Brand cuts short ‘snide’ reporter at housing protest

Russell Brand lost his cool with a journalist in Downing Street when he was asked how much he paid to rent his home.

The comic and actor was delivering a petition to No 10 as part of a campaign over the cost of housing in London. But he became agitated when Channel 4 News reporter Páraic O’Brien suggested that part of the problem was the super-rich buying property in the capital.

When he was asked how much rent he paid, he replied: “I’m not interested in talking to you about my rent, mate. I’m here to support a very important campaign.”