Broadcaster, journalist, and former friend of Russell Brand, Gordon Smart, has told The News Agents podcast that he believes Russell Brand is “a narcissist, borderline psychopath [and] definitely a sociopath”
Speaking to podcast hosts Emily Maitlis and Lewis Goodall, Gordon also shared that he believes the comedian “is an incredibly intimidating person when he wants to be.”
Asked by Goodall what he will be thinking now, Smart said:
“I think he looked terrified in the clip he posted on Friday before publication. But Russell, I think, is a narcissist. I think he’s a borderline psychopath, definitely a sociopath.
“I think the way the argument is unfolding I find quite disgusting really because it’s actually about alleged victims of sexual assault. And for the conversation to be about demonetising him feels to me like it would play to his agenda of ‘this is the establishment out to get me’ which is wrong because it is not about that.
“It’s about young women who were allegedly attacked.”
Pressed on whether he ever told Brand he was going too far during the time he knew him, Smart responded:
“I’ve asked that question a lot over the years. I think, yeah, I probably have.
“I can’t give you a specific example, but we’ve had really challenging conversations over the years. I know for a fact – and this is a really, really important point to make – there are a lot of good people who are victims of Russell’s as well in a different way because of his behaviour.
“His bullying, his manipulation, and there are a lot of people suffering at the moment as a result of this because they’re questioning their role in what happened.
“And people called him out, people definitely called him out. And then Russell is an incredibly charming man and then would turn that back and say ‘How dare you question me? Or how can you say that?’ And you’ll see from his career history and from the people he’s worked with that they’ve fallen by the wayside because of that.”
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