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New Jason Russell Naked Meltdown Video

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(TMZ)

New video has emerged of “Kony 2012″ filmmaker Jason Russell ranting and roaming nude up and down a San Diego street.

In the the latest up-close footage obtained by TMZ, Russell can clearly be seen naked and overheard cursing about the devil, clapping, and generally acting bizarre.

The Invisible Children co-founder was taken into custody on Friday after stripping off his clothes and making sexual gestures while disrupting traffic and alarming passers-by.

Yesterday, Russell’s wife spoke out about her husband’s odd display.

In a statement, Danica Russell said, “Jason has never had a substance abuse or drinking problem, and this episode wasn’t caused by either of those things. But yes, he did some irrational things brought on by extreme exhaustion and dehydration.”

Jason Russell is on 5150 psychiatric hold while officials determine whether he’s a danger to himself and others.

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  • Damon

    Gossip cop,just because TMZ posted a video of a person having a meltdown,doesnt mean you have to post the video.Thats not cool Gossip cop.

  • lori

    I opened this article for the sole purpose of saying I find it repulsive that this video is being posted for entertainment – ANYWHERE. (no, I did not watch it) I used to think GC was a step above the rest, but no longer. Did you hire a former Enquirer employee?

    A psychotic break is not, and never will be, entertaining. This is a sad, sad commentary on how detached we have become as a society. The man was/is clearly ill and this “story” is being reported and plastered over our TV screens and the internet like he was on a bender. Disgusting.

  • Cheryl

    You know why he cracked? He’s a closeted male suddenly thrust in the spotlight, trying to maintain this facade on a greater scale. He finally couldn’t take the pressure any longer. Maybe he should consider coming out – his world will be a better place and then his son will have something about which to be proud.

  • Zelly64

    I find it absolutely astounding that you would make a statement like that – based on absolutely nothing – no evidence of him being gay or a hidden closeted gay – nothing at all. How the hell did you make a leap in your mind from this man’s recorded psychotic breakdown to him being a repressed gay???????

  • Rai

    I have agree I have two break downs myself, it isn’t a matter of sexuality it’s a mental issues that a person has to did with. A break down is different each time with each person.

  • JonnyB122

    Have you watched the vid? The arm movements, the speech… Watch the Channel 9 Today show interview – camp as christmas.

  • Bob

    I’ve been dehydrated before….I was too weak to strip my clothes and run around naked. He clearly has a more serious problem. They really need to stop saying exhaustion and dehydration made him do this. We all know it’s something way more serious. I really hope he recovers and receives the proper help.

  • http://profiles.google.com/pcwag33 Pete Wagner

    This looks orchestrated for effect, but why?

  • Staff

    Ding, ding, ding.

  • Staff

    And what makes you so certain he’s not.

  • Anonymous

    OMG! The family jewels on full display. I guess the stress of Kony 2012 got to him.

  • SuzyCreamCheese

    Gaydar ringing so loud it’s crazy!

  • Guest

    He seems very feminine like a stereotypical gay queen but who are we to say that he needs to come out of the closet. Maybe he doesn’t want to be with men. Not our business. He could be bipolar or pschyzoprahnic

  • Priscilla52782

    his alter ego is definetly gay

  • Carse

    Why is it that if a male goes into sort of depression or does anythind off balance in their lives, they are considered GAY?
    Come on…You sound like a Ding Dong Staff.

  • MichealMarx

    Strong Judgement PEOPLE.
    How many times has anyone who drinks or does any form of drug been in crazy postion…Does not mean they are gay.

  • Wake_Up_People

    Obvious faggot

  • Danny

    Wtf, are you seriously judging someone’s sexuality based on their ARM MOVEMENTS and SPEECH? Stop buying into stereotypes, that’s the man’s personality, not his desire for a dick.

  • Danny

    It’s comments like all those above that put people in these types of situations. If a guy is feminine, that is his PERSONALITY. There are tons of gays with “straight” personalities too. Just because you act a certain way, does not determine whether you like someone of the opposite or same sex – that’s just a stereotype. That judgement is unfair for everyone and this man is going through a very tough time in his life, so why don’t you just leave him alone?

