Brand quits

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Russell Brand has apparently stopped typing his own name into internet search engines because of the negative things he read about himself.

The actor, who has battled drug addiction in the past, told Bang Showbiz that he is "doing a lot better" after breaking his online habit.

"It's the most unrewarding, pointless activity, Googling yourself. I'm doing a lot better. It's like picking a scab. I have gone a few weeks without looking at it and it divorces you from the slurry of casual vindictiveness," he said.

Brand recently revealed that he has given up drugs altogether since starting a relationship with Katy Perry, with whom he has found love.