What do you really think of Brand and Ross?

[Velvetee]

What do people here really think about Russell Brand and Johnathan Ross's telephone answer machine "assault" on the actor Andrew Sachs, during Brand's radio show?

I personally think both Brand and Ross are crude, obnoxious pieces of used toilet tissue, who shouldn't warrant any time on air. They are both crass, despicable and thoughtless and will stop at nothing to get a cheap laugh.

Should they be arrested for leaving abusive phone messages, or perhaps be sacked by their BBC employers?

[trt]

I would be bl00dy furious if someone left a message on my answer phone to say they have slept with my granddaughter, especially if it was broadcast on the radio.

I hate Brand and his stupid not funny sense of humour.

He was sent death threats when he made rude remarks about the Americans, pity they didn't do it.

[Ethel]

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/News/Question64 6547.html

[A.Guest]

Brand has obviously not learned from past misgivings.

He caught lashings from Rod Stewart after Brand boasted of his exploits with Rod's daughter, Kimberley.

Russell Brand - is always news. But certainly not good news.

[lynbrown]

Why can people like RB and JR never seem able to put themselves in others place? JR has daughters - would he like their names dragged through the public in the way he has done to Sachs granddaughter?

[888sally888]

I think they are pathetic little men with over inflated egos and very bad hair styles.

[Doc.Spock.1]

They should never work again for bbc.


In reality they will probably get a pay rise.

[Caribeing]

The wages they are paid are just like their humour,obscene!!

[karmgirl]

Had forgotten Ross had daughters. You would think it would have made him think twice about saying what he did. Even more disgusted now

[andy-hughes]

I think the two men are very different, but with common aspects to their characters.

Ross is a caring family man who is more than able to put himself in someone else's position, and see when he has overstepped the mark, and retract and apologise appropriately, as he has done ion this instance.

Brand is an immature individual who exhibts the self-centered attitudes of his (largely) teenage / early twenties single audience and sees controversey as an acceptance and endoresement of his 'cutting edge humour'.

Where the two come together is with a tendency to be pushed beyond reasonable boundaries in similar company - as in this instance where they have seemingly forgotten that they are making a radio show, and simply wound each other up like a couple of schoolboys.

The fault lies with the show's producer and the 'senior executive' who have sanctioned broadcast of an item that has obviously gone well beyond acceptable behaviour and broadcast standards - had it been dumped, no-one who have known anything of what was an immature time between two men who should be old enough to know better.

Ross, tho his credit, has written a personal apology to Mr Sachs, Brand has delivered an 'apology' over the air - assuming quite wrongly that Mr Sachs would be within a hundred miles or a radio on which he is broadcasting - and then swerving into some mindless nonsense about the Holocasut, which given Mr Sach's ethnicity, simply adds insult to injury.

I await developments with interest.

[sanden]

I think it is scandalous, but if they were to be sacked they would immediately be snapped up by another channel, so no point. I cant understand why Angus Deaton was sacked by the BBC for doing something in private, when these two have been very public in their actions.
Perhaps they should make a very generous donation to charity and offer a proper apology.

[Paul22118]

I think Sanden is close to the right answer.

This is not private eg Deayton etc but a gross intrusion on someones life. They are again over the line.

I cringe when Ross tries to interview someone, which is usually before I switch over again, hoping to have learned a bit about a guest I like. If Parky was dead he'd be turning.

Short answer - get shot from the airwaves.

[shomer42]

They played a joke on someone that did not find it funny. I wouldn't have found it funny at first, but thinking about it if Ross or Brand want to make fun of me on national radio which will raise my profile, go and do it guys!

It was just a bad joke. Let's not all over react.

[Tizzi247]

I don't think it's overreacting when two grown men treat another as they did. Its a shame they can't be banned from ANY TV or radio station forever. It's absolutely disgusting and I totally agree with Velvetee and others.

[heaathersgr8]

everyone just needs to get over this whole situation its really getting boring. The show that they done was not live, the bbc knew what they were letting the public see and hear, arent they more to blame then????????????

I think the pair of them are great and think everyone has just jumped on the bandwagon as usual because the media etc have nothing better to print!