I snuck onto England’s World Cup plane and nobody noticed – I should have been in the squad

COMEDIAN Simon Brodkin has recalled the time he left Roy Hodgson stunned after he tried to sneak onto the England team’s plane en route to the World Cup.

Playing his TV character Jason Bent, he managed to blend in with the Three Lions at Luton Airport in 2014.

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And after going undetected in security for minutes while mingling with the likes of Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard and Wayne Rooney, the 45-year-old approached the England boss at the time.

However, at this point his attempt to board the plane to Brazil, where England would have been knocked out of the World Cup in the group stage, was halted when security forces rushed in to remove him.

During an appearance on Talk TV with Andy Goldstein, Brodkin opened up about the amusing incident.

He said: “I was with all the players, they were about to get on the plane and I joined them.

“I was wearing the suit. They all boarded in the private area of ​​Luton Airport and I boarded between them.

“There were a lot of players, a lot of backroom staff, and they all wear the same thing.

“I’m in the thick of it as Jason and I fit in too well because nobody realized I wasn’t meant to be there.

“I mingle with the players, I don’t talk to any of them, but they all come off the bus and want to get on the plane. There’s a lot of staff, we now know it wasn’t necessary, but it was Roy Hodgson’s unit.

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“So I was like, ‘This is ridiculous — I’m getting on the plane,’ and then I said, ‘I’m just kidding!'”

Brodkin continued: “I had my passport with me and I waved it to Roy.

“I yelled, ‘Roy, my phone has been off for the past few weeks. Did I make the squad or what?”

“There was security – I actually did a cameo message for the security guy who’s retiring the other day which is amazing – how he’s kept his job for so long!”

English prankster and stand-up comedian known for his public stunts, some of which have been prosecuted.

He is best known for his character Lee Nelson, who has been described as a “cheery chav,” but he also appears in a variety of other roles.

He was arrested after trying to warm up with the Manchester City team ahead of the Premier League game against Everton in March 2013.

Brodkin’s most famous pranks include renaming Sir Philip Green’s £100m superyacht the ‘BHS Destroyer’ and showering Fifa President Sepp Blatter with fake US dollars at a press conference in Zurich in 2015.

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