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Brian told his co-hosts: "When I see him in person, it's totally fine, Forgetting Sarah Marshall or the TV show, it's fine, but on satellite radio in the car, I can't understand a single joke you say."

"You can't understand it?" Russell re-iterated.

The trio of presenters then began to talk about the funnyman in the third person as if he wasn't in the room with him.

"I think it's not listening to him, it's taking it all in," added Mika.

Exasperated Russell said: "You are talking about me as if I'm not here, and as if I'm an extraterrestrial! You know I'm from a country that is near to you.

"You shouldn't say 'he' when a person is present, you should refer to the person by their name – that's basic good manners."

The interview then became more awkward when the presenters started to refer to him as "Willy Brand" instead of Russell.

"Who is Willy?" Russell asked them.

A completely flustered blonde-haired Mika admitted: "I don't know."

Incredulous Russell asked: "Is this what you all do for a living?"

He then took over the interview, announcing the next segments to camera.

Bu that wasn't the end of it, after Brian made a smart remark about his clothes, he told him: "Look beyond the superficial, that's the problem with current affairs, you forget about what is important, you allow the agenda to be decided by superficial information.

"What am I saying, what am I talking about? Don't think about what I am wearing, these things are redundant and superficial."