Russell Brand makes special demand in prison after £3.12 budget revealed

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Russell Brand has reportedly requested vegetarian meals behind bars just days into his 10-and-a-half-year jail sentence - despite previously boasting about ditching his plant-base…

Russell Brand has reportedly requested vegetarian meals behind bars just days into his 10-and-a-half-year jail sentence - despite previously boasting about ditching his plant-based diet for steak. The disgraced comedian has reportedly been "barely eating" since arriving at HMP Wandsworth earlier this week, prompting the jailed actor to request vegetarian food from prison staff. The 51-year-old was locked up on Monday (November 9) after being convicted of rape and sexual assault. Now adjusting to life inside the notorious South London prison, Brand is facing a stark reality: a basic daily food budget of just £3.12 per inmate, less than the price of a high-street coffee.

According to the Daily Mail, insiders claim Brand's sudden return to vegetarianism may be an attempt to avoid the standard meat options served. A prison source revealed: "That’s something the prison can normally accommodate, but he’s going to have to get used to eating whatever vegetarian meals are on the menu - there certainly won’t be anyone preparing special meals for him."

The dietary U-turn comes just two years after the former vegan and long-time vegetarian proudly declared he had started eating meat again, even bragging about tucking into a steak at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida in 2024. Beyond the grim canteen menu, Brand is reportedly struggling massively with the shock of imprisonment.

Sources claim his trademark swagger vanished almost immediately after the gates of the 170-year-old Victorian jail closed behind him. "When he arrived, he came floating in almost as though he was the Messiah," a source told the Mail. "There was this air of superiority about him – but you could tell immediately that it was an act. He was incredibly pale, almost as though he was going to be sick."

The reality of his new surroundings reportedly hit home when he was marched into his cell - even asking officers if he could be given privacy when using the toilet.

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