Russell Brand boasted about ‘putting one on’ Meghan Markle before she met Harry

Russell Brand and Meghan Markle both appeared in 2010’s Get Him to the Greek.

Russell Brand once spoke about kissing Meghan Markle (Image: ITV/Universal Pictures)

A resurfaced clip shows Russell Brand boasting about “putting one on” Meghan Markle before she met Prince Harry.

The footage has come to light after after the comedian was accused of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse. Brand has denied all the allegations made against him, which were made during an investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4’s Dispatches.

In the TV interview from 2018, he recalls “snogging” while she was still an actress, when they were both starring in Get Him to the Greek. Brand starred as rock star Aldous Snow and the Duchess of Sussex had a small role as a partygoer called Tatiana.

Brand had been appearing on ITV’s Loose Women just before Harry and Meghan’s wedding that same year, as writes the Mirror.

He was asked if it was true he’d once kissed the former Suits star and he replied: “She was in a film that I was in, Get Him to the Greek, it was a good film. Meghan Markle didn’t know at the time because she wasn’t married to a royal person. I don’t remember the film that much, I think I planted one on her in the scene. But that was scripted in the scene. I only know this because I think I saw a clip of it somewhere. They should bring that up [at the wedding]… if anyone has any reason… yeah Russell Brand snogged her in the film!”

Brand, 48, has been accused of allegations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse by four women across a time period from 2006 and 2013.

Brand spoke about Meghan during an appearance in 2018 on ITV’s Loose Women (Image: ITV)
During this time Brand was a presenter on BBC Radio 2 and Channel 4 and starred in several Hollywood films.

On Friday night, the star – who rose to stardom as the host of Big Brother’s Big Mouth – shared a video statement on his YouTube channel where he vehemently denied “criminal” and “very serious” allegations that he said had been put to him by two media outlets, describing it as a “coordinated attack”.

The allegations surfaced against Brand during the joint investigation by Channel 4’s Dispatches show, the Sunday Times and The Times, in programme which aired at 9pm on Saturday.