Vanessa Feltz speaks out as Russell Brand's 'chilling' comments about 15-year-old daughter on TV resurface

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9 Nov 2026 • 6:19 PM MYT
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Vanessa Feltz speaks out as Russell Brand's 'chilling' comments about 15-year-old daughter on TV resurface

In the wake of Russell Brand’s conviction, a lurid clip featuring the star’s interview with Vanessa Feltz has resurfaced in which the comedian asks to “have it off” with her daughters.

Following a four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court in London, Brand, 51, was convicted of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault on Thursday (5 November), with his sentencing scheduled to take place on Monday (9 November).

In light of his conviction, during an episode of This Morning, which aired on Friday (6 November), Feltz spoke about a “chilling” interaction she’d had with Brand in the past in which he asked to have sex with her daughters.

Viewers have since found the moment in question, which occurred during a televised interview in 2006 between himself and Feltz. The Loose Women star had been a guest on his chat show that year.

“Can I have it off with either you or your daughters?” Brand asks Feltz, whose youngest daughter, Saskia, was only 15 at the time.

Feltz appears to grimace at the idea. “No, you may not,” she says. “I’ve got two daughters and the answer’s no.”

Brand then goes on to joke: “None of them? Hold on, let’s go through them. You’ve got two whole daughters and I can’t even have one.”

“No you can’t,” says Feltz, to which he responds that she is being “selfish”.

“When you have your own daughters, you’ll know why I said that,” said Feltz, leading the comedian to crack a joke about incest. “Yuck, yuck!” she replied.

During an episode of This Morning on Friday (6 November) Feltz, 64, recalled the details of her time on the show, saying that his comment was a “pretty revolting thing to say to anyone, especially a mum”.

“He said in an unbelievably dispassionate way as if it would have no effect on me at all or maybe he didn’t care – that he’d like to have sex with me and both my daughters,” Feltz said. “The youngest was 15 at the time.”

“And although the audience was a sort of bear pit audience – sort of screaming and shouting and rooting for Russell every step of the way – I couldn’t pretend I thought that was funny. I don’t think it was funny.”

Vanessa Feltz speaks about Russell Brand on ‘This Morning’ (ITV)

She continued: “Plus you could tell it wasn’t really a joke. It didn’t seem to be a joke – and I realised then that there was something extremely chilling about him, really. Something very ruthless and sort of a bit scary and intimidating.”

Brand is due to be sentenced later today on Monday (9 November). He faces a “significant” prison term after being convicted of raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three women.

He spent the weekend in a cell after he was found guilty at Southwark Crown Court of raping a woman in 2009, as well as sexually assaulting female TV and radio workers between 2004 and 2009.

His victims told the court he had forced them into sexual activity, sometimes within seconds of their first meeting, using his immense fame to pursue a goal of sex with 5,000 women.

In the wake of his convictions, the Metropolitan Police revealed that more allegations against the former TV and radio host are being investigated – including the alleged rape of a 16-year-old schoolgirl.

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