Press Release:
September 9, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. (8 September 2008)– Rock for Life, a national pro-life music and advocacy movement that promotes 832 bands, is demanding an apology from MTV Music Video Awards host Russell Brand for his sexist, judgmental and intolerant remarks.
Brand, a British comedian infamous for dressing up as Osama Bin Laden the day after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, hosted the 25th annual awards ceremony September 7.
Brand opened the show with a monologue that attacked the chastity promise of a Christian band, “The Jonas Brothers,” and called Bristol Palin’s pregnancy a “P.R. stunt”.
“Brand has been arrested 11 times, once for indecent exposure,” said Erik Whittington, director of Rock for Life. “He appears to care more about making crude jokes to gain attention than he does offending who choose to live a lifestyle different from his own lascivious past.”
The comedian spent much of his airtime advocating for candidates and making crude remarks about those who live chaste lives.
Brand on the Jonas Brother’s abstinence until marriage promise: “A little sex once and awhile never hurt anybody.”
Brand on Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol’s pregnancy: “I do feel a little bit sorry for her daughter, getting pregnant, poor kid. Is it a boy? Is it a girl? It’s a P.R. stunt. Come on. Be honest.”
“We demand Brand apologizes to the individuals and groups he purposefully offended,” Whittington said.
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(From the administrator)
This kind of intolerant vitriol should not be tolerated by either the Christian community or the network that hired Russell Brand. I do not know ONE WOMAN who would volunteer her body to incubate a baby for 9 months and then raise it for another 18 (or for a down-syndrome child, many times for life) on purpose as a PR stunt. Now that is probably the most sexist, asinine statement I’ve heard in a LONG time.
Brand himself has been in numerous scrapes with the law in the U.K., and has had serious drug and sexual addiction issues, including at least eleven charges of indecent public exposure. Apparently he has not learned the difference between “a little sex once in a while” and an addictive obsession with it… to the point of exposing himself to unwilling (and most likely disgusted) viewers.
Russell Brand obviously needs more professional help, starting with some manners classes.
