Jonathan Ross and Russell Brand suspended from BBC

[Debs]

i think Brand has become the scapegoat to save the BBC's goldenboy Ross. After all it was Ross who shouted "he ****ed your grandaughter" yet Russel is getting the majority of the blame.

Everyone knows what Brand is like, and if the show is pre-recorded, it should never have got out there!

Sack Ross is what I say, then 18 million of taxpayers money can be spent elsehwere at the BBC, providing us with some quality programming.

I agree that Ross should be sacked, it was offensive and insulting what they did. Does not matter that the girl is in a burlesque troop called The Satanic Sluts, nobody and nobody's family deserves to be treated like that.

If she is that bothered about the embarrasement she shouldt be flaunting herself in the paper, talking about the sex she had with russell, surely that is more embarrasing for her and and her grandfather. He has accepted the apology yet she is carrying it all on.

I think this is yet again a case of a laod of people just complaining as they have nothing better to do! people who dont even usually listen to his show

[Perdita]

Seeing that what she did with Brand and what she does with the troop is all out in the news, she might as well give her side of the story. She never went out to 'kiss and tell' before now, did she?

[tammyy2j]

what they did was wrong but the granddaughter was with Brand yes?

I think with the PM also getting involved its going overboard

[Debs]

Seeing that what she did with Brand and what she does with the troop is all out in the news, she might as well give her side of the story. She never went out to 'kiss and tell' before now, did she?

The whole thing with the 'i slept with your granddaughter ' comment was said by her to embarrass her grandfather and upset her, hence why she is 'appareantly' sooo upset!!! so why the hell put it out there more and more, why dosent she just disaappear if it is so embarrasssing! but nope money sign have flashed in front of her eyes and she is sellingher story!

Im sure she will be in the news if the world on sunday,selling more details and posing in very little clothes

Dont get all moral and make a comment saying this could ruin my relaitonship with my grandfather if your going to reveal even more details yourself!

[Layne]

I think this is all blown out of proportion

Johnathon Ross and Russell Brand are known for being naughty and on the edge, and to be honest if anyone was to do something like this it would be them. Yes it was naughty, and not nice but get over it.
This story took up most of the news last night and to be honest its not important, there is much more important things going on it the world than Russell and Johanthon making a phonecall

The daughter who the phonecall was about is now selling her story to the sun So yeh, it really must of hurt her!!

I do think them being suspended and whatever is right, but why did the radio show let them do it anyway - the BBC and the public are making a big deal out of it - making it worse than it is, people need to get a life to be honest, they are all complaining about this and its taking so much airtime and space in the newspaper, is this what are society is reduced to .... reading and complaining about a couple of guys who had a bit of a joke.



EDIT: Oh and another thing, yesterday there was this MP guy on GMTV saying about it, and how if they were normal people (or somethign to that affect) they would be suspended, but if this happened to NORMAL people as in non-celebs, then the police wouldn't give two flying ****s, If my granddad rang up and said some people were ringing him about me, they would probably look into it but no way would it be blown up like this.

And Andrew seems to have accepted the apoligises and was beng rather nice about it, so its just the news and the public that have made this out to be something its not!


RANT OVER!

[Trinity]

what they did was wrong but the granddaughter was with Brand yes?

I think with the PM also getting involved its going overboard

I don't think that I would appreciate it if anyone I slept with as a young woman was to phone my grandfather and brag about it.

The fact that she had slept with Brand (two years ago) is immaterial.

They are not being criticised for lying, they are being criticised for making lewd and inappropriate telephone calls while being paid handsomely by you and me.

The fact that these calls were subsequently broadcast is another issue, and someone at the BBC also deserves to be repremanded.

Georgina's career and past have nothing to do with this.

The fact that she is now exploiting this incident and making money from it does reduce my sympathy for her significantly, however she was not the instigator here and what ever she does now does not reduce Brand and Rosses folly ( and utter stupidity).

[tammyy2j]

The Manuelgate scandal has descended into Fawlty Towers-style farce.

[di marco]

i agree with everyone else whos said that its being blown way out of proportion! i dont like russel brand but im not surprised he did something like this. i also heard that only 2 people complained when the show was aired, last night 18000 people had complained and on the radio this morning it said 27000 people had now complained, if they didnt feel the need to complain before then why bother now. ok maybe what jonathan ross and russel brand said was inappropriate (i dont know cos i didnt hear it) but ultimately the producer shouldnt have allowed it to be aired

[Chloe O'brien]

Ross has been suspended for 12 weeks without pay, maybe this will give him a reality shock. The Producers or JR show should have been sacked last week, this incident should never have been allowed to happen, as sooon as they started the insults the producer should have pulled the plug on Russell and jonathan not allow them all the media attention they have had this week.

[di marco]

read on ds that the controller for programmes on radio 2 has resigned. i wonder if she would have been disciplined otherwise