An unearthed clip from The Jonathan Ross Show shows Russell Brand joking about a previous arrest in the US, years before he was sentenced to prison for rape and sexual assault.
The comedian, 51, was sentenced to 10 years in jail for rape and sexual assault, but had earlier brushes with the law, including an arrest for criminal damage in the US in 2012.
Joking About Police Cells
During his 2014 appearance on the ITV show alongside Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Ross said: "But you've never been jailed for your behaviour."
Brand replied: "Sometimes they would leave me in police cells for a while, and I didn't like that very much. It's tiresome in there, it's lonely, it's hard to build rapport."
Speaking about an incident in New Orleans, where he had been working on a film, he turned to Lohan, who had previously faced legal troubles. She looked uncomfortable as he said: "It's worse getting arrested in your country! Everyone else had an orange boiler suit on, I felt so left out."
Comparing UK and US Police
The star appeared to be joking about the time he was arrested after throwing a photographer's iPhone through a window. He was released on bail and sentenced to community service.
Comparing police in the UK favourably to those in the US, he added: "The police are so much more friendly. For a start in our country we cuff the hands in front not behind the back."
He continued: "The police cars, all crunched up in there. They took all my drugs from me. In fact it's boring in the cell, that's when you need drugs to take the edge off. Cruel really."
Lindsay Lohan's Jail Experience
Lohan then spoke about spending 14 days in her cell in the summer of 2010, admitting she "made a mistake" by violating her probation and failing to turn up to alcohol education classes after being caught DUI.
Speaking of her crime, she said: "That's not the right thing to do, but to put someone in that position, it was very scary, very jarring."
Sentencing and Reaction
The interview resurfaced amid Brand's recent trial, which saw him sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison for raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others.
Judge Joel Bennathan denounced Brand's "casual and arrogant disregard" for any woman who said no to him, and castigated him for the series of lies he told in testimony denying assaults that dated to 2004.
Following the sentencing, Ross released a statement on his previous relationship with Brand. He said: "I am as horrified by the revelations about David Walliams and the crimes of Russell Brand as the rest of the nation."
He added: "There was a time in my life when I was on friendly terms with both men, and during that period I was genuinely unaware of their conduct. My thoughts are with the many, many women who have bravely come forward."
