I watched this because it was posted at Found Things with a note “Russell Brand is not who I thought he was.” I had the same experience. This is really, really great.
“Fortunately, I’m privileged in that I have real friends and real people around me and we’re all equally aware of how preposterous [the public’s idea of me] is, and the way that these ideas and images are manipulated to maintain a cultural narrative to keep people spellbound and stupid.”