byRussell Brand continues to live one of his worst moments both at work and personally. The British actor, presenter and comedian made headlines last weekend when a documentary created by Channel 4 Dispatch in collaboration with "The Sunday Times" and "The Times of London," accused him of raping, assaulting and sexually abusing several people.
From that moment on, Katy Perry's ex-husband began to have problems. The BBC and Channel 4 said they would conduct internal investigations to investigate what happened, added to this, his managment agency, Tavistock Wood Management, decided to cut all professional ties with him.
In the wake of the accusation, the comedian was canceled on YouTube. The platform, one of its spokesmen told The Guardian, withdrew the monetization of the British presenter's channel after considering that he had violated "our creator responsibility policy":
We have suspended monetisation on Russell Brand’s channel for violating our creator responsibility policy. If a creator’s off-platform behaviour harms our users, employees or ecosystem, we take action to protect the community.
This is a major setback to the British actor's finances. Experts told the English newspaper that Brand generates between 2,000 and 4,000 pounds per video. Taking into account that the British artist publishes about five videos a week, his income could be around one million pounds a year.
Alongside this, Russell Brand was also forced to delay his "Bipolarisation" comedy tour. Scheduled for Tuesday at the Theatre Royal Windsor, the show has been postponed indefinitely. "We are postponing these few remaining addiction charity fundraiser shows, we don’t like doing it — but we know you’ll understand," the theater's management team told NBC.
Elon Musk comes to Russell Brand's defense
Brand, in an attempt to defend himself, published a video assuring his innocence that generated outrage among many viewers. However, several people also came to his defense, implying that itwas all a conspiracy being carried out against him. One of them was the CEO of Tesla and Starlink, Elon Musk, who responded directly through a publication on X (formerly Twitter), to the message that the British actor and comedian published just hours before:
Of course. They don’t like competition.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 15, 2023
It was not the only show of support from the owner of X. Musk commented on several publications made by users on his social network and, in all of them, he said he believed Russell Brand's version and furthermore, that he considered that he was innocent in the whole matter.
I support Russell Brand. That man is not evil.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2023
No more canceling. Enough is enough.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2023
Sure seems that way!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) September 17, 2023
