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"Russell Brand has defended Justin Bieber over the recent videos showing the popstar using racist language. The comedian said that the &amp;#039;Baby&amp;#039; singer is being &amp;quot;unduly harassed and belittled&amp;quot; by the media, and called the uncovering of the videos an &amp;quot;archaeological dig into a child&amp;quot;.   Brand said in a YouTube video: &amp;quot;You elevate him to a position that he can&amp;#039;t possibly fulfil, like a sacrificial virgin or something. We fill him up, oil him up, groom him, get him all lovely, now we&amp;#039;re at the point where we want to butcher him.&amp;quot; Bieber has apologised for the racially insensitive comments made in the clips, saying that facing up to his past &amp;quot;mistakes&amp;quot; has been &amp;quot;one of the hardest things&amp;quot; he&amp;#039;s ever dealt with. In an earlier post, Brand said that people should consider the videos are five years old, and recorded when Bieber was 14.   &amp;quot;It was ages ago when he had used to have that haircut,&amp;quot; the 39-year-old explained. &amp;quot;We can&amp;#039;t do him for stuff he done when he had that haircut. &amp;quot;[If] we&amp;#039;re going to explicitly say that the role of celebrities is we&amp;#039;re going to make them really famous and then destroy them and rip them up in a public square with fish hooks... we might as well own up to it, otherwise just let him off.  &amp;quot;Of course it&amp;#039;s wrong to say the N-word, but he is a child.&amp;quot; "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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