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Headline: Russell Brand admits to sleeping with 16-year-old when he was 30

Caption: During an appearance on The Megyn Kelly Show, the British comedian noted that the age of consent in the United Kingdom is 16, but acknowledged that sleeping with someone so much younger than him was "exploitative". "Thank you, Megyn Kelly, for giving me the grace to address, in particular, your anger, which is entirely legitimate and recognisable," he opened. "And the plain fact of it is that in Europe and in the United Kingdom, where I'm from, the age of consent is 16, and I did sleep with a 16-year-old when I was 30, but when I was 30,..."

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