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Actor, comedian and political mouthpiece Russell Brand has spoken of concerns for the mortality of both Justin Bieber and Miley Cyrus, in an article written about the death of US actor, Philip Seymour Hoffman.
In an article for The Guardian, Brand claims that the public await the death of Justin Bieber with 'necrophilic sanctimony', drawing on his own experiences with hard drugs while writing the piece.
"Philip Seymour Hoffman's death was not on the bill," writes Brand. "If it'd been the sacrifice of Miley Cyrus or Justin Bieber, that we are invited to anticipate daily, we could delight in the Faustian justice of the righteous dispatch of a fast-living, sequin-spattered denizen of eMpTyV (bad music Tv)...
"We are tacitly instructed to await their demise with necrophilic sanctimony. When the end comes... it will be deserved... When we reflect on Bieber's Louis Vuitton embossed, Lamborghini cortege it is easy to equate addiction with indulgence and immorality. The great actor (Hoffman) dying alone denies us this required narrative prang."
Brand expressed concern for Bieber after recent incidents involving drink and drugs
"The reason I am so non-judgmental of Hoffman or Bieber and so condemnatory of the pop cultural tinsel... is that I am a drug addict in recovery, so like any drug addict I know exactly how Hoffman felt when he 'went back out'" He adds. "What it also clearly demonstrates is that we are a culture that does not know how to treat its addicts. Would Hoffman have died if this disease were not so enmeshed in stigma?...
"The troubling message behind Philip Seymour Hoffman's death, which we all feel without articulating, is that it was unnecessary and we know that something could be done."
Justin Bieber has been linked to a number of drink and drugs related incidents in recent months, with friends and associates being found in possession of illegal substances.
