THIS is the moment Russell Brand joked he was “looking at a 10-year stretch” in prison – 13 years before the fiend was caged for rape.
The disgraced comedian made the remark on The Jonathan Ross Show in 2013 as the pair discussed Brand’s past behaviour.
In the resurfaced footage, which is now doing the rounds on social media, Brand appears to make an eerie prediction about his eventual downfall.
The exchange begins with Ross telling his guest: “We should point out, by the way, that you do not endorse criminal behaviour.”
Brand replies: “It depends really, I mean…”
But Ross quickly jumps in, saying: “I am trying to keep you out of trouble.”
Brand then fires back: “Oh yeah, you have done a great job in the past, ain’t ya? Thank you, Uncle Jonathan.”
The audience erupts into laughter, with the remark thought to be a reference to the pair’s involvement in the 2008 Sachsgate scandal.
Brand then adds: “I will be looking at a ten stretch. You’re like bloody Fagin.”
Ross responds: “I was trying to keep you on the straight and narrow.”
But Brand continues: “I was regarded as a twinkie little sex addict when I met you, and then I nearly ended up in jail.”
Social media users have been quick to point out the irony of the comment, more than a decade before he received a sentence of ten years and six months.
The fictional character Fagin, from Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twist, is a criminal who leads a gang of young pickpockets.
Brand’s comparison appeared to suggest Ross had been encouraging him towards trouble rather than keeping him on the straight and narrow.
Ross has since broken his silence after Brand’s conviction and the allegations surrounding his former pal David Walliams came to light.
A three-year joint investigation by ITV News and the Guardian revealed shocking allegations against Walliams dating back as far as 2003.
Walliams has been accused of preying on young girls for sexual purposes – including two as young as 15 – and he denies the claims.
Ross said he was “genuinely unaware of their conduct” when he was on friendly terms with the pair.
He also said his “thoughts are with the many, many women who have bravely come forward”.
The resurfaced exchange is just one of a string of uncomfortable clips involving Brand that have been circulating online since his sentencing.
Another disturbing video shows the moment Noel Fielding joked: “We’re not rapists” during an appearance alongside Brand on Big Fat Quiz of the Year in 2007.
The exchange came after Jonathan Ross made a crude remark about singer Lily Allen, who was the only woman on the panel.
Fielding responded: “How dare you, we’re not rapists.”
Host Jimmy Carr then quipped: “Why are you wearing a cape if you’re not a rapist?”
Brand, grinning, then said: “What if, horror of horrors, he ain’t even done a rape. You could ruin his career.”
He went on to ask Fielding: “Have you done a rape?”
Footage has also resurfaced of Brand touching Lorraine Kelly’s thigh during an appearance on The Graham Norton Show in 2007.
The comedian placed his hand on the TV presenter before asking whether she was wearing suspenders.
He then called her a “s**t”, leaving her visibly uncomfortable.
Another chilling clip shows Brand asking broadcaster Vanessa Feltz whether he could have sex with her daughters during an appearance on his chat show in 2006.
Her youngest daughter was just 15 at the time.
When Vanessa firmly told him no, Brand continued to push the subject.
It comes as comedian Sean Lock has had praise heaped on him for calling out Brand in a scathing rant on Channel 4‘s 8 Out Of 10 Cats.
The late comic, who died from cancer in 2021, has been praised for his comments about the disgraced star in another resurfaced television clip.
Lock launched into a furious takedown of Brand, branding him “pathetic” and admitting: “I hate him so much.”
He went on to explain that being a father was one of the reasons he felt so strongly about Brand.
Lock said: “Probably the reason I hate him so much is that I am a dad, and I have this fear that one day my daughters will bring something like that home.”
In 2006, Brand interviewed Walliams alongside his Little Britain comedy partner Matt Lucas.
During the exchange, Lucas accused the pair of being the “gayest straight blokes there are”.
Walliams turned to Brand and replied: “Isn’t it a wonderful smokescreen?”
Brand agreed, saying: “Isn’t it though? Isn’t it glorious? It works wonderfully well.”
Walliams has denied the accusations and insists he has broken no law.
Brand, 51, was jailed for ten years and six months at Southwark Crown Court on November 9.
He was convicted last week of raping a woman he met at one of his gigs in 2009.
The former comic was also found guilty of sexually assaulting three other women at the height of his fame between 2004 and 2009.
He was cleared of two further counts of rape and one of attempted indecent assault.
Sentencing him, Mr Justice Bennathan described Brand as a “sexual predator” who had used his fame to prey on women.
Brand, who denied all the charges, has been held at HMP Wandsworth in South London since his conviction.