"I don’t agree with the mentality of being salacious about people having sex," he adds. "Also, there’s so much more stuff that’s funnier and more interesting."


Russ: I’ve stopped chasing people - Nov 15 2007
Russell Brand has revealed that he is overcoming his sex addiction - and so far has gone 22-and-a-half days without any action between the sheets.

In his autobiography, My Booky Wook, out today, he confesses that he once suffered from eating disorders, heroin and alcohol dependency - and a hopeless addiction to sex.

"I’ve been very irresponsible. But most of the women I’ve slept with have been lovely and I feel very privileged and very lucky to have slept with any at all," he told the Daily Mirror.

"I don’t know what I’d have done without ’em."

However, these days the 32-year-old is indeed getting by without women in his life.

"It’s going well," he added. "I think I needed some perspective. Because of my issues around addiction I think I need to be careful.

"I’ve stopped chasing people. Alarmingly, if you don’t make a huge effort to seduce women, none of them are bothered.

"No one’s battering my door down. It feels like I’ve given up smoking and my senses have returned. I’m just very aware of how sexy everyone is."

Last night Russ launched his autobiography with a singing and stand-up gig at Waterstone’s Piccadilly.


Sexy film role for Russell - July 30 2007
Russell Brand’s been doing what he does best - he’s been typecast as a red hot lover.

Landing a starring role in a Hollywood film entitled Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Russell plays a British rock star.

He told the Sun newspaper: "I had to do horseriding and surfing, which I was crap at, and a sex scene, which I was obviously superb at."

The 32-year-old gets up close and personal with the actress Kristen Bell, but their romantic holiday is ruined by the arrival of her ex Peter.

Russell quit his job presenting Big Brother’s Big Mouth on Channel 4 to make the movie, which is directed by Judd Apatow, who also made The Forty Year Old Virgin.

The loudmouthed lothario said that he hated filming in Hawaii.

"It lasted three months and I wanted to go home after four weeks," he told the paper. "Hawaii was beautiful and warm but it felt like I was being held captive on an island paradise."


Russell to chat to PM? - July 16 2007
Russell Brand could be set to interview new Prime Minister Gordon Brown if a deal goes through with the BBC.

The eccentric comedian, who presents a BBC Radio 2 show on Saturday nights, might get to quiz Gordon in his own unique manner, according to the Sun.

A BBC Radio 2 spokeswoman could not confirm whether the interview would take place on radio or TV, but said: "There’s been discussions with the BBC but nothing has been commissioned."

Meanwhile, Russell has apparently been bragging about the interview prospect in a bulletin on his MySpace site.

He reportedly said: "This overthrowing the government caper will be a doddle if handled correctly, plus we’re dead close to securing an interview with Gordon Brown with the BBC.

"That can only speed things up. Help this to occur by troubling the Prime Minister’s office with emails. And the BBC, bother them an’ all - it could seal the deal."


Russell branded a snob - July 4 2007
Russell Brand has been invited to take a tour of an area he disparaged during a gig.