{"id":67584,"date":"2023-09-21T07:30:40","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T07:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotcelebon.com\/?p=67584"},"modified":"2023-09-21T07:30:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T07:30:40","slug":"katherine-ryan-acknowledges-russell-brand-comments-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotcelebon.com\/entertainment\/katherine-ryan-acknowledges-russell-brand-comments-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Katherine Ryan acknowledges Russell Brand comments for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Katherine Ryan referenced her comments about Russell Brand on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The 40-year-old comedian \u2013 whose old comments about Brand<\/strong>\u00a0came to light amid\u00a0his sexual assault allegations<\/strong> \u2013 made a public appearance at the RTS Cambridge on Wednesday.<\/p>\n Ryan took to the stage at the bash and addressed the \u2018elephant in the room\u2019.<\/p>\n According to MailOnline, the doting mum then quipped the \u2018elephant\u2019 she was speaking about was her \u2018two-stone weight loss\u2019 and didn\u2019t allude to Brand again.<\/p>\n After rape and abuse allegations aimed at 48-year-old Brand were made public last week, former comments made by Ryan started to circulate online.<\/p>\n She is said to have\u00a0outed allegations against Brand<\/strong>\u00a0while working together on Comedy Central\u2019s Roast Battle in 2018.<\/p>\n During the show, the panel aimed jabs at each other with the Canadian comedian apparently leaving the St Trinians\u2019 actor \u2018furious\u2019.<\/p>\n Her dig, which never made it to air, reportedly said: \u2018I will remind you of that if any victims come out.\u2019<\/p>\n Brand was only a judge for that season,\u00a0replaced the following year<\/strong>\u00a0with Jonathan Ross.<\/p>\n Also, in a previous interview with Louis Theroux, Ryan discussed an unnamed \u2018predator\u2019 known by comedians to be working in the industry.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She shared that she had called them as much to their face but called her discussion with the documentarian a \u2018litigious minefield\u2019.<\/p>\n \u2018It\u2019s not really my story to tell,\u2019 she told Theroux. \u2018No one has perpetrated any sexual assault against me.<\/p>\n \u2018I, in front of loads of people, in the format of the show said to this person\u2019s face that they are a predator.\u2019<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Brand was accused of\u00a0rape<\/strong>, emotional abuse and sexual abuse by several women in a\u00a0Channel 4<\/strong>\u00a0special\u00a0episode of\u00a0Dispatches airing in a joint investigation with The Times.<\/p>\n The Get Him to the Greek actor has vehemently\u00a0denied the allegations,<\/strong>\u00a0posting a\u00a0YouTube video\u00a0<\/strong>before the episode was shown to the public where he claimed all relationships were consensual.<\/p>\n Metro.co.uk has reached out to Ryan\u2019s reps for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n Got a story?<\/strong><\/p>\n If you\u2019ve got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the Metro.co.uk entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@metro.co.uk, calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page \u2013 we\u2019d love to hear from you.<\/p>\n
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