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Who needs an interview with a rival paper when you can get to the very root of the critical cause via your own satirical YouTube series?
Russell Brand utilised his increasingly popular The Trews to take on Rupert Murdoch , the media mogul behind The Sun and Fox News , after the tabloid ran a front page branding the comedian a “hypocrite” for paying his rent to a company that it alleged avoids taxes offshore.
The findings of Brand’s YouTube clip, however, seemed to pass the “hypocrite” taxation buck back in Murdoch’s direction.
“Rupert Murdoch must be really confident in the area of tax… they’ve got some serious resources and they’ve run this massive thing [front page splash] and what they’ve come up with is his [Brand's] landlord doesn’t pay tax,” he said.
He goes on to claim that Murdoch himself saved millions by using “totally legal tax loopholes”, much like those The Sun had attempted to pull his landlord up on.
Russell Brand's Most Controversial QuipsShow all 19 1 /19Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On puberty: “By puberty I learned that nothing worth having could be easily attained and to succeed one must be single minded."
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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On changing the world: “I want to change the world, and do something valuable and beautiful. I want people to remember me before I'm dead, and then more afterwards.”
Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On being strong: "Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud."
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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On grammar: “I couldn't possibly have sex with someone with such a slender grasp on grammar!”
Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On manners in England: "In England we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved."
Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On junkie v vegetarian: “Even as a junkie I stayed true [to vegetarianism] - 'I shall have heroin, but I shan't have a hamburger.' What a sexy little paradox.”
Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On the future: “People don't realize that the future is just now, but later.”
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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On sex addiction: “Boggle with sex addicts is up there with go-kart racing with junkies.”
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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On life: “My life is just a series of embarrassing incidents strung together by telling people about those embarrassing incidents.”
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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On happiness: "If you want to be happy stop being so self-obsessed and start considering other people."
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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On drug addiction: “The mentality and behavior of drug addicts and alcoholics is wholly irrational until you understand that they are completely powerless over their addiction and unless they have structured help, they have no hope.”
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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On sitcoms: "I do have a regard for the musicality of language that came from BBC sitcoms like Fawlty Towers."
Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On life motivation: "That's what keeps me alive, perversion and star quality.”
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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On love: “When you fall in love you recognise you're not the most important person in the world, and your focus becomes another person.”
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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On threesomes: “I like threesomes with two women, not because I'm a cynical sexual predator. Oh no! But because I'm a romantic. I'm looking for "The One." And I'll find her more quickly if I audition two at a time.”
Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On Conservatives: "Conservatism appeals to our selfishness and fear, our designer and self-interest."
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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On surfing: “Surfing should be called "foam-choking" or "sea stabbing.”
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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On Demi Moore: "I've not made love to her yet, but it's a matter of time."
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Russell Brand's Most Controversial Quips On success: "When I was growing up, I thought I'd be a lot happier if I was famous and successful and if I had money."
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“If they call me a hypocrite for something my landlords does, what can I call him for something he does himself?”
The striking Brand front page soon led to the trending of the term #TheSunLogic, as Twitter followers took to their timelines to out-hypocrite each other:
Brand has since threatened to sue the tabloid over the claims . However, there has been no word as of yet from the usually outspoken on social media Murdoch, who only had the following to add this morning:
A step away from his Twitter activity over the weekend, during which he sparked controversy for suggesting that most Egyptians were white .
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