Brian Rose | |
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 Rose in 2022 | |
| Born | May 1971 (age 52–53) San Diego, California, United States |
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| Website | londonreal |
Brian Rose (born May 1971) is an American-born podcaster based in London. He is the host of London Real, a podcast and former YouTube channel he founded in 2011.
Rose was born in San Diego, United States, in May 1971. [1] [2] His early career was as a banker in New York City and London. [3] Rose has described how he became addicted to alcohol and then other drugs, including a heroin overdose in 2001. He moved to London in 2002 and stopped using drugs, becoming a British citizen in 2007. [4]
In 2011, Rose founded the podcast and YouTube channel London Real. [5] [6] As of 2020, he was its host and CEO, with the channel having two million subscribers. [3] [7] Guests on the show have included Gary Vaynerchuk and Wim Hof. [8] His most popular video was with Mantak Chia where they discuss sexual exercises for men. [5]
Rose has also conducted interviews with conspiracy theorist David Icke, [9] in one of which Icke falsely claimed a link between the COVID-19 pandemic and 5G mobile phone networks. The video was later removed from YouTube, Facebook, and Spotify. [10] [11] Rose has said about the interview: "I'm proud we broadcast it. We fought against censorship last year because I want people to have these discussions and I want to have them out in the open... By no means do I agree with everything he says." [4] While interviewing Icke, Rose said, "I personally don't believe the Coronavirus was created by a third party. I do think it occurred naturally. I do believe in the science and I do believe in vaccines". [12] Rose has, however, described the UK government's COVID-19 response as "disproportionate". [13]
Along with London Real, Rose set up an academy offering courses on public speaking, business, and motivation. [5] Vice reported that Rose's "Business Accelerator" programmes have been criticised by past customers. [8] In 2020, the only active company registered in Rose's name was Longstem Limited. [8]
YouTube closed the London Real channel in September 2023. [14]
In the US, Rose originally voted Democratic and then became a Republican. He did not vote in the London mayoral (2016) or general (2019) elections in the UK. [4] Rose stood in the 2021 London mayoral election and 2021 London Assembly election for his own London Real Party. [15] [3]
On 24 January 2021, Rose and six of his staff were fined by police for breaking lockdown rules while filming promotional material for his campaign. [16] He was criticised in the election for his hosting of David Icke on London Real. [17] He finished seventh with 31,111 votes in the mayoral election, while his party finished 11th on the London-wide list with 18,395 votes. [18]
Rose declared himself as a candidate for Mayor of London for the 2024 election. [19] He finished last with only 7,501 votes, 0.3% of all votes cast. [20]
Rose is married to Mariana, originally from Bulgaria. She has a daughter from a previous relationship, and they have two sons. [4]
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