I don't need to caveat this with his former addictions and reputation but here it is.
I found the programme strange... I kept waiting for the big thing, the 'gotcha' and it didn't seem to come.
"Russell asked me to work with him" (uh oh) "and it went really well for ages".... ok
"Russell and I were really close, to the point where execs asked me to deliver bad news... we grew closer over time... now I feel like he groomed me"
"I was in a consentual relationship with Russell and he went OTT in the bedroom but stopped" all this interspersed with footage of his stand up gig stating what he's like.
Guy's got a rep, surely no one could argue they didn't know what they were entering into? Like the audience members who went willingly to his hotel and complained that he didn't call them afterwards. Have people forgotten about the 'groupie' thing,
men & women have willingly engaged in casual sexual encounters for much longer than I've been alive. They made themselves 'disposable'.
Again, if you've consentually slept with him several times and you get a booty call at 3am surely it can't be that surprising that the recovering sex addict wants sex? If it's a problem you don't get in the car or even answer the text. That was the only bit I seriously took issue with, no means no, no matter what. That's where he failed and she shouldn't have gone round there in the first place.
Definitely some unsavoury behaviour and some unpleasant experiences for a couple. He now does work for women's charities. He recognised and corrected his language on question time so it looks like he's trying to be a better person.
He was a good looking guy with a never ending buffet, he took full advantage of that. Is that enough reason to 'cancel' him?
I don't know, it's not the bombshell programme I was expecting. Certainly wasn't a Cosby and it seems odd they spent an hour and half with what they had... unsubstantiated allegations. Quite filmsy overall. I was expecting some horrific tales of a dark monster behind closed doors... I didn't get that from what we saw.
(just doing some other reading... the 16 year old thing was weird,
technically not illegal but still. I think we should have laws in place that makes it a crime to sleep with a 16 year old if you're over 18 for example.)
Further edit: I always thought he was a ****, there was a brief window after the politics thing and before his current thing where he was ok for five minutes
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