Australian pop star Dannii Minogue publicly described Russell Brand as “completely crazy” and “a vile predator” in 2006, roughly two decades before the comedian was convicted of rape and later sentenced to 10 years and six months in prison, as reported by Page Six.

Minogue, now 55, also questioned Brand’s behavior during her interview with the Mirror. “I certainly don’t think he has cured his sex addiction, that’s for sure,” she said. “He wouldn’t take no for an answer.”

Her comments followed a negative experience appearing on Brand’s MTV show “1 Leicester Square,” which had a brief run. Minogue claimed the comedian “kept making shocking remarks that I can’t even repeat.”

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Minogue made clear how uncomfortable she found the comments during the appearance. “Just uttering the words would make me blush,” she shared while discussing what had happened.

According to Minogue, Brand commented on her “fabulous breasts” during their encounter. She also claimed that he followed her down a corridor and continued pestering her for her phone number.

The former “X Factor UK” judge said Brand “always goes that step too far.” At the same time, she said he went “never quite far enough to slap his face.”

Minogue, whose sister is Grammy Award winner Kylie Minogue, acknowledged that Brand was “obviously very intelligent.” Her assessment did not stop her from delivering a cutting critique of his appearance and conduct.

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She also mocked Brand for wearing “more makeup than I do,” despite generally liking that particular look on men. Her remarks about his eyeliner were equally blunt.

“Normally I love guys with eyeliner on. It can be very sexy, but not on Russell,” Minogue continued. “Absolutely no way, never.”

The interview resurfaced in 2023 after Brand, now 51, was accused by multiple women of being a serial sex assaulter. The comments drew renewed notice years after Minogue first made them publicly.

Last week, the “Get Him to the Greek” star was found guilty of rape and three counts of sexual assault. The verdict followed a trial lasting four weeks at Southwark Crown Court in London.

Brand was sentenced earlier today to 10 years and six months in prison. During sentencing, the judge called him a “sexual predator” who “committed sexual offenses against a number of women over a five-year period.”

As guards took Brand away, he directed two messages toward his wife, Laura. He mouthed “I love you” and “We’ll be OK” to her before leaving the courtroom.

Brand, a podcaster who has three children with Laura, is also facing two additional rape accusations. Those accusations are being investigated by the Metropolitan Police.

Before his marriage to Laura, Brand was briefly married to pop star Katy Perry. Perry, now 42, has not commented on his legal troubles and was blocked from being mentioned by his defense team during the trial.

Perry did, however, allude to undisclosed information about Brand two years after their 2011 split. She addressed the end of their marriage during a 2013 interview with Vogue.

“I felt a lot of responsibility for it ending, but then I found out the real truth, which I can’t necessarily disclose because I keep it locked in my safe for a rainy day,” the “Firework” singer said.

Perry added, “I let go and I was like, ‘This isn’t because of me; this is beyond me.’ So I have moved on from that.” She has offered no public comment on Brand’s conviction or prison sentence.

Minogue’s remarks came long before the trial, conviction and sentencing that placed Brand’s conduct under intense legal scrutiny. Her 2006 account described unwanted persistence, shocking remarks and an encounter that left her branding him a “vile predator.”