Fury as Netflix refuses to pull Russell Brand stand-up show featuring ‘cruel’ joke about wife and daughter

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Critics have slammed the streamer’s decision to keep up the 2018 special as ‘a bit surprising’

Netflix is facing backlash after it announced that it would not be removing a Russell Brand stand-up special which features crude remarks about his wife and daughter, as well as his sex life.

The streaming giant said that Russell Brand: Re: Birth, recorded at London's Hackney Empire in 2018, will remain on the platform despite the comedian’s recent conviction for rape and sexual assault.

However, the hour-long special will be removed from its active recommendations and standard search results.

During the set, Brand makes references to his sexual escapades, stating that he has “hardly been conservative with sperm. Giving the stuff away like sticky confetti”.

Discussing his wife, Laura Gallacher, giving birth to their first child, a daughter, he said: “There ain’t nothing like seeing a vagina coming out of a vagina to make you re-evaluate your attitude towards people with vaginas.”

He also joked about fearing that his daughter would grow up to be like him, “or worse, date someone like me”.

Jill Greenfield, chairman of the Fawcett Society - a charity dedicated to promoting gender equality and women’s rights - said she found the decision to keep the show up “a bit surprising”.

She said she was unsure who would continue to want to watch the special, and said the content and the case itself is “upsetting for tons of people, particularly the victims”.

“They’re a broadcaster, they need to think about the audience, especially when there are further investigations going on.”

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