Moment 'rude' Russell Brand grabs random woman's arm in Parliament and accuses fellow guest speaker of flirting with her

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Footage from the hearing in 2012, shows the moment Russell Brand grabbed hold of a woman's arm and held onto her for four seconds as she tried to pass him by.

Published: 19:26 GMT, 11 November 2026 | Updated: 08:01 GMT, 12 November 2026

Russell Brand grabbed a woman's arm while speaking in Parliament and accused a fellow guest of flirting with her, footage from more than a decade ago reveals.

Footage from the hearing in 2012 shows the moment Brand grabbed hold of a woman's arm and held onto her for four seconds as she tried to pass him by.

After she managed to get by and free herself from his grasp, the disgraced comedian then made a joke about another man in the hearing flirting with her.

During the hearing in front of the Home Affairs Select Committee, Brand laughed with Labour politicians about his 'occasional skirmishes' with criminal activity and ridiculed a Tory MP who had asked to consider the experiences of victims of crime.

He was speaking on drug policy after being invited to do so by Keith Vaz, a former Labour minister, who chaired the group.

Brand was sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison on Monday for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.

A jury convicted him just days earlier on one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault involving four women, and cleared him on two further rape counts and one count of attempted indecent assault.

In the 2012 hearing, Chip Somers, a former drug addict and recovery specialist, was interrupted by the comedian as two women tried to pass behind him.

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