why tf was it ever there
this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2026
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Honestly this dude was in one movie in my mind. Never seen him in anything else.
Why the fuck is his pubes a thing
For a second there I thought this museum had no class. I stand corrected.
...are you telling me these pubes are worthless?
Following an inundation of inquiries on how to purchase the pubic display following the publication of this article, Wynd says he has decided to donate them to Littledean Jail, the crime museum in the Forest of Dean.
Apparently they do have monetary value, but I assume the reason they were not sold is ethics
There are laws about selling body parts. I'm not sure which side of the line pubic hair is, as real hair wigs are a thing.
Someone's parents is going in the chilli
At what point did the museum think that it was an appropriate or sensible item to have on display?
The rest of the quote:
“I took them straight off display and have no desire to hear his name again – he has no place in my museum of horrors,” Wynd told Variety on Wednesday afternoon. “My museum is full of disgusting things but even I have limits.”
Wouldn't they be an even better fit for a museum of horrors now?
Despite the name, Museum of Horror only associated with cool monster, not a real one.
There’s a Crime Museum (formerly known as the “Black Museum”) at New Scotland Yard, housing infamous murder weapons and the like. Such an exhibit may be appropriate there, if anywhere.
They had a museum dedicated to crime and it was originally called the "Black Museum"
What?
I’d prefer they just have Russell in a cage in the museum than in jail. Let people spit on him for the rest of his pitiful existence like he deserves.
Its not relevant to the investigation of his crimes so it doesn’t belong
Sensible isn’t really what they were going for.
Why were there in a first place? "Look, this is Van Gogh's iconic Sunflowers, an this is Russell Brand's Pubic Hair"!!! WTF!
Viktor Wynd, the eccentric collector behind the Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History in Hackney, confirmed that he removed the unusual artifact from his collection in the wake of Brand’s legal troubles.
“I took them straight off display and have no desire to hear his name again – he has no place in my museum of horrors,” Wynd told Variety on Wednesday afternoon. “My museum is full of disgusting things but even I have limits.”
Seems like this piece was fishing for the exact reaction it got. Kind of just a reheated Piss Christ if I'm being critical but it's certainly art.
The future is fuckin' weird.
So was the past but we have the internet now 😅
Why... why would anyone want that??
I've read some fucked up shit in my time, but every now and then i have to ask, why?? what the fuck is wrong with you.
It was on the life-sized T-Rex statue. He broke in one night and they found him going to town on the T-Rex. The cleaning crew just hasn't gotten around to washing it properly.
His next court appearance will be for indecency with a T-Rex and he could get another 2 years.
Should I keep going?
Consecutive or concurrent
Is russel brand where looksmaxxing came from or something. Look at his fucking face it’s like that squidworth meme
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I like your username
Thanks! It has Pockets.
It confuses confusingly
Why the fuck was it there in the first place?
If only there was some kind of link you could click to get more info about the story. But alas, we shall never know.
It's not the "London Museum (known from 1976 to 2024 as the Museum of London)", but a London museum (Viktor Wynd Museum of Curiosities, Fine Art & UnNatural History in Hackney).
Oh, well that makes a little more sense, but only because there's nothing natural about that weirdo.
Why didn't they try to do black magic with it? Etsy witches could use some practice.
So, that's a museum I don't need to visit. I'm quickly bored by art museums, though I respect them. I love history museums. This? Wtf.
Bah, the world would be a boring and stupider place if people only pursued easy and obvious art. This guy has the courage to try something weird but also the humility to acknowledge when it stops working and kill a particular piece. I wish Harry Potter fans had the same sense of responsibility.
Disingenuous headlines suck. I'm finding I'm not even clicking on the good ones anymore due to my cynicism and the feel that good journalism has died and been replaced by "clicks for hate".
Uhhhh
Wut.
And the world of curation takes another hit...
even I have limits
Obviously not since he had "Russell Brand’s pubic hair" on display.