The streaming giant has kept the comedy special on the service despite the comedian’s conviction for rape and sexual assault.
Russell Brand performing in Australia in 2010(Image: Getty Images)
Russell Brand’s stand-up show Rebirth is still available on Netflix tonight, despite the comedian’s conviction for rape and sexual assault.
The streaming giant has kept the comedy special – in which he talks about sex – on the service but stopped it from being actively recommended or promoted to its customers.
The 2018 show, filmed at Hackney Empire, is about his life after the birth of his first child and opens with politicians including David Cameron and Ed Miliband commenting on Brand.
It it he refers to his penis after getting married, clutching his crotch and saying: “He’s gone from chairman of the board to tea lady overnight.”
He later jokes: “I’ve hardly been conservative with sperm. Giving the stuff away like sticky confetti. The real miracle is that one of them’s been allowed to germinate instead of being squandered in a stranger’s eyelashes.”
The Telegraph reports that the title will “no longer be automatically recommended or actively promoted to subscribers” but will still remain available for streaming.
A Netflix source told the newspaper: “We prioritise choice and control for our members: the freedom to watch what, how and when you want, with recommendations and ratings to inform those choices.”
The comedian, 51, was sentenced to a total of 10 years and six months in jail earlier this week for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.
Brand was told he will be on the sex offenders register for life and must serve at least seven years of his sentence behind bars before being considered for release on license, while his wife watched on in court.
Judge Mr Justice Joel Bennathan sentenced Brand for the rape of a fan and sex assaults on three women, including a woman in a Soho bar, as well as a radio worker and a Channel 4 staffer, who were both abused by him while at work.
The Mirror has contacted Netflix for comment.
Elsewhere, the BBC have edited out a joke about Russell Brand that appeared on Gavin & Stacey from a festive episode of the comedy series.
In the episode, Nessa returns to the Christmas dinner table after finally managing to get Neil the Baby off to sleep by reading him part of the disgraced comedian’s autobiography.
She says: “I had to read to him to get him off. No. Russell Brand: My Booky Wook. He’s loving every word.” That part of the dialogue is still available in the iPlayer edition of the programme, but then, originally, Nessa told Stacey that she didn’t get a mention in the comedian’s memoir.
Stacey replied: “Aw that’s a shame. I’m quite disappointed, are you?”and Nessa said: “Don’t be, Stace. We had a cracking night, Pam. All three of us.” Instead, the conversation moves quickly on to Nessa complimenting Pam’s (Alison Steadman) Christmas turkey.
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