Basil tells of blooper

BASIL Zempilas tried to make up for his mistake and get premiership winning Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin back on stage to make a speech after his grand final blooper on Saturday.

Goodwin was denied the on-stage opportunity to deliver his message of thanks before accepting the premiership cup with his captain Max Gawn in Perth.

Zempilas, who was the grand final MC, opened up on the “regrettable” moment and said he tried to make up for it as the Demons celebrated their drought-breaking win.

“As they were having the team photo, I asked one of the people to go and get Simon – let’s get him back up and let’s do it,” Zempilas told Triple M radio.

“And I said Simon, ‘My apologies, that was crazy.’ And he said to me, ‘There’s so much going on, it’s fine, it’s fine’.”