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<\/p>\nRussell Brand revealed in 2017 that he would not be \u201cworked up\u201d if when his daughters were older they formed relationships with someone who enjoys casual intimacy.<\/p>\n
The comedian, 48, shared how he had \u201camended\u201d his previous womanising ways and only cared that his daughters one day find happiness with people who are \u201ccaring and sensitive\u201d.<\/p>\n
The resurfaced comments from Russell come as he is accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse at the height of his fame in an investigation by The Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches.<\/p>\n
He has denied all allegations against him, saying he “absolutely refuted” the claims put to him by both parties in their investigation.<\/p>\n
In a clip on YouTube from BBC\u2019s Newsnight that has been viewed over 100,000 times, presenter Emily Maitlis asked Russell if he was “appalled” by his previous womanising ways.<\/p>\n
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She said: \u201cWhen you look back at that promiscuous lifestyle does that appall you? Do you not think, \u2018God, I was disgusting?\u2019<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you look at your daughter now and think, \u2018I hope she never meets Russell Brand when she grows up?\u2019”<\/p>\n
In response, Russell explained: \u201cDon\u2019t get so worked up about it. It\u2019s only a rhetorical device.<\/p>\n
“\u2018Does it appall you?\u2019 No, my dear. I don\u2019t look back at the past and get all worked up about it like Ebenezer Scrooge.<\/p>\n
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\u201cI simply think those are some things I\u2019ve done. I\u2019ve amended for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs for the likelihood of some sort of Faustian kick up the a*** from future Russell\u2026 If my daughter meets someone who\u2019s caring and sensitive and knows how to communicate then I think that will be a good thing.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd I hope that by the time she is dating men or women or whatever she\u2019s into she will be schooled in how to think, how to understand emotions and to understand that whatever it is that presents himself, herself, itself at that doorstep.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt won\u2019t make her feel any better if she\u2019s not connected to who she really is,\u201d he finished.<\/p>\n
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After dating several high-profile women in the early 2000s, Russell is now happily married to Laura Gallacher, 36, who is 13 years his junior, and the couple are currently expecting their third child.<\/p>\n
They are already parents to one daughter seven, and another, five, who they keep out of the limelight.<\/p>\n
Laura first met Russell when he was on BBC Radio 2 through her big sister Kirsty and they dated for a short time while she was a teenage art student.<\/p>\n
The couple now live in a \u00a33 million house near plush Henley-on-Thames.<\/p>\n