Russell Brand is on the move. Again.
The bawdy British pushed socialism not too long ago. He smited Western culture, savaged capitalism and when, pressed on his fiscal hypocrisy, didn’t take it well.
Brand began to change his views roughly around the time of the COVID-19 pandemic. He called out media bias, pandemic misinformation and more.
His YouTube channel soared, and he gained a new, right-leaning audience in the process. He eventually embraced Christianity and even penned a new book under the Tucker Carlson imprint.
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His book promotion tour found him chatting with Piers Morgan this week. Suffice it to say, the interview didn’t go well for Brand.
Morgan pressed him on a particular Bible passage that helped him at the start of his February court date on rape and sexual assault charges. Brand brought a Bible to the proceedings and appeared to be leaning on its wisdom.
The comedian rifled through the pages, mumbling to himself for a while but coming up empty.
Piers Morgan to Russell Brand: What passages were relevant to you when you brought the Bible into court?
*two minutes later*
Russell Brand: “I can’t actually find the verse I had that day.” https://t.co/GcjNaJVxEe pic.twitter.com/7IbTQ59WNX
— CONSEQUENCE (@consequence) April 25, 2026
Later in the chat, Brand repeatedly touched Morgan during a contentious exchange, never threatening the host but using physical intimidation. He casually admitted he might be a grifter, either a blast of self-awareness or a way to defuse Morgan’s questions with humor.
During his interview with Piers Morgan, Russell Brand got increasingly defensive and didn’t want to answer any questions.
Here are the final moments when he melted down: https://t.co/E5eTevdbAD pic.twitter.com/KuQKH0sK0H
— Gadget (@Gadget440) April 25, 2026
The most alarming part of the exchange, though, came when Morgan asked Brand to condemn the Oct. 7 atrocities committed by Hamas against Israel.
It’s akin to saying, what color is the sky or something equally simple.
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Murdering 1,200 people, torturing men, women and children, plus committing unspeakable assaults on innocents should be condemned, full stop.
Except Brand couldn’t do it.
Piers Morgan repeatedly asked Russel Brand to “condemn” October 7th.
When he refused to play his game, Piers called him “intellectually dishonest”. pic.twitter.com/tbxW7LtHOW
— smile2jannah (@smile2jannah) April 25, 2026
When pressed, Brand quickly brought up Ben Shapiro to change the subject. It’s unclear what the Daily Wire co-founder had to do with the topic in hand, except the fact that Shapiro is Jewish.
“We’re running out of time,” Morgan said, while Brand said his sense of right and wrong are guided by Scripture. That’s not an answer, so Morgan repeated the question.
“So was it an act of terrorism?” Morgan said, but Brand suggested it was an unfair conversation.
“I’m just asking a basic question about what Hamas did that day,” Morgan said.
“It’s not a basic question … you know what we’ve learned, there are no basic questions,” Brand answered, dissembling.
“Actually, there are. That’s the problem about being intellectually dishonest. When you have an act of obvious, grotesque terrorism, you just say what it is. You don’t think, ‘how is this gonna play to my audience or spin out on social media,’” Morgan said.
“You look at how it happened, when it happened, a potential ton of narratives,” Brand said before cross talk muddled his speech.
“You’ve answered by not answering,” Morgan said. “You have, haven’t you?”
“It’s wrong to kill people. Thou shalt not kill,” Brand offered up. “That’s in the Old Testament.”
“Let’s end on that,” a flustered Morgan said.
It’s notable that Brand’s new book comes from Team Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News pundit whose anti-Israel rage has become a defining part of his brand.