  • anniedelasol

    While I know that it’s easy to ridicule this situation…what I see is a man in a highly manic state. I have had several loved ones have this happen to them, and it is painful and humiliating for the person involved. I remember talking to my friends afterwards and she said one minute she has her life togehter and then it’s like an episode happens and when she wakes up her life is in shambles. It is so sad. All three of my friends eventually took their lives, because they couldn’t live with or manage this condition…..I feel so bad for him ….And to argue whether he was gay or not based on his arm movements during an out of control psychotic episode…is pretty cold hearted.

  • http://twitter.com/eli__21 Elisabeth Sánchez

    this is not a joke, and his sexuality has nothing to do with any of this. he has serious mental problems…

    why are you even showing this? it’s humiliating and unnecessary.

  • Zelly64

    Thats just i, t you fool – I’m not certain that he’s gay, unlike a bunch of idiots on this post. I never said that he was or he wasn’t and its IRRELEVANT to me which one he is, coz it doesn’t fricken matter. What I said is that I find it astounding that Cheryl made the leap in her mind from the video of his breakdown and straight away assumed it had something to do with him being a repressed gay! I wasn’t making a comment on his sexuality at all. Why the hell do so many commentators here just make assumptions and judgements??!!! Does no-one ever use their brains or common sense anymore – and I’m talking about everyone in general, not you specifically. It infuriates me that people find it fricken easy to jump all over this poor man’s breakdown in this way. Bloody heartless world we live in.

  • higglty pigglty

    And you…Obvious Idiot!

  • higglty pigglty

    Better get a tech to check out the calibration of your gaydar cause it isn’t functioning within parameters…..

  • higglty pigglty

    And we can tell by your name that you are a sociopathic b$#%h with serious self-love issues….And if that offends you, my statement regarding your personality and problems makes just as much sense as your jump to, “He is a closeted gay”……You are, like Jason Russell, in serious need of help with your mental issues.

  • wolf

    hes as gay as ricky martin….no no wait ….elton john…

  • Zelly64

    LOL. So well said. :))))

  • Anonymous

    wheres the compassion for this poor fellow? He obviously had a nervous breakdown. I tell you the older I get, I see less and less compassion for others….hell in a handbasket

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Keith-Diggs/100003340915420 Keith Diggs

    I’m with you Wolf, looked like a GAY DEMON jumped in his arse!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Keith-Diggs/100003340915420 Keith Diggs

    But strangely the “mental problem” jumped out of him in a decidedly GAY way! You’re just blind to the spiritual implications of that, aren’t you?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Keith-Diggs/100003340915420 Keith Diggs

    Could be a gay demon. Jus’ sayin’.

  • bixch

    Many people are speculating over Invisible Children’s co-founder, Jason Russell’s, most recent public break-down. His team insists that Russell’s outburst was due to exhaustion and dehydration, however, a source close to his inner circle has come forward claiming that Russell’s inability to come out as a gay man has pushed him over the edge. Supposedly Russell comes from a very Christian background and for that reason would be ostracized for coming out. The source also claims that the Invisible Children charity works with various anti-gay groups.

    http://scallywagandvagabond.com/2012/03/source-jason-russell-broke-down-cause-hes-closet-gay/

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HCD3M2YNZG77E67WKBCHLURIZ4 Life Guard

    Ill answer for Jonny here…No…but look at the video and see for yourself. I have always known him to be straight but then i saw the video and that made me question what i know about him.
    He definitely is a closeted gay, his breakdown pretty much allowed him to let his guard down because at that point he no longer has control of it…and what came out is definitely the person hiding from beneath that facade that hes been putting up against everyone over the last years…

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_HCD3M2YNZG77E67WKBCHLURIZ4 Life Guard

    Why so defensive.
    Of course ANYONE would think that dear Jason is gay because of what was on the video…it pretty much showed that loud and clear.
    And also put your volume up a little and listen to him speak…
    He said “Oh my God look at that shit…” in the gayest possible way.
    Now for the life of me, if someone i know is married, has kids and everything…and all of sudden, does exactly what he did…i would think the same way 100%.

  • Anonymous

    I’m with you. It looks like from what I read he is getting help. Hope it helps.

