British comedian Russell Brand, who hosted the 25th MTV Video Music Awards Sunday night, left the crème of the music world stunned as he made a series of political, sexual and off-color remarks throughout the evening.

Despite not being an American citizen and therefore ineligible to vote in the 2008 presidential election, the "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" funnyman encouraged Americans to vote for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in the upcoming election; ran down President George W. Bush; poked fun at Sarah Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy; and made lewd jokes about the Jonas Brothers’s purity rings.

The Associated Press reports Brand said in his opening monologue: "Please, America, elect Barack Obama. On behalf of the world."

Some in the star-studded crowd cheered, while others — like Britney Spears, who walked away with three awards — sat quietly.

He also referred to George W. Bush as a "retarded cowboy fella" and took a shot at Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin and her pregnant daughter. Speaking of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s daughter’s boyfriend and the reported would-be father, Levi Johnston, Fox News reports Brand saying: "The safe-sex message is to use a condom or become a Republican!"

Besides his outlandish, politically charged remarks, Brand’s running theme for the evening centered around the boy band with the pastor dad, the Jonas Brothers, and their purity rings — until "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks stepped on stage to have her say about his constant remarks.

"Not everyone wants to be a slut," Sparks, 18, spat back, the auditorium filling with applause.

Brand was quick to apologize for any hurt feelings, but only to a degree.

After the show, Brand, a former sex addict, told the Associated Press, "I feel a bit bad that I kept talking about their vows to chastity and I’d like to take this opportunity to say no one ever have sex again. It’s a mad idea. What a way to spend an evening."

And many thought that Britney Spears was going to be the one who caused a scene …