Major Brands Pull Ads from Rumble Amid Sex Allegations Against Russell Brand

Major brands began pulling advertisements from Rumble after Russell Brand announced he will be broadcasting his show on the platform after recent sex allegations resulted in a ban from YouTube ad revenue.

The actor-turned-podcast host and influential challenger of Big Pharma, mainstream media and corrupt politics, announced on X, formerly Twitter, that he would continue broadcasting his show on Rumble, in hopes to continue garnering support and the ability to “remain independent.”

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— Russell Brand (@rustyrockets) September 22, 2023

Burger King, Asos and HelloFresh are among some of the major brands that removed ads on the Rumble platform where Brand has an estimated 1.4 million subscribers.

According to the News Movement, a HelloFresh representative said, “Thanks for pointing this out to us. We have manually removed out ads from Rumble.” Burger King said they had paused all advertising while investigations into the allegations are ongoing. Asos denied to comment on the matter.

On Thursday, Rumble accused a parliamentary committee of “deeply inappropriate” behavior after Caroline Dinenage, the Conservative chair of the culture, media and sport committee, wrote a letter to the company’s chief executive, expressing concern that Brand “may be able to profit from his content on the platform.”

Brand’s new episode will be addressing the topic of collaborative efforts to construct narratives not just from mainstream media like CNN and BBC, but “between all trusted news providers and digital platforms.”

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— Rumble – 🏴‍☠️ $RUM (@rumblevideo) September 20, 2023

This comes in the wake of big tech platforms’ aim to censor Brand’s content as well as demonetize him on all fronts, with no official conviction made on any of the allegations.

YouTube was a major initial contributor to silencing of Brand, having suspended the host’s ability to earn money from his online videos earlier this week after multiple women accused Brand of rape, sexual assault and abuse – allegations he denies.

Brand previously produced roughly five videos per week for his 6.6 million subscribers, earning over 1 million dollars a year, according to the Daily Mail. Brand concluded by giving thanks to his followers for their continued ‘support, and for questioning the information that you have been presented with,’ then announcing he would be returning his show on Rumble.