Russell Brand has admitted he found the scandal that followed his and Jonathan Ross' prank phone calls to Fawlty Towers star Andrew Sachs last year "funny". Brand resigned from his Radio 2 show after making a series of "inappropriate" on-air phone calls to the veteran actor. "I apologise for the thing I did wrong to the person I did it to, but the whole subsequent scandal was funny," Brand revealed at a signing for his new DVD. "It is funny I think. It's just rhubarb and guff. It would've been nice if he had answered his phone. No one ever mentions that side of it. Everyone mentions me, but is it that hard to pick up your phone?"
Brand went on to defend comedians Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle, who have both recently faced criticism for their risqué material. "I've heard them jokes, they're good jokes, they are," Russell said. "Frankie Boyle is brilliant and Jimmy Carr is brilliant. They're not trying to be offensive, no one is actually offended, the people saying they're offended aren't actually offended, the whole thing is constructed."
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