Every year my Mum gets each one of her children a book for Christmas, and the last time I was home for she bought me Russell Brand’s book “Revolution.” It was actually a really good book. I highly recommend it.
I never thought much of him as a person until I saw him participating at the Occupy Wall Street protests in September 2011. I thought that was very brave of him. I kind of fell in love with him when he gave a fabulous speech at the 2013 GQ Awards, which they obviously tried to scrub from the internet, but thankfully this Norwegian YouTube channel has saved it for all our viewing pleasure here.
A lot of people say we look alike, which makes me laugh. A few people have also joked that he looked like the late Amy Winehouse, another artist whom I really admire. Do I look like Amy too? Gosh I hope so. Let me grab my eyeliner real quick and I’ll find out!
All jokes aside, what I really wish people would say about me is that I sound half as smart and eloquent as this very intelligent and engaging man. If you can get beyond the Jesus looking exterior, then what you’d see is that there’s a lot more beneath the surface.
You can see that this is a man who has lived through some things and come out the other end very enlightened. For a long time Russell Brand suffered through addiction, mental health struggles, and all sorts of self-destructive behavior. But he pulled through and now possess insight I find very admirable.
I think Mr. Brand has some really interesting things to say about the current state of the world. He sees all the moving parts. When he sees a lack of justice, he uses his platform to advocate change. I can only pray to have half as much impact one day.
This latest video he made about mental health during the pandemic is very good. We should all watch and think about it here: