article_snippet: Last December, Mr Brand's was accused of hypocrisy after He ranted about rising rents in London even though He lives in a £2million bachelor pad owned by a firm based in a tax haven.
article_snippet: The millionaire comedian and self-styled revolutionary flew into a rage when The millionaire comedian was suggested The millionaire comedian was part of the housing problem in trendy Hoxton, east London, where The millionaire comedian rents a £5,000-a-month loft.
article_snippet: But Mr Brand's lost his temper when TV reporter Paraic O'Brien asked his whether the super-rich buying up property in London was driving up prices for everyone else.
article_snippet: Asked about the value of TV reporter Paraic O'Brien home, the 39-year-old angrily replied: 'I'm not interested in talking to you about my rent, mate.
article_snippet: Asked again about He house, Mr Brand's pointed He finger in TV reporter Paraic O'Brien's face and said: 'It's rented.
article_snippet: Mr Brand's don't know the value, you would have to talk to my landlord.
article_snippet: Refusing to answer further questions about his own housing costs, Mr Brand's terminated the two-minute interview and accused TV reporter Paraic O'Brien of trying to wreck his campaign, saying: 'Snides like you, mate, undermine it.
article_snippet: An estate agent who asked not to be named said of Mr Brand's's property: '
article_snippet: Mr Brand's is understood to have sold a previous home, a five-storey house in Hampstead, North West London, for £2.3million in 2010.