Sharon Osbourne has weighed in on Russell Brand’s sexual assault scandal.
The TV star, 70, appeared on Talk TV to speak to Piers Morgan on Wednesday evening alongside her rocker husband Ozzy, 74, daughter Kelly, 38, and Jack, 37, where she was asked about the scandal surrounding the comic.
Following a Channel 4 investigation on Saturday, Russell was subject to claims from a number of women accusing him of abusive and predatory behaviour, including rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse, which he has vehemently denied.
Sharon weighed in on recent resurfacing of Russell’s historic spars with Rod Stewart and Bob Geldof over his relationships with their daughters – with Sharon’s comments about Rod coming in light of her friendship with his daughter Kimberley.
She said: ‘‘The only thing I can say about Russell Brand, is the two things I don’t like, was when he spoke about… one of them is a very good friend of ours, Kimberley Stewart, about what he had done to Kimberley Stewart in front of [Rod]…
Shock: Sharon Osbourne has weighed in on Russell Brand’s sexual assault scandal
Fuming: Russell, 48, was called out by a furious Sir Rod Stewart, 78, at the 2006 GQ Men Of The Year Awards after he claimed to have slept with the singer’s daughter Kimberly (pictured)
Dad: Rod – who has eight children in total – shares Kimberly, now 44, and son Sean, 43, with ex-wife Alana, 78 (Rod pictured with Kimberley in 2021)
Back then: Sharon weighed in on recent resurfacing of Russell’s historic spars with Rod Stewart and Bob Geldof over his relationships with their daughters – with Sharon’s comments about Rod coming in light of her friendship with his daughter Kimberley (Rod and Ozzy seen in 2022)
‘And then he did the same with Sir Bob Geldof… You just don’t do that to people’s families, when that father is in the room. He’s done it twice now and that’s the thing that sticks with me.’
In 2006, Russell was called out by a furious Sir Rod at the GQ Men Of The Year Awards after telling the audience he had slept with model Kimberly.
The comedian, now 48, whose reported behaviour occurred between 2006 and 2013 at the height of his fame, locked horns at the event.
When taking to the stage at the bash to collect his gong Russell made a crude remark saying: ‘Here’s to Rod Stewart who had a go at me earlier this year for too much womanising… But then again I did have a go on his daughter’.
When Sir Rod, now 78, collected his own trophy he made a point of blasting Russell for his comment. Addressing him directly, the Maggie May hitmaker said: ‘You went with my daughter, did you? Russell, stand up.’
The comedian then seemingly lost all his bravado and could be heard sheepishly mumbling: ‘I took her out for one evening’.
A fuming Rod asked if Russell had behaved himself on said evening with the former Big Brother host backtracking and saying: ‘I never touched that girl’.
‘F***ing right you didn’t’ Rod snapped, ‘You mustn’t come up here and boast. I speak here as a father.’ Rod – who has eight children in total – shares Kimberly, now 44, and son Sean, 43, with ex-wife Alana, 78.
Former flame: The comedian is currently facing allegations of sexual assaults and abusive and predatory behaviour between 2006 and 2013, when he was at the height of his fame (Kimberly and Russell pictured in 2006)
Ouch: He has a similar feud with Bob Geldof following comments about his daughter in 2006 – leading the Irish rocker to brand the comedian a ‘c**t’
Back then: Russell is seen with Sir Bob’s late daughter Peaches in 2006
Russell reportedly attempted to make amends following the tense moment and the pair could be seen sharing a smile following the awards ceremony.
Rod later told the Evening Standard: ‘[Russell] might be a bit of a player but he shouldn’t boast. I never did. Russell’s been a bit timid since I had my say.’
One woman has alleged Brand raped her in his Los Angeles home, while another accused him of grooming her as they were involved in an allegedly ’emotionally abusive and controlling relationship’ for three months when she was just 16 and still at school, and he was 31.
A third accuser claimed the comic sexually assaulted her while she worked with him in Los Angeles, and that he threatened to take legal action if she told anyone else about her allegation, and a fourth detailed the alleged sexual, physical and emotional abuse she was subjected to.
Allegations about Russell’s ‘sinister’ behaviour towards women were an ‘open secret’ among TV and radio executives, it has been claimed.
Bosses at the BBC and Channel 4 are accused of turning a blind eye towards the entertainer’s behaviour while he worked for them as a presenter between 2006 and 2013.
The broadcasters have insisted they took all necessary steps over him, but executives could still be called before a Government select committee where MPs will grill them over what they knew.
Alice – not her real name – claims that Brand assaulted her when he was 31 and she was 16 and his ‘sex addict personality is just a smokescreen for his dark behaviour’
