Russell Brand, that saucy British bloke who had a minor part in the Apatow-produced Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and who somewhat inexplicably ended up hosting the MTV VMAs this year, certainly has a penchant of sticking his nose into trouble.

The sexy/hideous (point is still up for contention) Brand is most famous for his comedian/rock star shtick, and has written a book about his drug addiction and struggle with recovery. But even after several years of solid sobriety, the guy just can't seem to get himself together. First he pissed of Jonas Brother fans everywhere by making fun of the trio's virginity and their promise rings at the VMAs, and now he's in it deep in his own country after a prank phone call during a radio broadcast went terribly wrong.

During a BBC Radio 2 broadcast, The Russell Brand Show, the actor/comedian and fellow celebrity Jonathan Ross prank called famed British thespian Andrew Sachs and told him that Russell was sleeping with his granddaughter, 23-year old Georgina Baillie. Well, how 'baller of them. And of course, Sachs complained, as did over 27,000 listeners, resulting in Ross' 6-month ban from the radio station, and at least one BBC Radio 2 exec resigning because of the controversy.

"In a letter to BBC director-general Mark Thompson, (station controler Lesley)Douglas said: "It is a matter of the greatest possible sadness to me that a program on my network has been the cause of such a controversy." She went on to apologize to Sachs, his family and the audience.

And while this is sad news, it is sort of funny to imagine this incident if it had happened in America. Who would Brand and Ross have called? Billy Ray Cyrus? John McCain? Bruce Willis? Scratch that last one, Willis would definitely have high-fived Rumer and been like, "Good job, bro."