“THE YOUNGER ONE WAS JUST 15”: Russell Brand’s Disturbing Question to Vanessa Feltz Resurfaces as He Faces Prison for Rape and Sexual Assault

A resurfaced television clip has brought a deeply uncomfortable moment from Russell Brand’s past back into focus. During a 2006 interview, the comedian asked Vanessa Feltz whether he could have sex with her or one of her daughters – despite the fact that her youngest was just 15.

The exchange, filmed for Brand’s former E4 show 1 Leicester Square, has resurfaced as the 51-year-old awaits sentencing after being convicted of rape and three counts of sexual assault.

“You’ve Got Two Whole Daughters and I Can’t Even Have One?”

In the clip, Brand made the extraordinary request directly to Feltz.

“Can I have it off with either you or your daughters? Vanessa, come on, some of them are adults. You’ve got two whole daughters and I can’t even have one?” he asked.

Feltz looked visibly taken aback and firmly rejected him.

“Certainly not. When you have your own daughters, you’ll know why I said that,” she replied.

At the time, the exchange may have been presented as provocative television banter. But Feltz has since made clear that she found nothing amusing about it.

Vanessa Feltz Says She Was “Horrified” and “Disgusted”

Speaking on ITV’s This Morning two decades later, Feltz recalled how her initial impression of Brand changed after the encounter.

“I’d never seen a presenter like him. I went to watch him do stand up that very night and we formed some kind of a friendship and you know I found him vastly entertaining,” she said.

But when she appeared on his show, Brand made the sexual proposition in a way that left her stunned.

“He just kind of announced, in this unbelievably kind of dispassionate way as if it would have no effect on me at all, that he kind of liked to have sex with me and both my daughters.”

She then highlighted the detail that made the remark particularly disturbing: her younger daughter was only 15.

“That’s pretty revolting thing to say to anyone, especially a mum,” Feltz said.

She added that she could not bring herself to treat the comment as a joke.

“I couldn’t pretend I thought that was funny. I didn’t think it was funny. Plus, you could tell it wasn’t really a joke. I realised then that there was something extremely chilling about him.”

Speaking separately to LBC, Feltz described her reaction in even stronger terms.

“I wasn’t able to laugh it off. I didn’t want to laugh it off. I didn’t think it was at all fine. I was horrified. I was absolutely disgusted, in fact.”

Brand’s Convictions and the Court Case

The resurfaced footage comes as Brand faces sentencing at Southwark Crown Court following his conviction.

Prosecutors presented evidence from six women who described sexual encounters involving the former comedian. The court heard allegations that he used his celebrity status to pursue women and ignored pleas for him to stop.

On Thursday, a jury found Brand guilty of one count of rape and three counts of sexual assault. He was acquitted of two further rape charges and one allegation of attempted indecent assault.

Brand, who was once married to Katy Perry, had previously become one of Britain’s best-known stand-up comedians, television and radio presenters, and Hollywood actors.

The judge warned that Brand faced “a significant custodial term”, with sentencing scheduled for November 9, 2026.

For Feltz, however, the 2006 exchange had already left a lasting impression. Twenty years later, she remains clear about how she viewed the question – and why she refused to laugh it away.