Overview
- Brand, during Friday’s appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored, spent roughly 90 seconds paging through a Bible before giving up on the verse he said he read in court and settling on Isaiah 12.
- Piers Morgan stayed silent and glanced to camera through the long pause, and the clip spread fast on social media with many viewers calling it painful and awkward.
- Reaction was split online as critics accused Brand of using religion as a prop while supporters, including some Christians, said new believers often cannot cite book, chapter and verse on demand.
- Brand denies multiple charges tied to alleged incidents from 1999 to 2009 and is due to stand trial at Southwark Crown Court on October 12 on counts including rape, sexual assault and indecent assault.
- In the interview he said he thinks about the possibility of prison every day and called a past relationship with a 16-year-old legal but not morally sound, underscoring how the case and his public image now intersect.