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KIRSTY Gallacher today backed her brother-in-law Russell Brand ahead of explosive allegations that he attacked women.

The TV and radio star, whose sister is married to Brand, appeared to show her support for Brand on social media.

Kirsty Gallacher has backed her brother-in-law Russell Brand as he denied allegations against him
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Kirsty Gallacher has backed her brother-in-law Russell Brand as he denied allegations against himCredit: instagram
The TV star shared Brand's video in which he denies the allegations on her Instagram
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The TV star shared Brand's video in which he denies the allegations on her InstagramCredit: instagram

Before the allegations against Brand were confirmed in an explosive report in , Kirsty shared a video Brand produced denying any criminal activity.

In an Instagram story, above Brand's video denial, she posted a huge love heart. The post was later deleted.

The video denial by Brand was posted on Saturday morning. Brand posted a YouTube clip in which he strongly denied any criminal behaviour linked to his sex life or previous "promiscuous" behaviour.

In the clip, he said that he had been contacted by a major TV broadcaster and a newspaper with a series of "extremely egregious and aggressive attacks".

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He added that he "refutes" the claims and that all his past relationships were "always consensual".

The comedian said: "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."

Moreover, he slammed the accusations as "untrue" and a "coordinated media attack" on him.

Channel 4 has cleared a slot at 9pm this evening for a special, 90-minute episode of Dispatches.


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For her part, Laura Gallacher has not made any public comment on her husband's video.

She also appears to have deleted her own Instagram account.

The couple began dating in 2015 before marrying two years later in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

They share two children, Mabel and Peggy, and Laura was recently pregnant with their third.

Kirsty made her name on Sky Sports News in the late 1990s, before hosting Kirst's Home Videos from 2000 until 2004.

She also presented Gladiators in 2008 and appeared on Strictly Come Dancing in 2015.

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Since 2021 she has hosted a programme on Smooth Radio.

Kirsty has two children by rugby player Paul Sampson, whom she married in 2010, but the pair divorced in 2015.

The film star has been married to Kirsty's sister Laura since 2017
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The film star has been married to Kirsty's sister Laura since 2017Credit: Darren Fletcher - The Sun
The nature of the allegations against Brand are currently unknown
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The nature of the allegations against Brand are currently unknownCredit: PA:Press Association
He slammed the claims as 'untrue'
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He slammed the claims as 'untrue'Credit: YOUTUBE/RUSSELL BRAND
The star added that all his relationships were 'always consensual'
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The star added that all his relationships were 'always consensual'Credit: Capital Pictures

Russell Brand's video transcript in full

Hello there, you awakening wonders.

Now this isn't the usual type of video we make on this channel where we critique, attack and undermine the news in all its corruption because in this story I am the news.

I have received two extremely disturbing letters - well 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 my 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 are some 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 have 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?

Particularly when we have seen coordinated media attacks before - like with Joe Rogan when he dared to take a medicine that the mainstream media didn't approve of and we saw a spate of headlines from media outlets across the world using the same language.

I’m aware that you guys have been saying in the comments for a while ‘Watch out Russell, they are coming for you, you are getting too close to the truth, Russell Brand did not kill himself’.

I know that a year ago there was a spate of articles ‘Russell Brand is a conspiracy theorist, Russell Brand’s right wing’.

I’m aware of news media making phone calls, sending letters to people I know for ages and ages.

It’s been clear to me or at least it feels to me like there's a serious and concerted agenda to control these kind of spaces and these kind of voices and I mean my voice along with your voice.

I don't mind them using my books and my stand up to talk about my promiscuous consensual conduct in the past. What I seriously refute are these very very serious criminal allegations. 

Also it’s worth mentioning that there are witnesses whose evidence directly contradicts the narratives that these two mainstream media outlets are trying to construct apparently in what seems to me to be a coordinated attack

Now I don't want to get into this any further because of the serious nature of the allegations, but I feel like I'm being attacked and plainly they are working very closely together

We are obviously going to look into this matter because it’s very, very serious. In the meantime I want you to stay close, stay awake but more important than any of that if you can, please, stay free.

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