  • Anonymous

    I think that’s schizophrenic. I hope you’re not diagnosing him unless you’re a mental health professionals. Even then its impossible to diagnose unless one sees the patient in person.

  • Anonymous

    Feeling strong feelings of sympathy, sadness to you. Three friends because of their bipolar who took their lives. Anytime a person commits suicide its terribly somber. To think there is no way out except killing oneself. What a terrible shame. This talk of whether or not he is gay .Here is my perspective. Its irrelevant. As far as I’m concerned its a non issue. His sexuality isn’t the issue. His mental health and effective treatment is

  • Derr

    Yes, but we can definitely diagnose gayness and drug abuse. Rolling my eyes.

  • Jnewsboi

    Who are these people you keep talking about -their mere footnotes in the world of showbiz,
    in 5 months he will be waiting tables somewhere.
    These 15 minute famers who have figured out a way to last hours in the publics eye are becoming totally ridiculous. Why do you think this guy was walking around naked? Because it gets press.
    Why did Snookie get drunk and walk on a Jersey beach -the press and on and on.
    I can name you talented actors and actresses who are fighting for every inch in Hollywood for recognition. These reality no-bodies are like getting a tattoo at a young age -one day you wake up real old and say WTF. America haven’t we had our WTF moment with some of these no talented people.

  • Handsome Lake

    Do the family or PR people or whoever know that absolutely no one believes them when they say it was dehydration and/or exhaustion? It’s insulting to people’s intelligence.

  • Veritas

    Jason Russell has probably been suppressing his sexuality for years, maybe even decades. He is an evangelical Christian, and to most evangelicals, homosexuality is considered to be the ultimate sin. He can’t openly be who he is sexually because of the judgement that would surely come from the evangelical community he surrounds himself with and the anti-gay organizations that he supports. How difficult it must have been for him to go all of these years denying who he is and at the same time supporting and being part of something that hates who he is. A man can only be in conflict with himself for so long before he breaks. He has even admitted that he wanted to kill himself when he was younger because he was so insecure of himself. His story is sad and I hope he gets the help he needs and finds the freedom that he has been looking for.

  • Adfs

    hahahaha kony must be laughing his ass off, what a fag!

  • Boygeorge

    I blame Kony.

  • Zelly64

    I’m not being defensive. I was trying to point out the cold hearted judgement being heaped on him by absolute strangers, like you and many others, who are so damn quick to call him a repressed gay, all based on physical movements and hand gestures, etc. I’ll say it AGAIN, its fricken IRRELEVANT whether he’s gay or not, repressed or not – that’s not the issue here. Use your bloody brain and commonsense and see this for what it is : a man having a breakdown, and its got ABSOLUTELY JACKSHIT to do with his sexuality!

  • SydSC

    I suspect there is more information to come here, maybe someone has some dirt on him which has lead to the manic episode. If you are going to expose yourself so broadly to people in the world better to clean the skeleton’s in the closet.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/74OCEOJV5REZ3BB4GIWFGKEM7A Gavin

    Both the movie and the short video clips of this man’s meltdown, may ultimately help a lot of people; at first glance it appears that this man is expressing a side of his personality he either shows only to certain people or he has suppressed until he could not longer deny himself to himself and everyone else. I hope he surrounds himself with people who can support him and allow him to be true to himself as he gets healthy.

  • Djay

    ok, i’m reading nothing more than stupidity here… apart from a small percentage of thinkers. He’s effeminate, but effeminate is not gay. He may be somewhere on Kinseys scale, but he has chosen to marry and have a child… the religion crap may have something to do with his life choices and perhaps he’s having a breakdown as a result… we don’t really know so we can’t say much about it. Personally, I feel there may be drugs involved as a means to alleviate the immense pressure he’s been under with such fast and critical internal attention, but I am not his doctor and can’t speculate. For those who believe that sexuality is determined in outward social behaviour… you are utterly and probably irrecoverably stupid. I know camp straight men and frightening gay men. If you read years of research on this you will know that sexuality is neither black nor white and it is fluid and changing through a lifetime… get an education folks.

  • Djay

    ‘international attention’

  • Chrissy

    Nurse, get this man a cock now, stat!

  • Randomlibra

    Call the Vatican and get a priest! Man is possessed by a raging drag queen!

