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Russell Brand says he’s been ‘changed’ by baptism: ‘I’m so grateful to be surrendered in Christ’

Source: Instagram via @russellbrand

Russell Brand has announced that he has been baptised in the River Thames, adding that the experience has left him “changed” and “transitioned”.

The 48-year-old comedian had previously called baptism an “opportunity to leave the past behind”, less than a year after a Channel 4 Dispatches documentary exposed allegations of sexual assault against him.

In an Instagram video published on Monday (29 April), Brand told his and will therefore know what I'm talking about.

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