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David Kent

Niall Horan roasts America and Irish stereotypes as he steps in as host of Jimmy Kimmel Live

Niall Horan has absolutely no time for your Irish stereotypes.

The former One Direction superstar has seen his popularity skyrocket since launching his solo career, with a major milestone being marked on Tuesday evening.

The Mullingar man stepped into the shoes of Jimmy Kimmel to host his show while Jimmy was away.

As the usual host does, Niall began with a monologue to camera.

The full 12-minute video is absolutely spectacular, but we particularly loved his smackdown of Americans and their Irish stereotypes.

Niall noted: "As I said, I'm from Ireland and when people find out I'm Irish, that's all they want to talk about. Everybody seems to be from Ireland in America.

"They're like 'OMG you're Irish?! My Dad's brothers neighbour is Irish too! Do you know him?'. No, I don't. And guess what? I couldn't give two f**ks about him either."

Niall then cleared up a bit of misinformation that the Americans had been told.

"You guys are misinformed about our traditions. First of all, it's not Patty's Day, as in the p-a-t-t-y you put on a burger. On St Patrick's Day in Ireland, you go to Mass and light a candle with your nanny. Speaking of which, my nanny is 91 today!

"Here in America, you just sing U2 songs all day and puke green beer on your Uber driver. Even your sports teams have it wrong! Let's have a look at the Notre Dame Fightin' Irish. Their mascot is a leprechaun, who looks like Abraham Lincoln had sex with a garden gnome.

"If you want Fightin' Irish, Conor McGregor is fightin' Irish. Guess what, he'll pull your heart right through your arse."

On top of that, Niall had a fairly spot-on impression of the Notorious before going on to talk about how he went golfing with the Jonas Brothers.

You can see the full clip here, with Niall also speaking to Lizzo as well as the hilarious game of golf with the Jonas Brothers.

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