A crowd work video was posted overnight when someone shouted out “what do you think about Russell Brand” (Instagram here or below).

I think everyone could have guessed that this was going to get shouted out at some point…

The tabloids all think it’s a terrible thing (that a dark humour comedian might dare to make a dark joke, after being asked a question). They are going for maximum clickbait by declaring that he’s doing it to “plug his upcoming tour”.

1. No, he’s not, it’s already selling out and having new dates added every week – doesn’t really need plugging, so to speak
2. He’s never OFF tour
3. If someone had shouted this out and he’d ignored them or said “no comment” he would still be in the wrong

No winning, with this one, from certain quarters. Although I was amused to see that the Daily Mail went all out and yet the comments section liked the joke (at the moment).

Ever the professional he clearly had this joke in his back pocket as the timing of the delivery is just exquisite. That’s a comedian that knows how to deliver a joke.

The YouTube video alone has, at the “20 hours since posting” point, had over 3m views and has 55k likes.