Paramount+ has removed Russell Brand’s 2009 comedy show Live in New York City, following in the footsteps of YouTube and the BBC, which have severed ties.
Brand, 48, was accused by four women over the weekend of rape and sexual assault, as well as extreme emotional abuse and manipulation.
He denies the allegations and insists all of his relationships have been consensual. He claims he was the victim of a “mainstream media conspiracy” to derail his YouTube career as a wellness guru. However, on Tuesday, the show was canceled by Paramount+.
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Russell Brand’s 2009 comedy special was available on Paramount+ until Tuesday morning
YouTube, the video streaming service owned by Google, announced that it has suspended “monetization” – or advertising – of branded videos for “violating our creator responsibility policy.”
His latest stand-up special, “Russell Brand Re:Birth,” remains available on Netflix. Netflix has not commented.
Paramount+’s move came after YouTube suspended lucrative advertising on his channel, he was fired by his book publisher and agent, and banned from charities.
The tour dates for his one-man stage show have been canceled and he faces police investigations and a Charity Commission inquiry.
His catalog of comedy shows will be deleted from Channel 4’s streaming service and iPlayer after BBC director general Tim Davie called them “completely unacceptable” and the BBC said its former star’s material was “below expectations.” the public”.
Davie promised a full review of Brand’s time at the company from 2006 to 2008, including the presenter’s alleged use of a BBC chauffeur to pick up a 16-year-old schoolgirl from sex classes.
Brand is seen leaving a gig in London on Saturday – the last time he was seen in public
The BBC, where Brand was a presenter on Radio 2 and a guest on other broadcasters, said the “limited content featuring Russell Brand on iPlayer and BBC Sounds” had been removed “after concluding that it was now behind the”. expectations of the public fall short”.
Channel 4, where Brand burnished his name in mainstream media in the 2000s as host of a Big Brother spin-off show, also removed his shows, including a “Celebrity Bake Off” episode, from its streaming service , “as we look into this matter.”
Brand’s book publisher Bluebird, an offshoot of Pan Macmillan, “stopped all future publications with him”, while Comic Relief, where he took part in the BBC telethons, said: “It would not be appropriate for us to work with Russell Brand.”
Following the revelations, the Charity Commission is investigating Brand’s role at his addiction charity, the Stay Free Foundation.
Brand denies any criminal wrongdoing. More and more women are now coming forward to accuse Brand of sexual misconduct.
Recent allegations include that Brand mocked her about her looks and sang about Soham murderer Ian Huntley during sex.
“Lisa” told the Times of London that in 2008, when she was in her early twenties, she and a friend were invited to the comedian’s house for a threesome, and because the two women’s real names sounded vaguely similar to “Holly and Jessica,”
Brand began making vile jokes about the 10-year-old girls murdered by Huntley in 2002.
Esme, another woman who spoke to The Times, said she told the comedian “no” when he invited her to his home about 15 years ago and was shocked when his driver took her there anyway.
YouTube blocked lucrative advertising on his channel, he was fired by his book publisher and agent, and banned from charities. Pictured: On Comic Relief in 2017
Considered one of his main sources of income, he has 6.6 million subscribers to his YouTube channel, earning him an estimated £1 million a year from the advertisements that appear whenever someone watches one of his videos
Considered one of his main sources of income, he has 6.6 million subscribers to his YouTube channel, which makes him an estimated $1.2 million a year from the advertisements that appear whenever someone watches one of his videos.
Sara McCorquodale of social media analytics agency CORQ estimated that he “most likely earned $2,400 to $4,400 per video” and made up to five videos each week. He may still make money from merchandising and sponsorships.
And he probably still earns fees from Rumble, a more right-leaning version of YouTube, where his near-daily posts have the potential to earn up to $99,000 each.
But since he was accused of rape and a series of sexual assaults in a Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches investigation at the weekend, and a 2003 allegation was investigated by the Metropolitan Police yesterday, his profile has been in free fall.
The 48-year-old comedian and “wellness” guru strenuously denies all the claims, calling them a wild “mainstream media” conspiracy, claiming all of his relationships during his “period of promiscuity” were completely consensual.