdi Hasan.
Click here for the full transcript of the night, which touched on Palestine, politics, God, women and the environment.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(01 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(02 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(03 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(04 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(05 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(06 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(07 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(08 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(09 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(10 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(11 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(12 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(13 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(14 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(15 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(16 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(17 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
Russell Brand In Conversation With The Huffington Post UK(18 of30)
Russell Brand has been causing his unique variety of ripple with politicians and comedians alike over the last couple of weeks.Brand's sitting down in a discussion with Huffington Post UK Political Director Mehdi Hasan about the big issues of the day, and you can watch the whole thing, 'A Brand New Politics', on the LIVE FEED, on this very page here at Huffington Post UK.
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