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Filed under: Exclusives! > MTV > Anglophilia > Russell Brand

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Sources reveal exclusively to PerezHilton.com that British funny man Russell Brand has been tapped to host this year's MTV Video Music Awards, airing from Los Angeles in September.

Who, say you????

Well, he's massive in the U.K. and has awards show hosting experience. Brand was the M.C. at the Brit Awards two years ago, which we attended.

Russell is also crazy. So, this should be interesting.

Who knows what the Forgetting Sarah Marshall star will have up his sleeve for the MTV audience?!

Russell says he's a reformed horn dog.

The VMAs always bring out the pretty girls. He'll be put to the test!

[Image via WENN.]



137 comments to “Surprise Choice”

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  1. 1

    1?

  2. irma says – reply to this
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    first?

  3. mp says – reply to this
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    1st and its my birthday!!

  4. dee says – reply to this
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    he's nasty!

  5. clair says – reply to this
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    Very funny man. Good choice!

  6. mel says – reply to this
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    OMG! He's soo freaking hilarious!!!

  7. 7

    mtv is about to get Brand-ed

  8. gaga says – reply to this
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    lmao

  9. Rae says – reply to this
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    NOT, not hot in any way…Some women will just fuck dogs apparently…

  10. LoveA says – reply to this
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    First?

  11. 11

    I love russell.. he was great on letterman. soooooooo funny! and his hair is a nest

  12. lucie says – reply to this
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    MTV SUCKS!!! BOYCOTT THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW REMAKE!!!!
    MTV SUCKS!!! BOYCOTT THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW REMAKE!!!!
    MTV SUCKS!!! BOYCOTT THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW REMAKE!!!!
    MTV SUCKS!!! BOYCOTT THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW REMAKE!!!!
    MTV SUCKS!!! BOYCOTT THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW REMAKE!!!!

  13. Carly says – reply to this
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    First, I think! I like that dude. He's funny.

  14. hyde says – reply to this
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    Models exposed without make up and who they're sleeping with on www.onblastatlast.com

    hyde d montage

  15. Linda says – reply to this
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    first!!!

  16. Uker says – reply to this
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    RUSSELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
    I LOVE HIM SO MUCH.
    OH AND HE HAS A GIRLFRIEND NOW BY THE WAY AND SHE IS VERY PRETTY

  17. 17

    he looks gross!
    n why is this guy crazy?

  18. Lola says – reply to this
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    I wish I was fucking him….

  19. minx says – reply to this
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    omg Russell Brand is ridiculously sexy.. and Noel fielding is as well.. i

  20. Vanes says – reply to this
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    gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyy, you know who is also gay? Tat little boy that died from cancer and had gotten married to his "sweetheart" what a joke!

  21. blah says – reply to this
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    That will be insane….. He is insane.
    I hope Mtv use a 5 second delay.

  22. Jen says – reply to this
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    HOLY SHIT! Cool! I want to fuck his brains out!!

  23. Heath says – reply to this
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    Brand is brilliant. I suggest all the haters go and read his biography called "My booky Wook". he's over come so many obstacles and is a GREAT role model. Also… you should check out his BBC radio show (every Saturday night) as well as his viddy cast. He's the best!

    Top shelf!

  24. bck says – reply to this
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    aw i hate him hes a wanker

  25. HOPE says – reply to this
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    Looks like he needs a good conditioner.

  26. HOPE says – reply to this
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    Looks like he needs a good conditioner.

  27. Aimee says – reply to this
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    I'd be sure to watch that, i love him, but i want him to come back to BBLB dammit!

  28. Lucy says – reply to this
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    I'd shag him, fwoargh! ;> Doesn't matter how much of a little sex addict he is. Woof xx

  29. Russe says – reply to this
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    He's amazing!! i just saw him at the Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal at the Apatow for destruction show!!!!!! Very good choice!

  30. 30

    Nice choice… Good for MTV and good for Russell. He's hottt. I'd never do him though. He's probably covered in diseases. :p

  31. beck says – reply to this
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    Re: Heath

    your deluded heath, i dont know how u can call him a great role model after reading booky wooky. i think u need to check in somewhere for some help

  32. reb says – reply to this
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    Re: Aimee – HE WASNT ON BBLB DICKWAD. BBBM

  33. g says – reply to this
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    every other word out of his mouth will be a sware word definately…he is rather crude :S

  34. Darth says – reply to this
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    Brilliant choice!!!

  35. britt says – reply to this
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    YAY RUSSELL!!! I love Ol' Russ!

  36. ann says – reply to this
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    comment comment comment

  37. Kat says – reply to this
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    Yumm Yumm Yumm. Mtv leave him the fuck alone you ruin people.

  38. Mike says – reply to this
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    Amazing choice. Brand is hilarious.

  39. Da R says – reply to this
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    DAMN!! mariah has really aged bad.

