Brand: 'I won't tone down my comedy'

Russell Brand has insisted that he will never tone down his stand-up routine.

Speaking at a DVD signing session in London, the star defended fellow comedians Jimmy Carr and Frankie Boyle, who were recently criticised for making offensive jokes.

Brand said: "I've heard them jokes. They're good jokes, they are. Frankie Boyle is brilliant and Jimmy Carr is brilliant.

"They're not trying to be offensive. No one is actually offended. The people saying they're offended aren't actually offended. The whole thing is constructed."

He continued: "If you hear it [the joke] delivered cold, like vomit into the nape of your neck, it might be offensive, but mucking around I don't think is offensive."

Brand went on to say that he has no plans to change his style of comedy.

Last year, the 34-year-old resigned from his job as a BBC Radio 2 DJ after the scandal surrounding messages he left on the actor Andrew Sachs's answerphone.

However, he said that the incident was just "rhubarb and guff".

"I would've done nothing differently," Brand stated. "I apologise for the thing I did wrong to the person I did it to, but the whole subsequent scandal was funny, it is funny I think."

He added that the affair would not affect his future routines.

"I ain't afraid. I don't give a f**k. I will not lose my edge," he claimed.