Russell Brand is one of the fastest-rising stories on Reddit right now. Over roughly 32 hours, 14 threads about it surfaced across 5 subreddits, most of the conversation happening in r/entertainment, r/unitedkingdom and r/formula1. Combined, those threads hold roughly 22.9K upvotes and 3.4K comments so far.
What the sources report
Here is how the outlets linked in these threads describe what happened, word for word.
- The Independent: Russell Brand and Noel Fielding joke about rape in resurfaced Channel 4 clip
Lily Allen, who was the only woman on the panel, later described the comments as ‘horrendous’
- The Guardian: Russell Brand barrister reports himself to watchdog over clash with journalist
Ian Winter KC told Rosamund Urwin of the Sunday Times, whose investigation led to Brand’s victims coming forward: ‘I hope you are pleased with yourself’
Where Reddit is talking about it
| Community | Threads | Upvotes | Comments | First thread |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| r/entertainment | 4 | 12,772 | 1,070 | Nov 6, 12:31 UTC |
| r/unitedkingdom | 7 | 3,416 | 1,502 | Nov 6, 14:41 UTC |
| r/formula1 | 1 | 5,020 | 558 | Nov 7, 20:22 UTC |
| r/Music | 1 | 1,198 | 151 | Nov 7, 17:36 UTC |
| r/television | 1 | 494 | 134 | Nov 7, 09:11 UTC |
The biggest threads
- Russell Brand suspected to have attacked at least 10 other womenr/entertainment · 5,955 upvotes · 430 comments · Nov 6, 20:16 UTC · The Guardian
- Russell is very angry on the radio currently in Q3r/formula1 · 5,020 upvotes · 558 comments · Nov 7, 20:22 UTC · i.redd.it
- Katherine Ryan Feeling “Grief & Relief” Over Russell Brand Conviction After Calling Him A “Sexual Predator” On Comedy Central’s ‘Roast Battle’ in 2018r/entertainment · 3,990 upvotes · 213 comments · Nov 6, 14:49 UTC · Deadline
- Bear Grylls Speaks Out on Russell Brand Verdict After Helping Baptize Him: ‘Justice Has Now Been Served’ and the Victims Are ‘Heroes’r/entertainment · 2,543 upvotes · 399 comments · Nov 6, 12:31 UTC · Variety
- The injunction that permanently silenced Russell Brand’s accuserr/unitedkingdom · 1,204 upvotes · 295 comments · Nov 7, 10:11 UTC · taxpolicy.org.uk
- Katy Perry said her ex 'should be in jail' months before Russell Brand convictedr/Music · 1,198 upvotes · 151 comments · Nov 7, 17:36 UTC · themirror.com
- Russell Brand and Noel Fielding joke about rape in resurfaced Channel 4 clipr/unitedkingdom · 692 upvotes · 320 comments · Nov 6, 14:53 UTC · independent.co.uk
- Russell Brand: In plain sight - The final nail in the narcissist’s coffinr/television · 494 upvotes · 134 comments · Nov 7, 09:11 UTC
- Russell Brand barrister reports himself to bar watchdog over confronting Sunday Times journalistr/unitedkingdom · 410 upvotes · 169 comments · Nov 6, 14:41 UTC · The Guardian
- Comedy has a 'couple of hundred' more people who have behaved like Russell Brand, comic tells LBCr/unitedkingdom · 207 upvotes · 262 comments · Nov 7, 18:30 UTC · lbc.co.uk
Timeline on Reddit
- First thread we found, in r/entertainment: “Bear Grylls Speaks Out on Russell Brand Verdict After Helping Baptize Him: ‘Justice Has Now Been Served’ and the Victims Are ‘Heroes’”
- The story reaches r/unitedkingdom: “Russell Brand barrister reports himself to bar watchdog over confronting Sunday Times journalist”
- The biggest thread so far is posted in r/entertainment (5,955 upvotes, 430 comments by our last count).
- The story reaches r/television: “Russell Brand: In plain sight - The final nail in the narcissist’s coffin”
- The story reaches r/Music: “Katy Perry said her ex 'should be in jail' months before Russell Brand convicted”
- The story reaches r/formula1: “Russell is very angry on the radio currently in Q3”
How this page is made
SubMouse watches dozens of large, safe-for-work subreddits and Google's trending searches. When several communities start talking about the same event at the same time, we group those threads into one story and publish this page, then refresh it while the story keeps rising. The counts are ours; everything said about the event itself is quoted and credited to the post or outlet it comes from. Claims in Reddit posts are unverified unless an outlet confirms them. Upvote and comment counts come from Reddit's public data via the Arctic Shift archive and can lag. Spotted a mistake? Tell us. Not affiliated with Reddit.