Russell Brand defends Kanye West

Kanye West created a stir at Sunday night’s MTV Video Music Awards by stealing Taylor Swift’s awards thunder, but a few stars who’ve survived some scandals of their own have chimed in on his behalf.

Russell Brand, the show’s host, who infamously introduced his drug dealer to Kylie Minogue during his days working at MTV UK, and last year quit the BBC’s Radio 2 after he was suspended for calling an elderly actor and claiming on the man’s answering machine that he bedded the star’s granddaughter, was one of the stars who came to West’s defense.

“Calm down, no one died, it’s all right,” Brand told Ryan Seacrest during the “On Air With Ryan Seacrest” radio show on Monday. “In the past, I’ve made mistakes and done things a little bit daft. If I think someone has done things that I don’t agree with, I think, well, I’ve done things in the past that I’m not proud of. I know Kanye, and I know he’s a nice bloke. We all make mistakes in life.”

While Brand defended West, the British ladies man said it was wrong for the rapper to reportedly leave the country singer in tears.

“Taylor Swift’s a young kid, isn’t she? Yeah, you can’t make a pretty girl cry,” Brand added.

But Brand wasn’t the only star to defend West. Kirstie Alley, who once struggled with drug addiction, and has been criticized in the press over her weight, also offered some support for the superstar rapper.

“OF COURSE he overstepped the line … but I don’t believe anything is irreparable … people need to be allowed to make amends. HUGE AMENDS,” Alley wrote on her Twitter page on Monday.

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