The TODAY Show has had a good laugh at the expense of sports presenter Tim Gilbert, after he was seemingly snubbed by a few Australian Olympic athletes returning home from Rio.

Gilbert was covering the Sydney airport arrivals live on TODAY yesterday, and as the athletes poured off the plane he suffered through some hilariously awkward live TV as he initially struggled to get their attention.

In the end he managed to interview several of the biggest Olympic stars, including Mack Horton, Kim Brennan and Chloe Esposito, but that did not put the issue to rest for TODAY host Karl Stefanovic.

“Some of our viewers, they were very upset about this and they were worrying about how he was handling the rejection,” Stefanovic continued.

“Some of our viewers in North Korea were particularly upset.”

Timmy gets brushed by our athletes. (9NEWS)

Stefanovic then paused, as viewers were treated to a montage of Tim being snubbed by athletes.

The slow-mo clips were complimented by the song “I’m So Ronery” from the 2004 film Team America: World Police , sung by a fictionalisation of former North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il.

“It seems like no one takes me seriously,” was sung as Gilbert stared off at a queue of athletes, completely ignoring him.

Gilbert frowned through the segment and his co-hosts' chuckles. (9NEWS)

Gilbert sat morosely through the montage, before admitting it was “like an anecdote for my life”.

“It’s like running through a forest, and you hit a tree, you go to one side, you run again, you hit another tree and run, and by the end you make it through the forest.”

Describing his interview style, Gilbert said it’s all about bugging people until they pay attention to you.