- Comedian was asked about 9/11 because he said it was 'controlled' in book
- He told BBC Newsnight: 'We have to remain open-minded to any kind of possibility. Do you trust the American government?'
- He added: 'I do think is very interesting is the relationship that the Bush family have had for a long time with the bin Laden family'
- Accused BBC of building 'anti-Islamic narrative' over Ottawa terror attack
- Star was sacked by MTV after he dressed as bin Laden on day after 9/11
- Critics branded him a 'ranting idiot' and told him to 'stick to comedy'
- Viewers make complaints to BBC over his 9/11 conspiracy rant
- Corporation defends his appearance and says: Love him or loathe him he voices anti politics mood’
Russell Brand caused outrage today after he admitted being 'open-minded' about whether the United States was behind the 9/11 attacks and asked: 'Do you trust the American government?'
The comedian, 39, told BBC's Newsnight he believes there is an 'interesting' relationship between the families of former US president George Bush and Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.
He was pressed by presenter Evan Davis on comments in his new book, Revolution, because in it he describes the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers in New York as 'controlled'.
Brand's decision to give credence to a 9/11 conspiracy led to fury online, with the multi-millionaire, who was married to Katy Perry, branded a 'ranting idiot' who should 'stick to comedy'.
Responding to criticism that Brand was on Newsnight again the BBC, who had nine complaints, said: 'Love him or loathe him Russell Brand has been one of the most eloquent voices articulating the anti-politics mood that all British politicians are currently struggling to engage with'.
Flamboyant: Russell Brand, pictured on Newsnight last night, caused controversy after he said he was 'open-minded' about whether the United States was involved in 9/11
Tragedy: Almost 3,000 people were killed when terrorists crashed two hijacked planes into the Twin Towers 13 years ago
Conspiracy theorists have said that rather than being brought down by terrorists, the United States plotted to demolish them with explosives to help spark a war in Iraq.
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Charlie Sheen
Fellow hellraiser Charlie Sheen argues that hijackers could never have carried out the 9/11 attacks.
He said: 'It seems to me like 19 amateurs with box cutters taking over four commercial airliners and hitting 75 per cent of their targets, that feels like a conspiracy theory. It raises a lot of questions.'
David Icke
Icke believes that the world is being run by a race of child-sacrificing, shape-shifting, reptilian aliens — and thousands of people seem to believe him.
He was forced to flee the spotlight 20 years ago — after he declared on a BBC chat show that he was the son of God.
The TV star from the 1980s, and his followers that the Babylonian Brotherhood runs the world and the Queen and George W Bush are among the race of reptiles and this elite group organised terror attacks like 9/11 and the Oklahoma bombing.
When asked about a 9/11 conspiracy Brand said: 'We have to remain open-minded to any kind of possibility.
'Do you trust the American government? Do you trust the British government? What I do think is very interesting is the relationship that the Bush family have had for a long time with the bin Laden family.
'What I do think is very interesting is the way that even the BBC report the events in Ottawa to subtly build an anti-Islamic narrative. I think that's very interesting.'
He then appeared abruptly to change tack, saying that he did not want to discuss 'daft' conspiracy theories.
Brand has courted controversy over 9/11 in the past and was sacked by MTV after turning up for work dressed as Osama bin Laden on the day after the attack that killed 3,000 people.
In his autobiography he described being around colleagues on September 12 as: 'And there's me standing beside them, still dressed as Osama bin Laden. I thought: "It don't get any better than this."
Twitter users were left furious by his Newsnight performance, many considering it insulting to the nearly 3,000 dead, which included 67 Britons.
The devastating attacks on the Twin Towers 13 years ago changed the world.
More than 1,100 people have never been identified, and their remains have been placed in a tomb under New York's Memorial Museum.
The al Qaeda plot also included the crashing of two more aircraft, one into the Pentagon, in Washington DC, and the other a field in Pennsylvania.
Outspoken: Brand accused the presenter Evan Davis of leading him 'down blind alleys about silly administrative quibbles' when taken to task over his new book
Rant: Brand also accused the BBC of pursuing subtly building 'an anti-Islamic narrative' while reporting the Ottawa terror attack this week
Questioning: The comedian was asked about 9/11 because his book refers to the terror attack being 'controlled'
In the tense interview last night Brand said the BBC 'shamefully sabotaged' the Scottish Referendum for the No campaign and Mr Davis he was 'mates with like CEOs and big businesses' and spent time 'cosying up' to London mayor Boris Johnson.
When Mr Davis pressed him about his views he shouted over the presenter: 'Mate, I don't want to follow you down blind alleys about silly administrative quibbles.'
At one point Mr Davis pleaded: 'I'm trying to take you seriously.'
Davis then tried to show the actor a graph showing wage levels in Britain, but he responded: 'I don't want to look at a graph mate, I haven't got time to look at a bloody graph.
'It's a lovely graph mate, well done. This is the kind of thing that people like you use to confuse people like us.'
After the show Twitter users started sending graphs to Brand to lampoon him over the outburst.
Track record: Russell Brand was on Newsnight in 2013 where urged people not to vote because it 'changes nothing'
He replied: 'Cheers for the graphs.The 5 richest families in UK have as much money as the poorest 12 million people. Do us one for that'.
It was Brand's second appearance on Newsnight after a now notorious interview with Jeremy Paxman, where the comedian said he had never voted because he regarded politicians as untrustworthy and irrelevant.
The multi-millionaire also said that 'profit is a dirty word', in response the the Prime Minister who said it wasn't.
He has been a regular on the BBC despite his acrimonious departure in 2008.
Brand and presenter Jonathan Ross left a series of obscene messages on Mr Sachs’s answerphone during Brand’s Radio 2 programme.
The incident provoked 42,000 complaints after Brand boasted of sleeping with Mr Sachs’s granddaughter and joked that the 83-year-old former Fawlty Towers star might hang himself as a result of the phone calls. Brand later resigned while Ross was suspended.
Brand later claimed many of the 42,000 people who complained to the BBC either had no real idea of what they were complaining about or were motivated by an anti-BBC agenda.
Brand and Jonathan Ross left a series of obscene messages on Andrew Sachs’s answerphone during Brand’s Radio 2 show. He later claimed the 42,000 people who complained didn't know what they were complaining about
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