Actor Turned Podcaster Russell Brand Casually Admits He Slept With A 16-Year-Old But There’s A Twist

I wasn’t expecting to hear this from actor-turned-conservative podcaster Russell Brand.

Brand who recently converted to Christianity and has been very open about his substance abuse and sexual addictions in the past before coming to Christ, made an unexpected admission while being interviewed by Megyn Kelly.

In the interview, Brand admitted to having sex with a 16-year-old when he was 30 years old.

USA Today reported more on Brand’s confession but revealed the age of consent is 16 in the U.K.:

Amid his sexual misconduct case in the U.K., Russell Brand is coming clean.

The English comedian, now 50, admitted to sleeping with a 16-year-old when he was 30, explaining on the “Megyn Kelly Show” that it was legal.

“The plain fact of it is, in Europe and in the United Kingdom, where I’m from, the age of consent is 16. And I did sleep with a 16-year-old when I was 30,” he told Kelly, in an episode published Wednesday, April 22. “But when I was 30, I was a very different person. I was a lot younger, and I was an immature 30-year-old.”

Brand, who in February pleaded not guilty to one charge of sexual assault and one charge of rape in a London court, also acknowledged the “strong power differential” as a “famous man” while having “consensual sex with lots of lots of women.”

“I think [it] involves exploitation. It is exploitative,” he continued. “I recognize that my sexual conduct in the past was selfish. I did not apply enough consideration, barely any I suppose, really, to how that sex was affecting other people.”

Watch Brand share his story here:

Russell Brand casually admitting he’s a pedophile on Megyn Kelly’s podcast while she just sat there unbothered is one of the most disturbing things I’ve seen. pic.twitter.com/OAWHfcD2OK

— Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) April 23, 2026

The Christian Post reported that Brand led TPUSA attendees in prayer during a conference last year:

Comedian and actor Russell Brand closed out his appearance at a Turning Point USA event in Oklahoma on Thursday by praying in the name of Jesus, noting he found God through pain and that he believes revival is happening.

“Lord, I would ask for divine inspiration, I would ask for new conversations that pursue the lines that Charlie Kirk was pursuing in earnest, open discourse; love,” Brand prayed in a packed auditorium of thousands at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater.

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The late Charlie Kirk was scheduled to speak there on his college tour before he was assassinated at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Sept. 10.

“For me, as a Christian, Lord, I follow you faithfully. Show me where I can honor you more greatly. Show me how we can interact more lovingly with people of different faiths and different dispositions; and show us, Lord, how the miracle of new technology might be used to create maximal freedom.”

After asking for His kingdom to come, Brand closed by saying, “In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.”

Watch the prayer below:

There’s just something about Russell Brand, a former Hollywood degenerate, leading thousands of young people in prayer and closing in Jesus’ name at the Oklahoma Turning Point Tour stop.

Wow. God really is moving in America. pic.twitter.com/lnlkEMU1PE

— David Medina For Governor 🌲🇺🇸 (@davidmedinapdx) October 17, 2025

How does that sound?