Brand: 'I don't masturbate too much'

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Russell Brand has said that he does not masturbate "too much" while on tour.

The comedian made the revelations during an interview for the cover story of this month's Rolling Stone magazine.

Brand said: "Whilst on tour, I masturbate a little bit, but not too much. It's similar to the monkeys you see masturbating at the zoo, where it's like 'Zookeeper! Zookeeper! There's something wrong with that monkey!'

"And then, of course, if you ejaculate onto yourself, there's that beautiful, transcendent, orgasmic moment of relief, then you walk to the bathroom, clean up and you catch yourself in the mirror and it's like, 'I don't know what you're looking at! Kings have done that!'."

He added of his continuing life journey: "Going on a voyage of self-discovery isn't as exciting as getting your c**k sucked while chomping on chocolate and playing Nintendo, is it?

"Ultimately, it's more gratifying. And my life will be ascetic and about denial. But I'm not there yet, so the conflict continues."