Russell Brand steps out with socialite Jemima Khan, says he’s ‘in love’

Russell Brand’s been dating around a lot since he split from Katy Perry in late 2011. I imagine this interlude has been devoted to getting certain “urges” out of his system by banging whatever chicks he fancies from yoga class. Now Rusty has settled down with a real girlfriend, Jemima Khan.

Jemima hails from the UK and is heiress to the Goldsmith fortune. She’s best known as a socialite, but she’s not an airhead at all. Jemima is a very smart woman who is (unlike Pippa Middleton) a well-versed writer for several outlets including The New Stateman and Vanity Fair. She holds strong political opinions and (like Rusty) isn’t afraid of offending anyone.

Jemima famously helped post bond for Julian Assange in London last year. She did so in support of freedom of information. She also publicly urged Julian to answer to those infamous rape allegations. No matter how one feels about Assange, it’s admirable to see Jemima tackling big issues when she really doesn’t have to do so. She’s got enough money to do nothing for the rest of her life, but that’s not her bag.

Jemima does harbor a weakness for bad boys. She was married to former cricketeer and politician Imran Khan (of Pakistan) before shagging around with Hugh Grant for a few years. Now she’s with Russell, who mysteriously stated in his recent Guardian article that he was “in love“: “I am presently beleaguered by a nerdish, whirling dervish, and am eschewing all others. Perhaps the clarity of this elation has awakened me.” Rusty always has such a way with words, doesn’t he?

I wholeheartedly approve of this coupling! May they go forth so that Russell might break his nine-orgasm record.

Russell has also semi-apologized for calling out Hugo Boss for dressing Nazi soldiers. He made those remarks last week at the GQ Man of the Year awards (video here) and got kicked out of the afterparty. Part of Rusty’s statement: “The jokes about Hugo Boss were not intended to herald a campaign to destroy them. They’re not Monsanto or Halliburton, the contemporary corporate allies of modern-day fascism; they are, I thought, an irrelevant menswear supplier with a double-dodgy history.”

Here’s Rusty looking quite randy and well-scarfed before his little outburst.

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