'He overstepped the mark but so did we' Russell Brand on Jeremy Clarkson's BBC sacking

HE'S no stranger to controversy himself, so Russell Brand can empathise with what Jeremy Clarkson is currently going through.

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Russell Brand agreed Jeremy Clarkson had overstepped the mark

The 39-year-old resigned from the BBC in 2008, after he and Jonathan Ross made offensive prank calls to actor Andrew Sachs, regarding his granddaughter. 

Russell was asked about Jeremy Clarkson's recent sacking from the BBC while appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show. 

The comedian and activist, said: "Some people would say Jeremy Clarkson, he represents to us an unreconstructed male – at a time when people go ‘ah political correctness has gone mad, you can’t say anything, you can’t do anything’ - well Jeremy Clarkson, he gets out there and says it. 

He continued: "Now I’ve seen those TV shows, that Top Gear and all that stuff, really good telly, he’s really good at that and I met him and I’ve seen him as a human being. 

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The star said Top Gear is 'really good telly'

"He’s got a glistening light in his eye, he was very lovely but he said a lot of things in the past that I think were a bit rude."

Host Jonathan quizzed: "So what you’re saying is, he did overstep, clearly, a boundary?"

Russell replied: "Like we did yes. I’m not judging him because who am I to judge anyone but the BBC is in a pretty unique situation because it’s funded by the public, I suppose there are certain standards and if a normal bod smacked someone in the mouth at work you’d get [at the] very least a tribunal.

"I love the shows but there are other considerations I suppose."

He added: "He can go anywhere in the world and talk about cars, people love the cars, he’s an individualistic man, it’s an individualistic product."

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Russell resigned from the BBC in 2008

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Russell was appearing on The Jonathan Ross Show

Jeremy's contract with BBC was not renewed after he got into an altercation with producer Oisin Tymon.

During the interview Russell also commented on the honour of being named the fourth greatest political thinker in the world by a magazine.

He joked: "I’m believing in my own hype, I’m thinking some pretty important thoughts right now. Who cares? It doesn’t mean nothing, they just put me in to flog that magazine!"

Asked what sparked his political activist, Russell simply stated: "I’m doing it for the love of my fellow man!"

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