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Russell Brand Explains Sarah Palin: 'People Want to F--- Her'
A barefoot Russell Brand explained to critics Saturday how his talk show, "Brand X," will soon become more conventional.
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But not too conventional. He ended a panel at the Television Critics Association on Saturday by explaining what he believes is Sarah Palin's appeal: "People want to fuck her. That's why they tolerate the other stuff."
But first, about the lack of shoes.
Brand has sold himself as a fast-talking, free-associating, antiestablishment force in show business, and dressed the part for the panel. He wore ripped jeans, beads, and some kind of leather strap on his bicep. His hair, beard and stare suggested a more handsome Charles Manson.
Also read: Sarah Palin Talks Guns and Colorado
The lack of shoes only helped the image. And that's the conundrum of Russell Brand: Is he a delightfully weird anti-authority figure who somehow wandered into television and films, or someone who got there through canny packaging as an anti-authority figure?
Either way, his look provided him lots of material. Where were his shoes, someone asked.
"They're home with their stepmom," Brand said. He later explained that he had sustained a minor injury from a strap while kickboxing -- "essentially a rugburn." But he also noted that shoes are an often non-essential addition.
"The real question is, why are you all wearing shoes?" he asked.
Also read: Bristol Palin: 'I Like Gays. I'm Not a Homophobic'
Adding to the argument that Brand is about show business first, and wild self-expression second: He's making his talk show look more like all the others. It will have guests, including, perhaps, Charlie Sheen. (Brand joked that each of Sheen's personalities could appear.) He won't be so "nuts-out anti-establishment." And the show will look more conventional.
That said, he believes comedians should be free to say what they want. Asked about recent jokes by Dane Cook and Daniel Tosh that angered people (Brand's own Palin joke wasn't so different from ones by Tracy Morgan that plenty of people didn't like) Brand said people forget that comedians are comedians.
"I don't think we should create a state where people are afraid to talk," he said. "That could have much worse consequences."
Tricia Evans Tweets Joke About Colorado Batman Shooting, Deadmau5 Lambasts Playboy Model [PHOTOS]
Tricia Evans, a former Playboy model and centerfold, made a much "too soon" joke on Friday in the aftermath of the Colorado shooting at the Batman premiere, prompting Deadmau5 to lambast the buxom blonde for her inappropriate joke.
The feud began on Friday when Evans tweeted about the shooting which claimed a dozen lives and many wounded when James Holmes open fired on the Century 16 theater in Aurora, Colorado screening a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises."
"I heard the new Batman movie is really 'to die for'!" Evans tweeted. "Too soon?"
That's when Canadian-born Joel Zimmerman of Deadmau5 stepped in.
"good to know @HollywoodTricia i seriously had no idea how big of a shit you are. Unfollowed," he wrote on Twitter in a post which has since been deleted.
Evans, who frequently tweets on controversial matters, fired back.
"Listen, apparently I have a different opinion than u. That doesn't make me a piece of shit," Evans wrote to deadmau5.
"@HollywoodTricia so your opinion of the tragedy in Colorado is... "humor"? not sure how that's convoluted into an opinion," deadmau5 wrote back.
Evans went on to defend herself countless times, posting various messages on Twitter to her 3,000+ followers.
"Most of the people I've heard from r walking, talking bags of shit & deadmau5 is the moral police. LOL."
But not everyone was quick to attack Evans for her "humor."
"it sure is cool how all you tough smart men are attacking @hollywoodtricia for daring to be a female model with an opinion," wrote Twitter user @hugbox, which was retweeted by Evans later.
Zimmerman of Deadmau5 eventually gave up lambasting Evans and instead sent his condolences to those who lost lives at the shooting.
"my thoughts and prayers to the victims and their families in Colorado during this most troublesome time. : such senselessness."
But this is certainly not Zimmerman's first Twitter feud either. Earlier this year, Deadmau5 called out Madonna for referencing a drug during her tour. Madge reported said, "How many people in this crowd have seen Molly?" at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami in March. Deadmau5 fired back calling the Queen of Pop a "f----ing IDIOT," adding, "That's your big message to ultra attendies? hipsterspeak for looking for drugs? F--- off."
