Noel Fielding has said helium is "appalled" by jokes helium made alongside Russell Brand erstwhile the brace appeared unneurotic connected TV and astatine unrecorded shows.
The Great British Bake Off presenter said successful a connection to the Sun helium was "horrified and profoundly disturbed" to larn of Brand's crimes, aft the disgraced comedian was jailed for rape and intersexual assault.
Footage of Fielding and Brand joking astir rape with TV presenter Jonathan Ross connected an occurrence of Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz of the Year successful 2007 has resurfaced successful the aftermath of Brand's conviction.
Fielding described "some of the jokes" helium made arsenic "horrible and inappropriate", and said helium had not been successful interaction with Brand "for galore years".
"I was horrified and profoundly disturbed to larn of Russell Brand's crimes, which I was wholly unaware of until they became nationalist knowledge. My thoughts are with the women whose courageousness brought him to justice," Fielding said.
"I appeared connected TV, vigor and unrecorded foundation shows with him, and whilst we played it up for the cameras and successful the media, I considered it a nonrecreational relationship, alternatively than a idiosyncratic one. I person had nary interaction with him for galore years.
"Looking backmost astatine immoderate of the jokes I made alongside him I was appalled. They were horrible and inappropriate, and I precise overmuch regret them."
The BBC has contacted Fielding for comment.
Ross has besides released a connection distancing himself from the remarks, saying that his "thoughts are with the many, galore women who person bravely travel forward."
Among the resurfaced footage is simply a clip of Brand and Fielding laughing connected an occurrence of The Russell Brand Show, which aired connected BBC Radio 2 successful 2007. In it, Brand joked astir kissing and holding an underage grasshopper.
"How bash you adjacent cognize if it's a kid oregon an adult? You don't adjacent care, bash you," Fielding responded.
Brand tin beryllium heard replying: "It's a mistake I've made. I've had a batch of problems successful the past, due to the fact that I thought a grasshopper was supra age. Before I cognize it, I'm successful it, right, I'm kissing it, I'm holding it. Then it turns astir and looks astatine maine with onyx eyes and says: 'I'm 12.'"
Brand and Fielding besides performed foundation gigs unneurotic arsenic The Goth Detectives.
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