The TV and radio host has been spotted on holiday in Mauritius with a mystery brunette - and his mother.

According to the Daily Star, the girl is known only as "Miss Gallagher" and Russell has only revealed she is a "19-year-old art student from a good family".

Russell’s latest squeeze comes after a string of celebrity lovers, rumoured to include Kate Lawler, Abi Titmuss and Makosi Musambasi.

It seems his mum is helping keep the comedian on the straight and narrow as he brought retired secretary Barbara on the exotic holiday as well.

The Big Brother’s Big Mouth star, 31, was pictured cosying up to his new friend on the beach.

He apparently described her as a "lovely, lovely girl."

A local added: "It looked like he was serious about her."

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Russell to host Brits mayhem - Dec 4 2006
Brace yourselves - Russell Brand is to host the 2007 Brit Awards, and he’s promising "mayhem".

The loudmouth comic has been brought in to liven up the ceremony, often criticised for being too tame.

"I will do my level best to tear it up," the flamboyant TV star told The Sun. "It is going to be like the rock and roll Brits of old, returned to the controlled mayhem and danger.

"I am going to be the ringleader in this carnival of mayhem and I’m really looking forward to it."

In the past, the ceremony courted controversy - Jarvis Cocker famously invaded the stage during Michael Jackson’s Earth Song in 1996 and Chumbawamba threw a bucket of water over Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in 1998.

Then, the organisers banned booze and pre-recorded the show to make it tamer.

But Peter Jamieson, Co-Chairman of the Brits organising committee, has said it’s all change. "We always promised that Brits 2007 would be an edgy, exciting show.

"First we announced we’d broadcast live. Then we announced Oasis as our Outstanding Contribution Award winner. And now there’s Russell Brand."

Russell, famed for his celebrity conquests and old-fashioned phrases, said presenting the February 14 awards was an honour.

And he added cheekily: "If part of the procedure of the awards is to have an attractive woman help hand out gongs, I certainly won’t be insisting contractually that she is a moose."

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Comedian Russell to join Radio 2 - Nov 2 2006
Controversial comic Russell Brand is joining Radio 2, it was announced today, hosting a new night-time show on Saturdays.

The move comes after he was credited with turning digital station 6 Music into a huge ratings success, with his Sunday morning show helping boost the station’s audience by 40%.

"Love muscle" Russell will quit 6 Music to join Radio 2, where he has already proved popular with listeners after deputising for Mark Radcliffe earlier this year.

Lesley Douglas, controller of both BBC stations, said: "I’m sure Russell’s new show will become a ’must listen’ for Saturday nights.

"Russell established himself as a genuine radio talent on 6 Music and has done a brilliant job there.

"Radio 2 gives him a fresh challenge and a new audience."

His new show will go out in a weekly 9-11pm slot beginning on November 18. It will be available on podcast and Brand will also write an accompanying blog.

Russell, 31, is a former heroin addict who was sacked from his job at MTV in 2001 for turning up for work the day after the September 11 attacks dressed as Osama bin Laden.