Nick Cave has shared his thoughts on Russell Brand‘s new book about his conversion to Christianity.
Brand said in 2024 that he was getting baptised in 2024 “to leave the past behind” and the ceremony took place in May of that year, with Bear Grylls – who is also a devout Christian – present.
Notably, his conversion took place after he was accused of multiple counts of rape, assault and emotional abuse between 2006 and 2013 in a joint investigation between Channel 4, The Times and Sunday Times the year prior.
He is currently awaiting trial on counts of rape and sexual assault, having been charged in April 2025 against four women, while further charges against two women were brought in December. Brand has denied all claims and pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
Brand then wrote the book How To Become A Christian In Seven Days, which details, per its blurb, “his apostasy from ‘demonic Hollywood’ and radical conversion to Christianity against a backdrop of false allegations, his son’s heart surgery, and truly jaw-dropping spiritual warfare.”
During the promotional campaign for the book, Brand went viral for taking almost two minutes during an interview with Piers Morgan to find a passage in the Bible which he had been looking at in court. Brand later claimed that the “pressure of the circumstances” meant that he struggled to find it on Morgan’s show.
Prior to that, he had also admitted on The Megyn Kelly Show to sleeping with a 16-year-old when he was 30, acknowledging it as “exploitative”.