  40. Aimee says – reply to this
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    Re: reb – Damn you're right, i'm used to typing BBLB more than BBBM lol :-/

  41. m says – reply to this
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    he was sooooo funny in forgetting sarah marshall. i havent watched the vma's in years but i might flip through to see him for like .5 seconds

  42. 42

    love himmm. hope he becomes the host. he'll be BEYOND fabolous at it.

  43. lol says – reply to this
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    LMAO!! MTV will be censoring shit every few words will be bleep bleep bleep! Pity because this guy does the most hilarious stand up.!!!! Luff Russell Brand and his mighty boosh mates! All of those UK guys.. comedy gold.

  44. ItsMe says – reply to this
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    I saw him on the Tonight Show With Jay Leno… He was actually very funny! He's gonna be an awesome host

  45. what says – reply to this
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    I just hope they dont put on that wack job sarah silverhoe again.

  46. VOXIE says – reply to this
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    Give me a man anyday with long locks and a hog between his thighs, but JEEEEZZZZZzzzzzz, even without the hair, this Russell guy is "Fuuugly" beyond. Look at that chin! Looks like Velma from Scooby Doo.
    LOLOLOLOLOL

  47. Joe says – reply to this
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    why are you always saying british words?? we don't say 'massive' we say 'huge'.

  48. marie says – reply to this
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    hell to the YES!! I love Russell. he is sooooooooo sex on a stick, doesn't harm that he is also hilarious
    can't wait to watch the award show, hope that this is going to make him famous in USA

  49. size0 says – reply to this
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    WTF is up with his hair??

  50. 50

    What the hell is wrong with his hair?????????

  51. Brian says – reply to this
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    He's so funny and sexy! Can't wait to watch.

  52. 52

    Re: Vanes – When your dying from cancer, I hope your last wish is denied. Go fuck yourself

  53. Poppy says – reply to this
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    haha brilliant. he's so funny. he'll be awesome.

  54. Donno says – reply to this
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    Don't know him, but I can see what a metreosexual he is…
    coiffed hair, black eyeliner eye makeup, plucked eye brows, etc, etc.

    Where have all the real men gone?

  55. Twit says – reply to this
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    Looks like James Haven (Angelina Jolie's brother) w/ long, f****d up hair.

  56. A-1 says – reply to this
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    What an ugly fuck! He's got a rat's nest in his hair!

  57. 57

    He looks like a crotch

  58. frogg says – reply to this
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    OMG that hair!..LOL too funny….Looks like a toupe' stuck on the top..!

  59. olsen says – reply to this
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    I saw him at the Just For Laughs festival, he was hilarious. He's all over the place and he actually dresses the same way! A really funny guy who is getting bigger over here!

  60. 60

    say who?

  61. MmHmm says – reply to this
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    Who cares? No one watches these awards shows anymore. Especially not since they had that one from Miami a couple of years ago that looked like the Source Awards. I thought they were broadcasting from inside a prison or from a housing project or something. Whoever put that shit together should have been fired.

  62. 62

    Another of the great ladies men is going out of commission. You know the guys money when he can score world class hotties with that fucked up and ultra fey hair-don't.

  63. 63

    omg omg omg!!!!
    i absolutely love russell!!
    ive loved him for years and i download ALL his podcasts . . hes amazing!!

    i really hope he does the vmas . . he would make them fantabulous!!

  64. Genna says – reply to this
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    OMG I fucking LOVE this man. Anyone see him on Conan? Hes fricken HILARIOUS. Im glad they made such a good choice!

  65. elle says – reply to this
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    I

  66. Snood says – reply to this
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    Ah good, I like him…but his humour is veeeeeeery sex-based…I dunno how it'll fair on American television…he got in trouble hosting the Brits, and THAT is hard to do :p

  67. S says – reply to this
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    What a shit choice.

    Total and utter cunt.

  68. jill says – reply to this
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    YES, I LOVE RUSSELL.

  69. jstar says – reply to this
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    That guy was SO hilarious in Forgetting Sarah Marshall! he totally stole the movie.

  70. clare says – reply to this
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    russell owns

  71. sins says – reply to this
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    He's hot and I like em crazy too!

  72. Ezra says – reply to this
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    Big over here? (The UK)
    For a while maybe, but most can't stand him.

  73. rebek says – reply to this
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    im very happy about this.
    i find that he is a very funny man.
    although i do wish he wasnt a reformed horn dog
    and just a horn dog.
    haha

  74. yvett says – reply to this
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    Russell is awesome and hilarious. Finally a good host for the vma's. Now if they could get Noel Fielding to host with him that would be even better. The Goth Detectives rule.

  75. May I says – reply to this
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    Men: Shaving your bush will not make your member look bigger. It is what it is and a shaved bush on a man is disgusting. So straight men, please stop it!

  76. EVA says – reply to this
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    i met him when he was doing stand up gigs in LA like 2 months ago,
    and hes soooo cuteeeeeee!!!!!!!
    hes like a freakin giant haha. but he was so funny and niceeee to everyone.

  77. 77

    His hair…..confuses me