Sean Lock imagined his daughters bringing home someone like Russell Brand during a 2014 appearance on 8 Out of 10 Cats. The comedian turned that fear into a joke, complete with an impression of Brand greeting him at home.
“Probably the reason I hate him so much is because I’m a dad and I’ve got this fear that one day my daughters will bring someone like that home and he’ll come in and go, ‘Oh, oh, such pleasure to be in your charming abode.’”
Lock, who had 3 children, including 2 daughters, delivered the line after criticizing Brand’s politics. After urging people not to vote during a 2013 Newsnight interview with Jeremy Paxman, Brand was promoting his book Revolution.
Lock called that message “the most moronic, self-serving, pathetic bit of attention-seeking” and mocked Brand’s decision to sell a book about revolution.
The joke expressed Lock’s dislike of Brand’s public persona and politics. It contained no allegation of a specific crime.
Lock died in 2021. The clip circulated again following the 2023 investigation into Brand and resurfaced after his 2026 conviction for 1 count of rape and 3 counts of sexual assault.