Washington, November 08 Russell Brand has admitted that he has been obsessed with "Googling" himself, even though he has stopped it for sometime now.

The comedian added that he has grown tired of reading negative articles on him.

"It's the most unrewarding, pointless activity, Googling yourself. I'm doing a lot better," Contactmusic quoted him as saying.

He added: "It's like picking a scab. I have gone a few weeks without looking at it and it divorces you from the slurry of casual vindictiveness."

Brand also said that he had been a little careful hosting Video Music Awards this year unlike the last time when he called then US president George W. Bush a "retarded cowboy fella."

He said: "Last year at the VMAs there were death threats, so obviously this year it was deliberately designed not to cause anyone any bother, but be funny and confident.

"There was a very deliberate removal of self-destruction. I didn't take the risks I've taken in the past." (ANI)