Russell Brand's US TV show axed after series of tasteless jokes
By Daniel Bates
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[headerlinks'Russell Brand’s attempts to break the US have suffered a serious setback after his American TV series was cancelled.
Fox TV (FX) axed late night talk show Brand X after the comedian was criticised by viewers for a series of tasteless jokes.
During the three seasons Brand had accused Princess Diana of taking cocaine and mocked Prince Harry.
Setback: Russell Brand just got the latest piece of bad news - his late night talk show Brand X just got the axe
In an interview he also opened up about his failed marriage to Katy Perry and revealed it was his ego which was to blame for the split.
Brand, 38, admitted that they divorced because he found marriage ‘hard’ and that it was challenging to make her feel important to him.
Brand has been desperately trying to
break Hollywood since his career in Britain stalled in 2008 over the
Jonathan Ross prank phone calls scandal.
It's just hard: The comedian isn't laughing over his divorce from singer Katy Perry after only a year and a half of marriage and says that he tried to make it work
Unfiltered: The wavy-haired comedian failed to win over U.S. audiences or the network with his 'tasteless' jokes about the late Princess Diana and her grown-up son Prince Harry
He quit his BBC radio show and though he did land the title role in a 2011 remake of the Dudley Moore comedy Arthur, there have been few offers since.
FX chief executive John Landgraf announced that Brand X would be cancelled even though it had been given a shake-up after the first eight episodes aired.
Instead the network will be working on a ‘scripted live-action comedy’ loosely based on Brand’s life instead because it ‘saw more potential and upside in the audience response’, Landgraf said.
In an interview with Esquire magazine, Brand talked about his marriage to Perry which ended in 2011 after just 14 months.
Salty humour: Russell's talk show last three seasons and it was mainly about his own eccentric life
Brand said of marriage: ‘I tried it and I loved it. I really think she’s a lovely beautiful person.
‘It’s just hard isn’t it? She’s got a lot of options, I’ve got a lot of options, so you’ve got to really, really want it.
‘Some of it’s the fame, but I think getting married is… you’ve got a whole other person that you’ve got to make as important as you!’
Brand did however insist that he was monogamous during his time with Perry, 28, in spite of his reputation as a lothario.
He said: ‘When I’m in a relationship I’m diligently monogamous and stick to the principles agreed on within that relationship. You’ve got to, I think.’
Brand added that stand-up comedy was the only thing that left him ‘raw’ and that his stage act was ‘beautiful’.
Lonely guy: Russell looked dismal as he took in a May 27 yoga class in Los Angeles
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Ah, the Americans not understanding irony as usual.......- Ikwyaut, Aagdne, 7/6/2013>>>>>>> Ah yes, this old chestnut. Were it not for that pesky "irony magnet", lurking on the bottom of the Atlantic ocean, that erased from our ancestors' genomes the ability to understand such a lofty cognitive concept as irony, we could aspire to understand the sophisticated humor of Mr. Brand.
- Mags , FL, United States, 09/6/2013 01:51
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