Who is Lee Nelson AKA Simon Brodkin? The man who has pranked Theresa May, Donald Trump, Sepp Blatter and more
Stand-up comedian and serial prankster Simon Brodkin is best known for the provocative stunts performed by his “cheerful chav” alter ego, Lee Nelson.
His latest stunt saw him hand the Prime Minister the form during her speech at Tory conference, saying Boris Johnson had asked him to hand it to her.
The former doctor performed his first solo show in 2006 and abandoned his medical career to pursue comedy full time the following year. His first major hoax involved him going onto the pitch as “Premiership footballer” Jason Bent to join Manchester City’s warm-up ahead of a game against Everton in 2013.
In 2015 he infiltrated a press conference given by then-Fifa chief Sepp Blatter in Zurich and showered him with fake banknotes shouting “Sepp, this is for North Korea in 2026”.
Last June he pranked Donald Trump at the reopening of the Trump Turnberry golf resort. Mr Trump was about to make a speech on the podium when, “Lee Nelson” interrupted him and gave out swastika golf balls to the crowd.
Lee Nelson AKA Simon Brodkin Pranks - In pictures
Other pranks include getting on the stage with rap star Kanye West at Glastonbury and renaming Sir Philip Green’s £100 million superyacht the “BHS Destroyer”.
