Make Page Six a Preferred Source Australian pop star Dannii Minogue called Russell Brand “completely crazy” and “a vile predator” two decades before he was sentenced to over ten years in prison for rape.
“I certainly don’t think he has cured his sex addiction, that’s for sure,” Dannii, now 55, told The Mirror in 2006. “He wouldn’t take no for an answer.”
Dannii detailed her negative experience appearing on Brand’s short-lived MTV show “1 Leicester Square” at the time, claiming the disgraced comedian “kept making shocking remarks that I can’t even repeat.”
“Just uttering the words would make me blush,” she shared.
Brand, according to Dannii, commented on her “fabulous breasts” and pestered the singer for her phone number after following her down a corridor.
The former “X Factor UK” judge said that Brand “always goes that step too far” though “never quite far enough to slap his face.”
Dannii, the sister of Grammy Award winner Kylie Minogue, also stated that while the “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” actor is “obviously very intelligent,” she bashed him for wearing “more makeup than I do.”
“Normally I love guys with eyeliner on. It can be very sexy, but not on Russell,” she continued. “Absolutely no way, never.”
Dannii’s interview initially resurfaced in 2023 after Brand, 51, was accused of being a serial sex assaulter by multiple women.
Last week, the “Get Him to the Greek” star was found guilty of rape and three counts of sexual assault after a four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court in London.
When Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison earlier today, the judge called him a “sexual predator” who “committed sexual offenses against a number of women over a five-year period.”
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Brand mouthed “I love you” and “We’ll be ok” to his wife, Laura, when he was taken away by guards.
The podcaster, who shares three children with Laura, is facing two additional rape accusations that the Metropolitan Police are investigating.
Brand was previously briefly married to Katy Perry, who hasn’t commented on his legal troubles, and was blocked from being mentioned by his defense team during the trial.
However, Perry, 42, hinted at Brand’s secrets two years after their 2011 split.
“I felt a lot of responsibility for it ending, but then I found out the real truth, which I can’t necessarily disclose because I keep it locked in my safe for a rainy day,” the “Firework” singer said in a 2013 interview with Vogue.
Perry added, “I let go and I was like, ‘This isn’t because of me; this is beyond me.’ So I have moved on from that.”
If you or someone you know is affected by any of the issues raised in this story, call the Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-330-0226
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