‘They are determined to get through this’ – Russell Brand’s pregnant wife Laura Gallacher is standing by her man through allegations of rape
Eight years ago, Laura Gallacher was broken-hearted after her relationship ended, a friend coaxed her out of her flat for a walk. There, as she strolled near her home, was Russell Brand – fresh from his own split from American singer Katy Perry.
It was ‘like he’d organised it’ confesses Ms Gallacher, the younger sister of television star Kirsty Gallacher and daughter of golfer Bernard Gallacher, 87, who had actually dated the controversial comedian some years before when she was 18-years-old
‘I hadn’t seen Russell for years,’ she adds. ‘He was so different. We both immediately knew it was going to be serious.’
Their romance was indeed a whirlwind and they immediately moved into together. ‘Laura was besotted, and she wanted to mend him,’ says a friend.
And perhaps that is why, despite sordid claims of rape and assaulting a 16-year-old school girl, Ms Gallacher is – at least for the time being – standing by her man.
‘What Russell did was firmly in the past, way before he and Laura met.’ added the friend.
‘Of course it isn’t easy but they are determined to get through this.’
Despite her support for her husband, Ms Gallacher set tongues wagging on Saturday when it emerged she had deleted her Instagram account.
Meanwhile, big sister Kirsty, 47, was very busy on hers. She very publicly backed her brother-in-law – and showed support for her younger sibling – when she re-posted the video along with a giant red love heart emoji – before removing it shortly after the full extent of the allegations were revealed.
She shared the two minute clip where he denied what were described as ‘very serious criminal allegations’ made against him on Instagram.
However, around an hour after the claims were published, the former Sky Sports presenter removed it from her ‘stories’ on the social media platform. While Kirsty has so far refused to comment on the matter, friends say that Kirsty is a very loyal to her sister and enjoys a good relationship with Brand.
Some might be surprised that Brand’s domestic life at his stunning £3 million river-side thatched house near Henley in Oxfordshire, remains fully intact, but those in the know are not. For she is the woman who is well renowned for taming him following years of living as a hellrasing womaniser whose busy and colourful love life was rarely out of the tabloids.