Exclusive: Comedian Russell Brand has revealed he skipped the after-party and went straight home to bed after his psychedelic performance at the closing ceremony for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Entertainer Russell Brand performs at the Olympic closing ceremony (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty)
As the capital celebrated the end of the 'greatest show on earth', the TV funny man was tucked up in bed following his once-in-a-lifetime performance in east London.
The 37-year-old wowed crowds as he took to the stage dressed as chocolate connoisseur Willy Wonka - singing his own version of the Beatles classic I Am The Walrus on top of a mini bus.
Wacky: Russell Brand channels Willy Wonka in east London (Picture: Scott Heavey/Getty)
'What do you do after a thing like that? I just came home,' the TV funnyman told Metro.
'Once you've sung I Am The Walrus on top of a psychedelic van in an Olympic Stadium you might as well get yourself home.'
He added: 'Any situation where I'm not on a psychedelic bus is going to roll out pretty easy for me.'
Brand's moment in the Olympic spotlight almost ended in disaster however after a last-minute wardrobe malfunction.
'I ripped my trousers just before I went on and then my foot got caught in the trap door, but it was brilliant,' explained Brand.
'I was really happy to be part of it, so much positivity has come from the Olympics Games and I hope that it continues to go in the right direction.'
Brand also exposed himself as a closet Spice Girls fan, adding: 'I've got Spice-mania again now. I'm obsessed with them. It's like 1996 all over again.
'Stuart Pearce was in the vicinity. I've got a crush on Geri Halliwell. Everything in the world is how it should be.
Star performance: Russell Brand shortly before introducing Fatboy Slim (Picture: AFP)
'I met Tinie Tempah, I'm obsessed with that kid. George Michael was really cool and I'm friends with Eric Idle anyway.
'After I done my bit I got in the crowd. I was singing Always Look On The Bright Side Of Life with my arms around West Ham fans to Eric Idle. It was mental.'
Brand entertains the crowd with the Mo-bot (Picture: Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Following his star turn at the Olympic Stadium, Brand will return to our screens this week with a new eye-opening documentary detailing his long-running battle with drugs.
The reformed addict hopes to raise awareness about abstinence-based drug recovery, an approach which helped him finally kick his habit a decade ago.
'I think it could work for almost everyone,' he said.
'There's probably a few people that are so f***ed and nuts that it can't do anything - but even they could improve.
'99 per cent of people, if they truly committed to abstinence-based recovery and they had the support structure around them, would benefit from it.'
Russell Brand gets into the Olympic spirit (Picture: Getty)
He added: 'I want as many people as possible to have information about abstinence-based recovery.
'In my opinion the best way to deal with alcoholism or drug addiction is to, one day at a time, not drink or use drugs.
'This is what has worked for me and worked for countless other people.'
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