Hilarious reason why Hamish and Andy are "banned for life" from Olympic village
<p>It's not easy to get banned from the Olympic village, but somehow Andy Lee and Hamish Blake have managed to do just that.</p>
<p>Despite being warned to “not to talk about this ever”, Andy threw caution to the wind during an interview with Triple M's <em>The Rush Hour With Leisel Jones, Liam & Dobbo</em> on Tuesday. </p>
<p>He explained that he and Hamish copped the ban from the International Olympic Committee after an incident during the 2012 London games. </p>
<p>“Hamish and I were given the honour of speaking to the (Australian) Olympians before it started,” Andy began. </p>
<p>“There’s a lot of applications and security you have to fill out to get into the Olympic village … and someone who filled out the forms put my birth date as that day’s date," he continued. </p>
<p>Despite that fact that it was clearly an admin error, the authorities refused entry to the duo on the day of the speech. </p>
<p>Funnily enough, a quick-thinking Aussie came to the rescue and managed to sneak him in. </p>
<p>“I won’t name who, but someone on the team said, ‘Hey, I can bring an outfit out. You look a little bit like one of the high jumpers,’” Andy recalled.</p>
<p>“Suddenly I went through on someone else’s (pass) and we snuck in, which was obviously a huge breach of security at a time when they were trying to prove that security was tight.”</p>
<p>Hamish and Andy delivered their speech and mingled with all the athletes, but their little lie was called out 90 minutes later, when the security team realised they'd been tricked. </p>
<p>“They dragged us and put us in separate rooms and there was a lot of interrogation,” Andy said. </p>
<p>“We were … just tight-lipped, and then the head of security came in.”</p>
<p>In another stroke of luck, the head of security turned out to be an Aussie, who recognised the duo.</p>
<p>“He went, ‘Hamish and Andy, what are you guys doing here?’ We explained, and he was more understanding,” the comedian said.</p>
<p>However, because of their actions, the Australian Olympic team was also punished, with some of their visitor passes revoked. </p>
<p>“That’s why I wasn’t really proud of what happened,” Andy said.</p>
<p>“I hate the fact that some people missed out.”</p>
<p>The IOC also made it clear to the duo that they weren't welcome back to the village. </p>
<p>“We had to agree to be banned for life,” Andy recalled to the amusement of the Triple M hosts. </p>
<p>Liam Flanagan jokingly suggested to Andy: “I think the campaign needs to start here. We need the ban lifted for Brisbane 2032!”</p>
<p>To which he replied: “or, (we could try) another sneak in … let’s double down!”</p>
<p><em>Images: Instagram</em></p>
