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<\/p>\nKarren Brady said she had a bizarre encounter with Russell Brand when he was invited to visit the boardroom at West Ham United.<\/p>\n
The Apprentice star, 54, describes the meeting as \u201coddly intense\u201d and \u201cmemorable for all the wrong reasons\u201d.<\/p>\n
Writing in her new column, Karren explains she was first ticked off when the comedian flouted the club\u2019s dress code of a suit and tie.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She also claims that he \u201cbrought an entourage of people who weren\u2019t invited and who didn\u2019t have tickets, as though it was his right to do as he pleased\u201d.<\/p>\n
Karren continued: \u201cIf his bad manners and sense of entitlement\u00a0wasn\u2019t\u00a0bad enough, his behaviour was downright obnoxious.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cHe marched straight up to me, stood right in my\u00a0face\u00a0and asked me: \u2018What is the meaning of life?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Karren was too busy to answer the \u201codd\u201d question and she claims Russell\u00a0proceeded\u00a0to pick up a West Ham cup and saucer \u201cput them down his trousers and left\u201d.<\/p>\n
Karren\u2019s comments come after Russell, 48, broke his silence after being accused of rape and sexual assault \u2013 allegations which he denies.<\/p>\n
The father-of-two said it had been a \u201cdistressing week\u201d and said he was leaving YouTube and moving to Rumble after he was demonetised.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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He said in a video: \u201cObviously,\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0been an extraordinary and distressing week and I thank you very much for your support and for questioning the information that you have been presented with.<\/p>\n
“By now, you\u2019re probably aware that the British government has asked big tech platforms to censor our online content and that some online platforms have complied with that request…<\/p>\n
\u201cI also\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0imagine that\u00a0you\u2019ve\u00a0heard of the trusted news initiative and now, as often is the case when a word like trusted is used as part of an acronym to describe an unelected body, trust is the last thing you should be offering. The trusted news initiative is a collaboration between big tech and legacy media organisations to target, patrol, choke and shut down independent media organisations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Brand went on to tell his supporters he will now be broadcasting from his page on Rumble as he urged others to “stay free”.<\/p>\n
Russell is currently facing allegations of sexual assault during the height of his fame between 2006-2013.<\/p>\n
In a Sunday Times and Channel 4 Dispatches investigation published last weekend, four women accused him of rape, sexual\u00a0assault\u00a0and emotional abuse.<\/p>\n
He has denied all allegations, slamming them as \u201caggressive attacks\u201d and claiming all his relationships were consensual.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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