Comic says 'don't feel ashamed of being hoodwinked' over Russell Brand
Comedian Jayde Adams says there is absolutely no shame in being "hoodwinked" by scandal-hit Russell Brand.
The 38-year-old says she's fallen victim of "false idols" in the past and that people with "bad agendas" can often go unnoticed. Her comments appear to refer directly to the TV and film star, who has been accused of rape, sexual assault and abuse by five women between 2006 and 2013.
The 48-year-old denied any criminal wrongdoing and says every sexual relationship he has had has been totally consensual. A number on the comedy circuit have rounded on the star in the wake of the allegations and Jayde posted a message to fans who feel let down on her Instagram account.
Jayde Adams says people must be wary of 'false idols' (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images f)
Russell Brand denies all allegations made against him (Getty Images)Telling her followers that those who know how to 'manipulate' are very hard to spot, the comic wrote: "It must be hard to have liked someone, related to things they've said and then find out bad things about them. If that's you today, it's OK. I have experienced this before.
"It's also OK to have never experienced bad people and feel a bit naive about it all. The things is, people with bad agendas aren't from another planet. They're humans, mates, friends, family members and co-workers. They will even dress themselves in a way that makes people see them innocently.
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"Don't feel shame for being hoodwinked by people who know how to manipulate, they've spent their lives working out how to do it and you've only just worked it out. My advice is be wary of false idols. Especially messianic types."
Her comments come after Vix Leyton, who is a stand-up comedian and host of the podcast Comedy Arcade, said women in comedy were “all braced for it” when the claims against Brand were made public. The allegations were made public following a joint investigation by The Times and Channel 4 ’s Dispatches and the documentary Russell Brand: In Plain Sight aired on TV on Saturday night
On Friday night, Russell released a statement saying: "I've received two extremely disturbing letters or a letter and an email. One from a mainstream media TV company, one from a newspaper listing a litany of extremely egregious and aggressive attacks, as well as some pretty stupid stuff like community festival should be stopped, that I shouldn't be able to attack mainstream media narratives on this channel.
"But amidst this litany of astonishing rather baroque attacks, often very serious allegations that I absolutely refute. These allegations pertain to the time when I was working in the mainstream, when I was in the newspapers all the time, when I was in the movies. And as I've written about extensively in my books, I was very, very promiscuous.
"Now, during that time of promiscuity, the relationships I had were absolutely always consensual. I was always transparent about that. Then almost too transparent, and I'm being transparent about it now as well. And to see that transparency metastasized into something criminal that I absolutely deny makes me question, is there another agenda at play?"
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