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On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Russell Brand: ON How He Nearly Ruined His Career

On Purpose with Jay Shetty

iHeartPodcasts

Health & Fitness, Business, Mental Health

4.828.5K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2019

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

You may think you know Russell Brand - the actor, the comedian, ect... but that’s only a small part of who he truly is.Prepare yourself, today’s conversation gets intimate.Russell opens up about his struggles with addiction, his experience chasing fame, money, sex, and why that’s not something people should aspire to. He shares what has enlightened and led him to a life of sobriety for over 14 years now and the role mentors and spirituality has played in getting him there.He even shares some surprising wisdom from a mutual friend of Puff Daddy, comparing the challenges of life to levels in a video game.

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0:00.0

Life's like a computer game. You get trapped on different levels and until you can master that level,

0:04.4

you'll be trapped on it. It goes, you obviously was trapped on the drug level, then you get trapped

0:07.6

on the sixth level. You've got to transcend these different levels. Now for me, these levels are

0:11.6

helped ferry to cross by mentors. When I was a drug addict, I met Chip Summers. Chip Summers

0:17.2

was the first person I met that was clean. He were able to transfer to me like any good teacher will,

0:21.8

something that was latent within me, but I was not in a position to realise.

0:24.8

Welcome back to On Purpose. I'm so happy that you're here. My name's Jay Shetty and I'm all about

0:35.6

creating a community of purposeful people. People who want to find their purpose and serve others

0:42.6

through it. I really hope you're a subscriber by now. Make sure you've rated and reviewed as well.

0:49.2

Now today's guest is Russell Brand, someone who needs no introduction, but as some of you know,

0:57.2

Russell and I have been friends for some time and I find him absolutely fascinating. This conversation

1:04.5

is one of my favourites I've had with him and even though it's a little shorter, it's super

1:10.1

powerful. I asked Russell questions he'd never been asked before, especially about his relationship

1:17.8

with the media, his honesty, which nearly ruined his career and his spirituality. If you find him

1:25.0

as fascinating as I do, you'll love this episode. Towards the end, it gets pretty deep, so make

1:32.0

sure to listen the whole way through. Enjoy the episode.

1:40.7

Hey everyone, thank you so much for coming back to the podcast. Today I'm genuinely grateful and so

1:46.6

excited for our next guest. He genuinely doesn't need an introduction, but last time I did it,

1:51.6

he said he really liked it, so I'm going to do it again because that's always a nice thing to do.

1:56.4

So he's an actor, activist, comedian, and someone who I truly believe is a amazing thinker in the

2:03.9

arms of philosophy, spirituality, politics, and life. I'm so excited to dive in to his fascinating

2:10.4

life, which I believe he's had one of the most fascinating ones. He is none other than Russell Brand.

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