Russell Brand left Lorraine Kelly feeling 'uncomfortable' when he touched her thigh before calling her a derogatory term during a TV appearance.

The shamed actor, 51, was yesterday jailed for more than ten years after being convicted of raping one of his fans and sexually assaulting three other women between 2004 and 2009. 

Ms Kelly recalled her own experience with the star in 2023 on her ITV chat show. She was speaking in the wake of the release of the Dispatches documentary on Brand which investigated allegations of rape and sexual assault.

In the clip Brand was asked a question about his movie work before he touched Ms Kelly's thigh. 'You're wearing suspenders, Jesus Christ!' he exclaimed. 'I've taken off more than I can chew. I'm out of my depth.'

Ms Kelly and Mr Norton both laughed before Brand continued: 'Yes, I have been in other films but it doesn't seem so important now I know Lorraine Kelly's a s**t.'

She said she had laughed along because everyone else was and as it was the comedian's 'schtick' but looking back on it 16 years later she admitted she felt 'uncomfortable'.

Speaking about her multiple encounters with Brand, she explained: 'I interviewed him a lot over that time when he was in the public eye.

'I usually got the charming Russell, the flirty Russell but I have been doing this a long time and I would like to think there was a tiny bit of respect there, maybe. Although this happened.'

She then aired The Graham Norton Show footage before admitting: 'That's uncomfortable to watch now, it absolutely is. Obviously, for the record, I was not wearing suspenders at all.

'He was laughing, I was laughing. It's difficult looking back on it, and now I probably would have said something, but it's an entertainment show, that was his shtick.'

Vanessa Feltz has also spoken on how she found Brand 'scary and intimidating' when she appeared on his MTV chat show, 1 Leicester Square, in 2006.

During an uncomfortable conversation between the pair, Brand continued to ask if he could 'have it off' with the broadcaster's two daughters.

Initially appearing to take the joke in good humour, Ms Feltz became visibly more uncomfortable as the interview went on, with her answers ever more serious.

As the awkward encounter continued, Brand then made jokes about having sex with his own future daughters.

Speaking on This Morning years later, Ms Feltz said she could not pretend she thought that was funny.

She said there was something 'extremely chilling' about the disgraced comedian and actor, finding him 'ruthless and a bit scary'.

Ms Feltz appeared on Brand's show in 2006, at a time when Ms Feltz said the pair were 'good pals'.

Midway through their conversation, Brand loudly asked Ms Feltz: 'Can I have it off with either you or your daughters?'

Ms Feltz grimaced at the host's brazen vulgarity, replying: 'No, you may not.'

Brand responded: 'Here's a wacky suggestion,' before Ms Feltz interrupted: 'All three at once? Absolutely not.'

Reacting to Ms Feltz, he replied: 'Damn, she's always one step ahead.'

Doubling down, Brand declared: 'Come on, some of them are adults.'

Appearing visibly more offended, Ms Feltz struck a more serious tone, telling Brand: 'I've got two daughters, the answer is no.'

Brand did not relent, asking again: 'None of them?'

'Neither,' Ms Feltz replied, adding: 'Will you stop it.'

Brand pressed again, saying: 'Hold on, you've two whole daughters and I can't even have one. Selfish.'

Becoming even more serious, Ms Feltz told Brand: 'When you have your own daughters, you'll know why I said that.'

Brand then blurted: 'Well I won't sleep with them.'

An uncomfortable Ms Feltz replied, 'I'm not sure about that,' in a frustrated jab towards the host.

Brand added: 'I'm only mucking about, I'm not actually going to sleep with my own kids. It's only a joke. It's only words.'

The clip has now been shared online in the wake of Brand's conviction for rape and sexual assault.

Ms Feltz has spoken about it on several occasions since and remained uncomfortable about Brand's behaviour.

Speaking to The Guardian in 2024, Ms Feltz said she and Brand had 'hit it off immediately'.

However, she said Brand has a side to him that made her feel uncomfortable and said his comments on MTV were 'revolting'.

She later spoke again about the encounter on Good Morning Britain.

Ms Feltz said: 'I was quite friendly with him. I found him vastly entertaining. I was absolutely mesmerised by the stream of words, the charisma. I'd never seen a presenter anything like him.

'He just announced, in this unbelievably dispassionate way, that he would like to have sex with me and both my daughters. The younger one was 15 at the time.

'I couldn't pretend I thought that was funny. It didn't seem to be a joke.

'I realised then that there was something extremely chilling about him. Something very ruthless and a bit scary and intimidating.

'What he really relished was power over women. He wanted to have sex with the ones who didn't want to have sex with him, rather than the very many who did.'

A clip demonstrating Brand's intimidating behaviour towards his ex-wife Katy Perry has also resurfaced this week. 

Brand was seen flashing a card saying 'Obey' to the singer on the Oscars red carpet in an unnerving video from 2010.

As Ms Perry playfully accuses Brand of not watching the show, he proceeds to disagree and then tells her off for swearing.

Brand then quickly shows a small piece of card which reads 'Obey' towards the camera, before storming off and leaving Ms Perry alone to finish the interview.

Some on social media interpreted the logo, which was part of a clothing brand, as Brand asserting control over Ms Perry.

The pair were married for 14 months from 2010 until their divorce in 2011, with Ms Perry maintaining what fans have called a 'dignified silence' ever since.