Lily Allen and Russell Brand.Photo:Jon Furniss/WireImage
Jon Furniss/WireImage
The “Trigger Bang” singer, 38, reflected on the experience which occurred onThe Big Fat Quiz of the Yearin 2007 andwent viralafterrape allegations against Brand, 48, made headlines in September.
At the start of the show, Ross, 62, moved Allen — “the only sexually attractive young lady” on the panel — away from panelists Brand and Noel Fielding to the “sexless zone.”
He reasoned that the seat change was to protect her.
“And then Lily may go home with her dress still on,” Ross said, to whichThe Great British Bake Offco-host replied: “How dare you – we’re not rapists.”
Carr, 51, then asked why he was wearing a cape “if [he] wasn’t a rapist,” with Fielding, 50, explaining that his cape was actually a Jack the Ripper cape.
“He wasn’t a rapist, he was a…” Fielding replied, before Brand added: “Serial murderer.”
“There’s a difference. There is no direct corollary between rapes and capes, it’s just a rhyme. Leave him alone,” theForgetting Sarah Marshallactor continued.
In an interview withGraziaon Monday, Allen called the experience “horrendous.”
She added: “It makes me uncomfortable, but I don’t think I felt that at the time, because it was the culture.”
Lily Allen.Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty
The comedian denied the allegations in a video shared to social media, saying that he “absolutely refutes” the claims and described them as “extremely egregious and aggressive attacks.”
source: people.com
