The Backlash Against Russell Brand, Explained

The Backlash Against Russell Brand, Explained

Is the British comedian Russell Brand becoming an alt-right influencer? Fans began to grow suspicious after Brand's YouTube account began to embrace hyperbolic, clickbaity titles, with the IMPORTANT words in all-caps, like "Vaccine APARTHEID: Don Lemon's Covid BOMBSHELL." Is Brand taking a page out of The Daily Mail, or is he simply catering to YouTube's almighty, unknowable algorithm? Possibly the latter; Brand's political position (if he even has one at all), was always milquetoast liberalism with vague anti-establishment posturing, combined with a willingness to hear from all sides of the political spectrum, no matter how odious. Essentially, he's a hairier, barefoot version of Joe Rogan, more likely to skin and devour an eggplant rather than an elk. So, why did so many of his fans seem to turn on him? Well, what really seemed to bother the liberal segment of Brand's fanbase was Brand's dismissive analysis of "Russiagate," which, if you remember, reduced reporters to a state of near-hysteria during Trump's presidency. This led to a series of tweets declaring Brand to have been poisoned by the alt-right, and accusing him of catering to a certain crowd. Russiagate has always been an incredibly divisive, somewhat ridiculous subject - there are