Russell Brand is trashing Justin Trudeau
She kissed a former prime minister, and Brand didn’t like it
Last night, Russell Brand was a guest speaker at an annual conservative youth event held in Phoenix by Turning Point USA, the right-wing organization founded by Charlie Kirk, a political activist who was assassinated in September.
Brand, once a lovable screwball who starred in millennial touchstones like Forgetting Sarah Marshall, became an alt-right agitator and YouTube conspiracy theorist following multiple allegations of sexual assault. He is also the former spouse of Katy Perry—the pair were married in 2010 and divorced a year later—and he shared some thoughts on his ex-wife’s new romance from the Turning Point stage.
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“I was okay with Orlando Bloom, but Justin Trudeau? C’mon, man,” Brand said. “Don’t put me in a category with that guy—that globalist stooge.” Speaking with an interviewer who suggested that Trudeau “should be deported” (unclear why or from where), Brand went on to explain his ire, saying, “The biggest threat to our society are political leaders that have no authentic power that seem to be operating off of global bureaucracies.”
For those who haven’t been following Brand’s personal evolution, the former indie-sleaze poster boy very publicly found God in the spring of 2024 and was baptized in the River Thames. This occurred several months after Channel 4 and the Sunday Times reported that Brand had allegedly sexually assaulted four women between 1999 and 2005. Brand, who was charged with sexual assault and rape in April of 2025, has denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty. His trial is scheduled to begin in June of 2026.
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Since his rightward swerve, Brand has spread anti-vaccine rhetoric, become besties with Robert Kennedy Jr. and performed a baptism in a pair of tighty whities. But yes, Russell, tell us more about how Justin Trudeau is what’s wrong with the world.
The happy couple hasn’t commented on Brand’s desperate plea for cultural relevance or his bizarre and wholly unsubstantiated claim that Perry’s mom was in the audience at Turning Point. But, if that’s true, it could make for one heck of an awkward meet-the-parents scenario over the holidays. So nice to meet you, Mrs. Perry. I brought you some Canadian maple candy and, by the way, are you a right-wing nationalist?
Courtney Shea is a freelance journalist in Toronto. She started her career as an intern at Toronto Life and continues to contribute frequently to the publication, including her 2022 National Magazine Award–winning feature, “The Death Cheaters,” her regular Q&As and her recent investigation into whether Taylor Swift hung out at a Toronto dive bar (she did not). Courtney was a producer and writer on the 2022 documentary The Talented Mr. Rosenberg, based on her 2014 Toronto Life magazine feature “The Yorkville Swindler.”
