Kelly Brook has said her close friends were among those attacked by Russell Brand and claimed she warned young women to stay away from him.
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The shamed actor, 51, was this week jailed for more than ten years after being convicted of raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three other women between 2004 and 2009.
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Speaking on ITV's Loose Women on Tuesday, the former glamour model explained that she had warned women in the showbiz industry that Brand 'was someone you needed to be wary of'.
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She said: 'I have friends, very close friends that have been attacked by Russell and it's so disturbing to see what's happened over the past year.
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To talk to them about it, for all Brand's victims to get justice in the way they have, I'm just so happy for them.
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I speak to the women who were in these situations with Russell and I said, 'Why didn't you say anything?
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One in particular said to me, "I thought I was the only one, I didn't realise".
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It's only when multiple women come forward and share their stories that you realise what's happened to you.
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Kelly Brook said her close friends were among those attacked by Russell Brand and claimed she warned young women to stay away from him
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Brook was interviewed by Brand in 2006 on MTV as she promoted her film Survival Island.
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She said he was known as a 'ladies man' and opened up on how she felt while being interviewed by him
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Brook, 46, recalled warning a young woman starting out in the showbiz industry to steer clear of Brand.
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She continued: 'I just turned to her on camera and just said: "Yeah stay away from Russell Brand".
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'Now I didn't know about any of these allegations back then, I just knew that he was someone you needed to be wary of.'
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Ms Brook added that she has worked with many people who have crossed paths with Brand over the years.
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She was even interviewed by Brand in 2006 on MTV as she promoted her film Survival Island.
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Ms Brook said he was known as a 'ladies man' and opened up on how she felt while being interviewed by him.
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Ms Brook admitted: 'I was always in long-term relationships with very high-profile people, that was a protective, coping mechanism because he wouldn't have targeted somebody like me.'
At the time, she was engaged to American actor Billy Zane after meeting on the set of Survival Island.
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Ms Brook went on to address uncomfortable comments previously made by Brand, she added: 'I was aware of his reputation and, don't forget, if we go back to that time how language was so different there.
'You know, how it was all in the face of banter…
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As a woman you had to kind of take it if you wanted to be on a panel show, part of the conversation and in with the boys, you had to take it.'
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Ms Brook is not the only star to speak out about Brand's behaviour as Lorraine Kelly was left feeling 'uncomfortable' when he touched her thigh before calling her a derogatory term during a TV appearance.
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The TV presenter recalled her own experience with Brand in 2023 on her ITV chat show.
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She was speaking in the wake of the release of the Dispatches documentary on Brand which investigated allegations of rape and sexual assault.
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Ms Kelly, 66, spoke about her 2007 appearance on The Graham Norton Show where she sat on the sofa alongside Brand.
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In the clip Brand was asked a question about his movie work before he touched Ms Kelly's thigh.
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'You're wearing suspenders, Jesus Christ!' he exclaimed.
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'I've taken off more than I can chew.
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The shamed actor, 51, was this week jailed for more than ten years after being convicted of raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three other women between 2004 and 2009
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Kelly and Mr Norton both laughed before Brand continued: 'Yes, I have been in other films but it doesn't seem so important now I know Lorraine Kelly's a s**t.'
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She said she had laughed along because everyone else was and as it was the comedian's 'schtick' but looking back on it 16 years later she admitted she felt 'uncomfortable'.
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Speaking about her multiple encounters with Brand, she explained: 'I interviewed him a lot over that time when he was in the public eye.
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I usually got the charming Russell, the flirty Russell but I have been doing this a long time and I would like to think there was a tiny bit of respect there, maybe.
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Although this happened.'
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She then aired The Graham Norton Show footage before admitting: 'That's uncomfortable to watch now, it absolutely is.
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Obviously, for the record, I was not wearing suspenders at all.
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He was laughing, I was laughing.
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It's difficult looking back on it, and now I probably would have said something, but it's an entertainment show, that was his shtick.'
Vanessa Feltz has also spoken on how she found Brand 'scary and intimidating' when she appeared on his MTV chat show, 1 Leicester Square, in 2006.
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During an uncomfortable conversation between the pair, Brand continued to ask if he could 'have it off' with the broadcaster's two daughters.
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Initially appearing to take the joke in good humour, Ms Feltz, 64, became visibly more uncomfortable as the interview went on, with her answers ever more serious.
As the awkward encounter continued, Brand then made jokes about having sex with his own future daughters.
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Speaking on This Morning years later, Ms Feltz said she could not pretend she thought that was funny.
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