Russell Brand has been suspended by BBC. BBC indefinitely suspended Russell Brand and Jonathan Ross for voicemails to Andrew Sachs.

Brand and Ross alleged left lewd voic emails for the 78-year-old actor that has now has left BBC also in trouble itself, says report.

The BBC has reportedly received more than 18,000 complaints. Prime Minister Gordon Brown says the comments were “inappropriate and unacceptable.”

The voicemails allegedly have Brand saying he “had slept with Sachs’ granddaughter Georgina Baillie, and joked that Sachs might hang himself as a result of the news. Baillie, a 23-year-old burlesque performer, acknowledged she had a sexual relationship with Brand but said the calls to her grandfather were “cruel.” “

The calls were reportedly recorded and aired October 16 and reaired two days later on a Brand radio program.

Brand issued an apology.

“I am sorry that I upset Mr. Sachs. It would be silly of me to speak without thinking, because that’s caused all this trouble in the first place.”

BBC director general Mark Thompson also issued an apology.

“I have decided that it is not appropriate for either Russell Brand or Jonathan Ross to continue broadcasting on the BBC until I have seen the full report of the actions of all concerned”.

Band recently was covered on LALATE as co-host of the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards.

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VIDEO! Watch the VMAs video of Russell Brand calling George Bush a “retard cowboy”, making fun of Jonas Brothers purity rings, and calling Britney Jesus Christ. Bush a “retard”?

Do you think Russell Brand as a comic using “retard” for a laugh in an awards show was appropriate?

“Retard” has no place in a comic’s routine for the opening of any awards show, period.

“Please, America, elect Barack Obama. On behalf of the world. Some people, I think they’re called racists, say America is not ready for a black president. But I know America to be a forward-thinking country because otherwise why would you have let that retard and cowboy fella be president for eight years?”

“We thought it was nice of you to let him have a go, because in England he wouldn’t be trusted with a pair of scissors.”

On Britney Spears: “Consider this the resurrection of Britney Spears. If there was a female Christ, it’s Britney.”

On purity rings: ‘I’ve got to say sorry because I said them things about promise rings. So promise rings, I’m well up for it, well done everyone. It’s just that a bit of sex occasionally never hurt anybody.”

The LA Times says of the show: “The 2008 VMAs were poised to mark the return of Britney Spears. Instead, they will go down in history as the night when that English guy from Forgetting Sarah Marshall almost made the Jonas Brothers cry.”

Watch Russell Brand’s VMAs video below.