Russell Kane: robbed by birth, funny by nature

Unfiltered with Oli Dugmore

Unfiltered with Oli Dugmore || JOE Media

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4.6 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2018

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

In one of the funniest Unfiltered interviews to date, James O’Brien meets the whirlwind that is comedian Russell Kane who, as you’re about to discover, has a lot to say.The pair cover everything, from Russell’s relationship with his rough ’n’ tough father, to his unique passion for watches; from the stresses and pressures that success put on your relationships, to the realisation that his working class upbringing was going to hold him back, but he wasn’t about to let that happen.Russell's new podcast 'Evil Genius' is available now via the BBC.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Unfiltered with James O'Brien. Welcome to Unfiltered which for episode 26 features the comedian Russell
0:17.6	Kane. He, like all the coolest people, has got a podcast which is out now called Evil Genius under the auspices of
0:24.3	the BBC it's a brilliant idea but I've met Russell once and I think he's an
0:27.9	absolutely fascinating man let's hope that by the end of this interview my theory has been proved right rather
0:34.0	than wrong. It's a tough one this because you put so much of yourself out there.
0:44.3	I know.
0:45.3	Where does an interviewer begin?
0:46.9	If you do expose something and make me uncomfortable, I sure as I'll be turning it into a touring show
0:50.6	next year.
0:51.6	So you can't win today.
0:52.6	Because I mean this is no exaggeration for people who don't
0:56.9	aren't completely familiar with your work.
0:58.8	Traumatic divorces, short marriages, personal crises, sliding down the fridge.
1:04.0	Yeah.
1:05.0	The state of emotional collapse, it's all there.
1:07.0	I don't have any really juicy ones, which I constantly, I'm saying,
1:10.0	shall I purposely take heroin for a year?
1:12.0	I don't have any really juicy addictions.
1:14.8	This will go out after my interview with Erwin Wells who spent a significant part of talking
1:20.6	about his addiction to heroin for a year. It's almost like we plan it.
1:24.0	In my world, as long as you're recovered from it, it's great.
1:28.0	So undivorous parents, I wasn't abused, I wasn't even, I was upper working class all I've got
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