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Question of the Week: Should Ross Resign?

Posted Tue 28 Oct 2008 3:43PM GMT by Mitch Carter in The Guestlist
Unless you've been living in a cave for the last few days, you'll have found it impossible to miss the furore over Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross' controversial outburst on Brand's Saturday evening radio show.

The pair have been heavily criticised due to a series of answer phone messages left for actor Andrew Sachs in which Brand claims to have had sex with Sachs' granddaughter. The full story can be read here.

Listen to the interview in full below and let us know your verdict on this week's question:

Was Russell Brand right to resign from the BBC and should Jonathan Ross follow his lead?

406 Comments

81. ELLIE -
They have both gone to far, their behaviour was disgusting, brand and ross are both idiots,they have no respect for anyone.

82. Yahoo! Music User -
Well done the Producer! Allowing us, the public, to realise just how rude and crude these two buffoons can be. Even the so called "apology" was turned into a derisory insult showing the depth of their egotistical verbal bullying.
To think of them being under contract to the BBC for mult-imillion pound salaries makes me cringe in horror. Why waste all this money gleaned from the hard working public on so called "celebrities" whenwe have so much talent eagerly waiting for the opportunity to present shows with sensible levels of humour whilst appealing to a wider audience without resorting to the depravity shown by these two men. Thanks again to the producer and director for deliberately exposing this programme. Bravo!

83. Yahoo! Music User -
kick them both out they have money and powe and dont give a dam abot anyone else

84. Yahoo! Music User -
i agree kick them out

85. Yahoo! Music User -
sacked on the spot,lesser pepole get sacked for less.personly i think thier a pair of clowns

86. MAUREEN -
i think jonathan ross is to blame for what went on ,but russell should not haved carried it on ,it was a total disgrace ,both should be ashamed ,how upsetting for andrew family ,should both be severley disiplined .and made to apologise.this is not humour in the least.

87. Yahoo! Music User -
Brand is a total waste of space, a poor apology for a comedian and has now followed the only honourable course of action open to him.Pity his judgement was lacking before.
Ross next-- he should fall on his tongue.

88. simon -
Both are comedians or urine takers this is mild compared to other things they have done in the past,they have apoligised,who ever allowed it to be aired needs sacking,the only reason people are complaining so much is because everyone pays their wages with the licence fee,as for the gordon brown wading in,hipocrit he's done worse to the whole of this country not just sachs.

89. DAVID -
So the BBC employ these people for being what they are and then don't know what to do about it when they go over the line. They employed them to go up to the line, sometimes people go over it. They have said there sorry, get over it

90. ANDREW H -
nope...chris moyells is far more worth banning than these 2 tossers they are ,but they are always the same so why try and change them and at the end of the day radio 2 lol....say no more..wink wink..nudge nudge

91. ANDREW H -
and the fact you can watch it again here just proves these 2 misfits are still more popular then ever...love them both(not a homo) lol

92. Stephen -
My licence money, they are crap. Free speech is fine but they took it to far ! COCO

93. Cheryl -
far to much made of this , This is why they are on radio they alternitive

94. ANDREW -
Hi - get real - its just the Mail and the Sun desperate to get George Osbourne and Peter Mandelson off the front pages. Pure mass hysteria to protect the powerful.

95. James -
This was a vile act. No one should call any other person and make such comments about a family member. This was a vile act, and I would hope never to see Ross or Brand on tv again. They are peurile, overpaid idiots.

96. STELLBHOY -
They were both at fault and should make a public appoligy to Andrew Sachs, What i want to know is why did the bbc allow this sort of thing to get to the stage it did! Are you telling me and the public the bbc dont edit there shows, if they dont then they are at fault too. The bbc are not the Big all they think they are and should sack there so called editors if they are going to sack anyone.

97. Robyn -
no the should stay

98. DJ H -
Its about time someone has stood up and said enough is enough.
personal thinking I would have suspended both without pay! I understand this hasnt been the case with JR
BUT what about the Director?producer of the Prog that allowed this to be airred Shoudnt He/Her be dealt the same
Bout time we found someone cheaper anyway!!!

99. barbara -
Have just listened to the complete interview, what is the matter with fortyseven year old Ross he is just an overgrown schoolboy with very little talent, how would he have felt if someone had said that about one of his daughters, and Brand how disappointing,he has such talent and seemed to be gaining respect in this country as well as the States, he was right to apologise and resign, as for that overpaid buffoon Ross, he should be sacked, and save us all lot of money.

100. jenny -
This has been blown way out of proportion. It probably shouldn't have been broadcast in full but that isn't Brand or Ross' fault. I found it funny and have heard far worse from both of them. We all say and do silly things at work every now and again.
It's ridiculous that it's become this big and the Prime Minister is commenting on it. Georgina Baillie is using this to get famous.
They are both brilliant and if they get sacked from the BBC, ITV will snap them up.
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