Russell Brand is getting baptised to “leave the past behind”

nme.com:

Russell Brand has revealed he is getting baptised to “leave the past behind”.The comedian was accused of multiple counts of rape, assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013 in a joint investigation between Channel 4, The Times and Sunday Times last year.

The star has strongly denied all the accusations.In a post shared on Instagram last week, Brand confirmed that he was “taking the plunge” and “getting baptised”.“What’s been explained to me is, it’s an opportunity to die and be reborn,” he said. “An opportunity to leave the past behind and be reborn in Christ’s name.

Like it says in Galatians: that you can live as an enlightened and awakened person.”A post shared by Russell Brand (@russellbrand)“People are so cynical about the increasing interest in Christianity and the return to God, but to me, it’s obvious,” Brand continued.“As meaning deteriorates in the modern world, as our value systems and institutions crumble, all of us become increasingly aware that there is this eerily familiar awakening and beckoning figure that we’ve all known all of our lives, within us and around us.

And for me it’s very exciting.“One of my concerns is that I’m thinking about doing it in the River Thames, so I could be getting baptised in toxoplasmosis and E.