Russell Brand Slams Hugo Boss as Nazis

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Russell Brand hit out at the GQ Awards sponsors Hugo Boss claiming the company's founder was a "Nazi."

The 38-year-old star picked up the Oracle of the Year award at the ceremony at the Royal Opera House in central London Tuesday night, but he referred to the history of sponsors Hugo Boss - who formally apologized in 2011 for their maltreatment of 140 Polish and 40 French workers - and they founder, who became a member of the National Socialist Party in Germany in 1931 and supplied uniforms to the Sturmabteilung, Schutzstaffel, Hitler Youth, National Socialist Motor Corps, and other party organisations

Russell also made light of his accolade and made a jibe at his friend Noel Gallagher, who was sharing a table with him: "Oracle? That's got to be a made up award so I would turn up. It was also a great source of news when I was growing up, alongside Teletext. I would like to thank that pixelated news source and say to Noel, good luck being more offensive than that son!"

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