Russel Brand: I've been a sexual being since I was seven
Russell Brand has been interested in women since he was seven.
The one-time lothario - who is expected to marry fiancee Katy Perry later this month - says the first time he saw a naked lady was when he was a child and tricked his mother Barbara into letting him catch a glimpse of their naked neighbour.
Asked when he realised he was a sexual being, he told Elle.com: "I was seven. The lady from across the road asked to use my mum's bath, and I was compelled to watch her washing in the tub.
"I'd overheard the conversation taking place downstairs, and with strategic brilliance, I immediately decamped all my toy cars into the bathroom. When my mum said, 'OK Russell, get out, Josie's having a bath in here now.' Josie said, 'Oh, that's all right. He's only a little boy.' The mad fools!"
The British comic also spoke about his proposal to Katy in India last New Year's Eve, admitting it was the most romantic thing he had ever done.
He explained: "My romantic magnum opus was my proposal to Katy in Jaipur on New Year's Eve. We were picked up by horse and carriage, driven to a private garden where everything was lit by candles; we walked up a pathway lit by torches held by turban-wearing soldiers and were treated to a performance of traditional music and dance.
"We dined in a gazebo, the walls of which were covered with garlands. At five minutes to midnight an elephant arrived covered in flowers, and we got on his back."
However, the 'Get Him to The Greek' star admitted it was almost a disaster because he had forgotten people would be letting off fireworks to mark the turning of the year.
He added: "One of the things I'd overlook for the purposes of this romantic anecdote is that the back of an elephant is not a good place to be during a fireworks display; elephants have no real capacity to distinguish between fireworks and apocalypse. So after the blessedly short display, we were led up a staircase, and at the top was the ring."
