BBC Radio 2's Russell Brand Apologizes for Prank Calls

British media personality, Russell Brand - who recently hosted MTV's VMA Awards - is under fire for a series of phone pranks he and Jonathan Ross made on their BBC Radio 2 program.

According to The Independent: "The broadcast involved Brand and Ross leaving messages on Mr Sachs' answering machine claiming that Brand had slept with the actor's granddaughter Georgina Baillie, 23. The presenters also joked that the former Fawlty Towers star might kill himself as a result."

Ofcom (Office of Communications) - the British regulatory agency - says it has received 10,000 complaints and the BBC could be fined up to £250,000 if it's found it breached broadcast standards.

Ross and Brand have since both apologized.

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