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Rosie O'Donnell Returns to TV With Her New Crush Russell Brand & Talks Protesting Naked!

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Oct. 11 2011, Published 5:18 a.m. ET

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Rosie O'Donnell made her return to TV last night on her new talk show, The Rosie Show, on Oprah Winfrey's network OWN and welcomed a very special first guest — her new crush, Russell Brand!

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"Tom knows, I sent him a little text," Rosie explained in an interview with Nightline. "I said, 'Tommy, I will always love ya. Move over, Russell Brand is in."

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And Rosie had the pleasure of interviewing the comedian as her first guest on her live show.

Making sure to make it a memorable evening for her, Russell shared a story with Rosie about a time he was protesting capitalism — naked.

"It was actually just a very classical nude form on what I'd like to say was a very cold day," he said.

But Russell was arrested for indecent exposure.

The actor explained, "Capitalism succeeded, my naked body failed."

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Before the show Russell Tweeted, "At 7pm EST I'm on @Rosie's first show. Our pure love will immolate the need for consumerism before the 1st commercial break."

Do you think Rosie's new show will help bring ratings to OWN?

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Check out a clip of Rosie's interview with Russell, below!

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