Lily Allen is disgusted by a rape joke made at her expense by comedians Russell Brand, Jimmy Carr and Jonathan Ross.
The “Trigger Bang” singer, 38, reflected on the experience that happened on Big Fat quiz of the year 2007 and went viral after rape allegations against Brando, 48, made headlines in September.
At the start of the show, Ross, 62, moved Allen – “the only sexually attractive young lady” on the panel – away from panellists Brand and Noel Fielding to a “sexless zone”.
He reasoned that the seat change was to protect her.
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“And then Lily could go home with her dress still on,” Ross said matter-of-factly The Great British Bake Off The co-host replied: “How dare you – we are not rapists.”
Carr, 51, then asked why he was wearing a cape “if [he] he wasn’t a rapist,” and Fielding, 50, explains that his cape was actually Jack the Ripper’s.
“He wasn’t a rapist, he was…”, Fielding replied, before Brand added: “A serial killer.”
“There is a difference. There is no direct connection between rape and cloak, it’s just a rhyme. Leave him alone,” he said Forgetting Sarah Marshall the actor continued.
In an interview with Grace on Monday, Allen called the experience “terrible.”
“[There was a clip] where I was on a chat show with Russell Brand and Noel Fielding and Jonathan Ross. And there are comments, I think, about being raped or something like that. And I laugh along with it. In retrospect, it’s really horrible,” she told the publication.
She added: “I’m embarrassed, but I don’t think I felt it at the time, because it was the culture.”
Reps for Brand, Carr, Fielding and Ross did not respond to PEOPLE’s requests for comment by press time. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter to stay up to date with the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.
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In September, Brand was accused of raping, sexually assaulting and physically and emotionally abusing five women — four who remained anonymous — including a 16-year-old, according to a joint investigation. The Sunday Times, Time and UK Channel 4 current affairs show Dispatches.
The media reported — in the article he published Time and during the episode Shipments — that the incidents allegedly took place between 2006 and 2013 when the comedian (48) was a presenter for BBC Radio 2 and Channel 4 and a Hollywood film actor.
The comedian denied the allegations in a video he shared on social media, saying he “absolutely denies” the claims and described them as “extremely outrageous and aggressive attacks”.
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