Russell Brand: Palling Around With White Nationalists For Profit

Russell Brand and Tucker Carlson are best friends forever. How did this happen?

by Ben Cohen

“Tucker Carlson, who on a personal level was extremely kind and beautiful to me, and I think he’s a good person and I don’t believe he is a negative influence in American cultural life. I believe that we have to accept that people have different perspectives on cultural issues and if you don’t, the alternative is some form of tyranny, and hopefully it’s the form of tyranny that you happen to agree with. And I don’t think that’s the answer because it’s a big ol’ world out there.”

This was British comedian turned American culture warrior/Youtube entrepreneur Russell Brand talking about Fox News host Tucker Carlson last month.

The specific clip was brought to my attention by the good folks at Conspirituality Podcast, who deconstruct charismatic influencers like Brand and expose their insidious influence on society.

For those of you who have followed Brand over the years, his statement on Carlson might come as a bit of a surprise. Brand has spent years engaged in community activism, environmentalism, and social justice, sticking it to “the man” and putting his money where his mouth is by contributing to a number of very worthy causes. Brand has been an ambassador for the poor and forgotten in society, heralded by the Guardian’s George Monbiot in 2014 as “the best thing that has happened to the left in years.”

So why, in 2023, is he expressing his unyielding love for one of the most insidious, race-baiting fearmongers in American history?