A video of Jimmy Fallon telling off Russell Brand after the comedian bounced Katharine McPhee suggestively on his lap has resurfaced following allegations of shocking events.
The stand-up comedian, 48, appeared on the talk show in 2013 and tried to flirt wildly with the married actress, 39 – and it left her looking visibly uncomfortable.
The video resurfaced as Russell was accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by four women at the height of his fame, following a joint investigation by The Sunday Times, The Times and Channel 4 Dispatches.
The explosive allegations are said to have taken place between 2006 and 2013, while Russell was a presenter for BBC Radio 2 and Channel 4. He has denied the claims.
In the Jimmy Fallon interview, Russell refused to get out of the interview chair when Katharine came up to talk to the host.
Resurfaced: Video footage of Russell Brand suggestively bouncing Katharine McPhee on his lap has been unearthed following bombing allegations
Awkward: The comedian, 48, appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s Tonight show in 2013 where he wildly tried to flirt with the married actress, 39 – and it made her look awkward
The television host took Katharine’s hand as the actress jokingly sat on his lap. He said to Jimmy, “She can come and sit here.”
The host then told Russell, “No Russell, don’t even say for the Queen, you can’t.”
The comedian then shouted: ‘For the Queen’ as he suggestively bounced a shocked Katharine, who quickly jumped up.
Jimmy put his hand to his face and looked stressed as Russell told Katharine, “you’re beautiful.”
Jimmy said, “Russell, please stop. Look away.’
Brand, who is known for his biting, highly sexualized and excessively crude comedy, joked, “I’m just going to sit here with my sexual charisma.”
Russell continued to flirt with Katharine throughout the interview before realizing she was married to actor Nick Cokas, 58.
He said, “As you know, I announced it. I find Katharine very attractive and I think when she said “exchange numbers” I thought of things I would like to exchange with her.
Russell then shouted, “Numbers. Genes. Genetic information. Facts.’
Controversy: Jimmy tried to intervene when Russell started bouncing Katherine on his lap
‘I didn’t know you were married!’: Russell continued to flirt with Katharine throughout the interview before realizing she was married to actor Nick Cokas, 58
Ex-husband: Katharine married Nick in 2008. They separated in 2016 (photo in 2012)
After Jimmy talked about Katharine’s husband, Russell interjected, “I didn’t know you were married.” I’m going to get better now.’
Katharine split from Nick in 2016. She remarried in 2019 after finding love with David Foster, 73.
It comes as The Times and Sunday Times claim ‘several women’ have come forward with secret allegations about Brand’s behavior in the early 2000s in the wake of their joint investigation with Channel 4 which was published on Saturday.
The maverick actor and stand-up comedian has strongly denied all allegations and blamed the ‘mainstream media’ for the ‘litany of astonishing, rather baroque attacks’.
The latest allegations – which the newspaper says have not been investigated but are now being ‘rigorously monitored’ – follow accusations from four women, including one who claims she was sexually assaulted by Brand during a three-month relationship with him when she was 16. and still at school.
Denial: Brand has lashed out at ‘aggressive’ media claims as he insisted all relationships he had ‘during his time of promiscuity’ were ‘consensual’ in 2 minute 45 second monologue
Allegations: Russell has been accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by four women. Alice (pictured) claims Russell sexually assaulted her when she was 16 years old
The BBC is also now facing ‘urgent questions’ after it was claimed Brand used the company’s provided car service to pick up the girl from school.
It comes as both BBC and Channel 4 have launched internal investigations into separate allegations of predatory behavior by Brand towards staff and the public during his time in service.
Channel 4 has since removed all programs linked to Brand from its website, including episodes of The Great British Bake Off and Big Brother’s Big Mouth in which he appeared, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Netflix has since been urged to remove its comedy special, titled Re:Birth, from its streaming catalog.
The BBC investigation was announced minutes before Scotland Yard stepped up the pressure by announcing that detectives would like to speak to the comedian’s alleged victims.
Among the complaints raised in the investigation were allegations from one woman, who alleged that Brand raped her against the wall in his Los Angeles home.
Another woman alleged that the comedian sexually assaulted her while she worked with him in Los Angeles and that he threatened her with legal action if she told anyone.
While the third claimed she was sexually assaulted by Brand, who she said physically and emotionally abused her.
The fourth woman, named Alice to protect her identity, said she was 16 when he strangled her during a sex act.
She claims he took her virginity, was “preoccupied” with her being “innocent and pure,” and often called her “The Child.”
Alice described his behavior towards her as “grooming”, as Brand allegedly gave her scripts on how to trick her parents into allowing her to visit him. She also claimed that he would send his ‘BBC car’ to her high school to pick her up.
“The first time I used it, he told me he was booked to take him to his radio show, but he had a friend who took him instead, so I had to use that car,” she told The Times.
She claimed that the driver once took her from Brand’s house to her grandmother’s house and that the same car “picked me up from school” on another occasion.
Alice added: ‘It was the same car… I knew it was a BBC car.’
The BBC did not initially launch an investigation, but amid growing outrage it changed its position last night and a spokesperson said it was ‘urgently investigating the issues’.
In a statement, a BBC spokesperson said: ‘The documentary and associated reports contain serious allegations spanning a number of years.
‘Russell Brand worked on BBC radio programs between 2006 and 2008 and we are urgently investigating the issues raised.’
Brand has lashed out at ‘aggressive’ media claims as he insisted all relationships he had ‘during his time of promiscuity’ were ‘consensual’ in a 2 minute 45 second monologue to his 11 million followers on X and 6 .5 million subscribers on YouTube.
He accused news organizations of coordinating an attack on him and told his followers: “Is there some other agenda at play?
“Especially when we’ve seen coordinated media attacks before, like with Joe Rogan, when he dared to take a drug that the mainstream media didn’t approve of, and we saw a flurry of headlines from media outlets around the world using the same thing. language.’