Russell Brand compares ‘suffering’ to Christ in latest reinvention… but faces a rising backlash from furious disciples

RUSSELL Brand is attempting to ‘leave the past behind’ by getting baptised as a Christian after a tough year.

But the disgraced comic – who was accused of a series of sexual assaults in October last year – is still cashing in on fame with his 3.9m followers, known as “Awakened Wonders”, raking in up to £25,000 a week.

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