"Oh my god, you’re Irish?! My dad’s brother’s neighbour is Irish too!"
Niall Horan had a big opportunity to clear up many Americans' “misinformed” ideas about Ireland, and by God did he take it.
Filling in as a guest host on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the singer said that Americans love hearing that he’s from Ireland and that it's all they want to talk about.
“Everybody seems to be from Ireland in America," he said, before putting on an American accent to joke: “‘Oh my god, you’re Irish?! My dad’s brother’s neighbour is Irish too! Do you know him?’
"No, I don’t," Niall said in his own Mullingar accent. "And guess what? I couldn’t give two f**ks about him either."
The former One Directioner also told the audience that Americans are "very misinformed about our traditions."
"Let’s take St Patrick’s Day. First of all, it’s not called ‘Patty’s Day’ like the inside of a burger.
“On St Patrick’s Day in Ireland, you just go to mass and light a candle with your granny... Here in America, you just sing U2 songs all day and then puke green beer on your Uber driver.
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“Even your sports teams have it wrong,” the 27-year-old added, showing a picture of the University of Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish team mascot.
Do you even need to guess what it was? No, of course you don't, because it was a leprechaun. Naturally.
“He looks more like if Abraham Lincoln had sex with a garden gnome," Niall continued. "If you want fighting Irish – Conor McGregor. That’s fighting Irish, and he’ll pull your heart right through your ass.”
Niall then launched into a hilarious impression of the MMA fighter. Doing his signature bravado walk, he said: “'Who de f**k is Abe Lincoln anyway? He’ll do absolutely nutin', I’ll fight him any day!'
“That’s my Conor McGregor impression, thank you. Also available for weddings and bar mitzvahs, depending on the price obviously,” he joked.
Niall also revealed the talk show's production crew took to the streets of LA to quiz passersby about his homeland, which didn't go very well.
Watch how that played out as well as his hilarious opening monologue here:
