Brand 's first presenting role came in 2000 as a video journalist on MTV . He presented '' Dancefloor Chart '' , touring nightclubs in Britain and Ibiza , and hosted the tea-time request show '' Select '' . Brand was fired several days after coming to work dressed as Osama bin Laden the day after the 11 September 2001 attacks and bringing his drug dealer to the MTV studios . After leaving MTV , Brand starred in '' RE : Brand '' , a documentary and comedy television program that aimed to take a challenging look at cultural taboos . It was conceived , written , and hosted by Brand , with the help of his comic partner on many projects , Matt Morgan . The series was shown on the now-defunct digital satellite channel UK Play in 2002
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