Russell Brand Has Been Confronted By A Friend Of Two British Tourists Killed In The Terrorist Attacks In Tunisia Last Month (Jun15) After The Funnyman Criticised Plans To Remember The Victims With A Minute's Silence.
The Forgetting Sarah Marshall star hit headlines after he spoke out against the U.K.'s acts of remembrance in honour of the 30 British holidaymakers who were gunned down at a resort in Sousse on 26 June (15).
Flags around the country were flown at half-mast and play at iconic tennis tournament Wimbledon in London was delayed as a mark of respect, while a minute's silence was also held across the country, but Brand called the tributes "an empty, futile gesture, part of a general policy of bulls**t" in a foul-mouthed video rant posted on his Trews blog.
A new video posted on Brand's YouTube channel shows the funnyman being accosted by a man driving a van who claims to be a friend of Patrick and Adrian Evans, who were both killed in the Tunisia attacks.
The man, who is named only as Rob, tells Brand, "I lost two people that I know in the tragedy in Tunisia... The way it came over... was that you didn't give a toss (about the killings)."
Brand goes on to attempt to explain himself and appears to suggest he did not agree with the acts of remembrance because he blames the British government for the attack, ranting, "I'm not affected in the same way as you knew those people - what I meant when I said that (about the) minute's silence... don't do those gestures if you are contributing to the situation that led to their death... Our Government has a human rights abusers list where it says 'These countries are dangerous countries, don't go there, there is terrorists there (sic)' - then our actual Government help arms companies to those countries. If you really care about this and the situation, then don't sell weapons to these countries - don't arm them, or if you think business is more important than people's lives, just sell the weapons and shut up."
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