  • Concerned

    Did Joseph Kony use black magic to make Jason Russell got nuts??
    His cult says Kony has supernatural powers.. He’s used these powers alots..very scary stuff
    http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/the-deadly-cult-of-joseph-kony-1001084.html

  • Tim_nze

    This is the result of a powerful Voodoo curse from Central Africa. Trust me, he will NEVER be the same again.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Sang-Mano/100001795666460 Sang Mano

    Much love to you Jason! You are an incredible person who is changing the lives of MANY for the better which is no easy feat so stay strong and take care of yourself!! Jason Russell Naked and Public masturbating iNEW video leaked here

    http://su.pr/1A6Igg

  • Tataanderson

    He’s just an entitled white boy who couldn’t handle a little criticism.

  • Max3648

    The collective IQ of our world has become something to worry about . The level of compassion is almost non-exsistant. This is how we really want it be? Then keep it up … WOW!

  • YesIndeed

    LMAO!

  • YesIndeed

    The show tunes made him do it!!

  • Anonymous

    Are you for real?!!! Do you really believe every gay acts the same? Or for that matter one can somebody is drug addict by how they look, behave. River Phoenix’s image was a clean cut all American young man. Look what happened to him. I personally knew several women and men who were drug users who nobody would know unless they told others.

  • Anonymous

    Mr/Ms Dime Store Psychologist, If it was bipolar or schizophrenic, his wife would have said so.

  • Actingsean
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  • Seco1980

    OMG, This man is soooooo GAY! Anyone would be an idiot not to see that! Hilarious! He needs to step on out that closet. seriously!

  • iLikeTurtles

    Hmmm, after reading all of the comments, digesting the objectively ascertainable facts, and applying diverse theories concerning human behavior to the situation, I have come to an inevitable conclusion…This dude LOOOOVES the cock

  • PaulGerber

    HAHAHA, well put. But seriously I think you’re right. WHen a person has a breakdown such as this all of their screens and filters are nonexistent. Their beahavior becomes a reflection of their subconscious. A true homosexual would not display the behaviors of a straight person while having a break-down…so why would a straight person display the behaviors of a homosexual?? Answer: because they are, at their most inner-core, homosexual

  • Chere

    yes I totally agree….sometimes when you are having a meltdown such as the one he had…the ‘tendencies’ if you will tend to show more. I personally could care less either way. I am praying for him and I really sincerely hope and pray that this incident doesn’t cloud the wonderful work that he has done. But I do have a friend like that…he’s not gay but when he gets drunk…it just comes out…the hand gestures (like the ones seen in the video, etc) however this doesn’t necessarily mean he is gay…but the tendencies were surely there…i am truly saddened by this because it’s not going to help his cause at all. Its just going to add to all the haters out there…smh

  • Samminonno

    Amen!

  • wise azz

    well since you all figured him out and dont know him in person. lets go a bit further and say he is a bottom and his wife is the top with a strap on or maybe shes a drag queen. and his sister had the baby for them. just my logical guess. lol

  • Dr. Phil

    Perfect timing don’t you think? kinda takes himself out of the loop on having to answer for the Bigger Lie

  • Venice

    This is just so sad. He has been working to end Kony’s terror and child abduction, but stupid lazy people that sit on their dead butts and do nothing but put others down because they are Christians, doing something to better humanity etc. He has had a breakdown and instead of having respect for what he has tried to achieve, and is now going through people are saying he is, a drug addict, alcoholic, gay, thief etc. they have lied about what he did when he was on the street before he was taken to the hosp. Expecting a person that might have a mental break some day, to keep from having one by eating or taking something before they have a break is like me telling you to take a pill or eat something because you might get in a car crash and be killed today. It makes me so damn mad that people don’t have any respect for others going through something like this. IF YOU WERE NOT THERE IN PERSON AND YOU DON’T HAVE ALL THE TRUE FACTS ~ SHUT YOUR STUPID FAT MOUTH!!!!! and …….. “JUDGE NOT LEST YE BE JUDGED” He and his family will suffer because people put this out for all to see. It breaks my heart how we treat each other. If Jesus came here today, they would crucify him all over again.

