Andy Lee may be considered one of the funniest blokes on Aussie TV, but the joke’s been turned on him in an excruciatingly awkward prank call which has played out on radio.
Airing on the Kyle and Jackie O Show Monday morning, the 41-year-old Australian comedian is heard during a phone chat with his long-term girlfriend Rebecca Harding, 31, who tells him she’s signed him up to speak at a charity gig at the last minute.
Things goes south quickly when Lee, who said he left an intense meeting to take Harding’s call, flat-out declines to help.
Here’s how it went down:
Rebecca: i’ve got [bleep] begging me, they’ve had someone pull out [of an event] and they need a celebrity for this thing in the office they’re doing tomorrow night and I said you can do it. It’ll be 15 minutes.
Andy: No. It’s an absolute no. I don’t care how long it is.
A: You’ve just got to auction yourself off for a lunch you’ll go to with one of the girls …
A: (Laughs) No, god no.
A: I’ve told her that you’re doing it and they’ve posted it and told the whole office you’re going.
A: Tell her that I’m undoing it. I’m not doing it.
A: It’ll be good promotion for The 100 [Lee’s show].
A: (Laughs) 80 people … I may as well walk down the street and hand out flyers. I know she can be a persistent friend, but no.
A: I’ve told her you can do it, so you’re doing it. It’ll be 15 minutes tomorrow night.
A: You’ve explained to me the scheduled appointment I’m just not making it.
A: It’s for charity … You’re going to come off as such ad**k if you don’t do it.
A: I’m not af***ing d**k. I never said I’d do it.
A: I said that you can do it; it’s a last minute thing for a friend.
A: Well ring someone else. Get a contestant from MAFS. You can attend with a cardboard cut-out of me.
A: Well then would you do the date?
A: No … What’s the charity?
A: I’m not sure – I didn’t ask.
A: That’s another thing as well, the answer’s no. And we don’t even know what the charity is.
A: It’ll be 15 minutes of your time
A: It’s your problem not mine. Enjoy your problem.
Harding then reveals she was “only lying” and it was all a prank for the Kyle and Jackie O Showto which a dumbfounded Lee responded, “Oh f***ing hell, I cannot believe I’ve failed for this.”
Lee previously pranked Harding in a similar fashion on the show, in which he was heard telling his girlfriend he “regretted” getting their new puppy and that he wanted to get rid of it.
She said she was left “shaking in anger” after the exchange.
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