Hepatitis C Got Majorly Dissed on SNL Last Night

[Forseegood]

Hi everyone, haven't posted here in years, and I hope everyone is doing well< I think of many of you often.  Don't know if anyone saw SNL last night with Russell Brand, but he stood there and joked about Hep C and it cut me to my core. You can probably look up his monologue on the SNL site, for those of you who haven't seen it. I myself went a little further, and jotted down a polite but assertive email to his publicist. If anyone wants to do the same here, here's his publicists contact information. Be well and nothing but good things to all of you!

Kevin McLaughlin
Publicist at 42West  
Write as it regarding Russell Brand on SNL last night.

New York
220 West 42nd Street
12th Floor
New York NY 10036
tel [phone]
fax [phone]


Los Angeles
11400 W. Olympic Blvd
Suite 1100
Los Angeles CA 90064
tel [phone]
fax [phone]

[Forseegood]

thanks Ribman, first he said he had it, then he said he didn't have it...very confusing, if he does have it, why not a little more compassion, you putz!

[Forseegood]

So good to see you guys here! just as quick as ever, Willy and Bill...you know what's really telling? I can't find one person online that has said anything about this. Nothing. If it would have been AIDs or Cancer? there would have been an uproar. That's why I'm posting on these forums, at least we might stick up for ourselves!

Here's the SNL website...it's in his monolouge...

http://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/

here is the publicist website, where you go into contacts.

http://42west.net/

really good to see you guys!

[ribman]

i belive he does some work for the cause.he has the disease

http://www.internationalmusicsummit.com/html/tested.html

[Willy50]

The comment was made that he alluded to gotten Hep C as a result of drug use or being a sex addict.

It was just as funny in Bewitched when Nicole Kidman made a similar Hep C joke.  It was stupid, perpetuated a number of false myths about transmission and it was tasteless.  Funny?  No, but then his shrill, loud, attention hungry delivery never is.  It's as though flogging an English accent or talking louder makes for good humor.

The comment was made at about the 5:23 mark on his monologue right after he mentions Black swan.

willy

[Bill1954]

Wow, you haven’t graced the pages of Medhelp in a while! How are you; give us an update and let us know how things are, gal—

Bill

[Willy50]

I'll....I'll be go to H3LL.  I used to know a member that went by forseegood.

Nice to see you are still alive and kickin.

Sorry...... but I don't need yet another reason to hate Russell Brand.  

But in this case I will write and I'd also suggest writing SNL.  IF there is a UTUBE link I would also consider writing a comment.

A hep C joke has the integrity of making a HIV/AIDS joke.  

Am I surprised?  Not at all.

Good to see you,

Willy