Years after Katherine Ryan reportedly confronted Russell Brand about alleged predatory behavior while working alongside him on Comedy Central’s “Roast Battle” in 2018, the comedian has spoken out following his conviction on rape and sexual assault charges.
\n\n“It really made me feel just quite dysregulated again, caught off-guard, emotional, in awe of the survivors who also had nothing to gain,” Ryan said on the latest episode of her podcast “Telling Everybody Everything.” “They came forward despite Russell Brand having fame, power, money and a legion of fans ready to attack them.”
\n\nThe Canadian comedian said she and other women had been privately processing the verdict, which she described as bringing both a sense of justice and renewed grief for those affected.
\n\n“I will never be someone who like, dances on graves. There has been some justice done today,” she said. “There’s a level of relief, but there’s grief alongside relief.”
\n\nShe continued: “Everything’s nuanced, and it was proved in court that a terrible thing happened, and that means that a terrible thing happened.”
\n\nRyan previously made headlines in 2022 when she told Louis Theroux in his BBC documentary series that she had confronted an unnamed male comedian about his alleged…
Original source: https://variety.com/