  • http://www.facebook.com/SoCalBob Bob Gnzls

    There’s a difference between being femininie and a campy queen. Certain behaviors and voice inflections are more common amongst some groups then others. Females show emotions in their facial expressions more than males, gay men show emotions in their facial expressions more than straight males; yes there was a study on this and no I don’t have the link as I didn’t know I’d be talking about this study when I read it. Does this mean that All females and ALL gay more are more facially expressive than straight males? No it doesn’t, it is a generality. As for me, I’ve never seen a campy queen who was a straight man; which is not to say that all gay men are campy queens. But in discussions like these someone always mentions that they know campy straight men, it’s a red herring to me, it may exist but certainly not to a large degree. What do you think “gaydar” is? It’s simply reading a person’s body language and vocal mannerisms etc. Is it foolproof? No, but it’s correct often enough not to be discarded as just stereotyping.

    Does sexuality have anything to do with his meltdown? We can’t know, people are just theorizing, but the guy does act like a campy gay man, and even in interviews he has gay mannerisms (yes there is such a thing as gay mannerisms vs feminine mannerisms and yes not all gay men exhibit them). IF he is gay, then his past upbringing in a Christian household and the choice to marry a woman plus denying his sexuality could very well have pushed him towards a meltdown. People are not just theorizing out of stupidity, many of us know first hand the pressure of being in the closet and being in a religion which condemns gays, many of us have married women and have had children and have found it not to be a solution or a “cure” to homosexuality.

    Yeah, based on my fifty years experience of being me, being gay, once religious etc. I do think that there is a strong possibility that he is a closeted gay man and the stress of that contributed to this very public meltdown.

  • commentator99

    if jumping to unfounded conclusions is so offensive to you, I find it strange that you can conclude with absolute certainty that his breakdown has nothing to do with his sexuality. i mean let’s be honest here, you really think this was “reactive psychosis” brought on by exhaustion and dehydration? i do not presume to know exactly what’s going on in this guy’s life and as such i am not in a position to rule anything out. There is no doubt myriad factors were at play leading up to this incident. After watching the video I think that the stress of being a closeted gay (with a wife, children, strong evangelical beliefs and overnight fame) is at least as convincing of a factor for his meltdown as exhaustion and dehydration.

  • Zelly64

    If you would kindly read my post again, I SAID that its fricken irrelevant whether he’s gay or not, repressed or not, that’s not the issue here. …a man having a breakdown IS. I too feel that its much more an exhaustion and dehydration. I don’t assume to know where he’s repressed or not, gay or not, my point was that its irrelevant because so many commentators on this post were jumping all over him with offensive gay comments, based on hand movements and gestures and such. For me, THAT i found to be so judgemental. I was trying to make the point that whatever the instigator of this man’s breakdown, laughing and calling him gay names is so vilely offensive and unfounded. I haven’t ruled anything out because anything is possible as to the reason for his crazy behaviour HOWEVER, there’s no way that I would be getting on this post, unlike many here and laughing at him, calling him names based on so little proof and being so heartless. And I agree that being repressed could be a factor, as many things could. I simply took offense to all the unthinking, vicious comments posted by some, over what is a terrible situation for that man. Humans can be so cruel.

  • http://www.facebook.com/iDVicious Iihd Seker

    Your profile pic is of edward cullen. Argument invalid.

  • Zelly64

    My profile pic is of Rob Pattinson, not Edward Cullen. And it has absolutely nothing to do with the discussion I was having. You just made yourself look highly stupid – was that intentional?

  • Guest

    Calling him gay isn’t an insult as your comment seems to suggest, Zelly64. People can be effeminate without being gay and people can be gay without being effeminate. However, a common marker of gay men is effeminate behavior. As a gay man I can attest to the fact that you are more likely to get hit on by other men if you are more effeminate. This is because they are more likely to think that you will be receptive. People shouldn’t laugh at his breakdown no matter what the reason and if they are laughing or suggesting it’s amusing that is wrong. However, making an assumption about it’s cause and laughing at it are not one in the same. They have no proof for their assumptions and therefore should not state them as fact but assuming he’s gay is not cruel or ridiculous. They could very well be wrong but they are not insulting him.

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