Dustin the Turkey (far left) cut off Niall Horan during a reprisal of 'The Den' on RTE's Comic Relief special.RTÉ, Ireland

Could 2020 get any stranger?

Niall Horan's feature on RTE's Comic Relief alongside Ray D'Arcy and Dustin the Turkey last week didn't go over well with some of his non-Irish fans.

For the segment that saw the reprisal of Irish children's program "The Den", Ray D’Arcy, who hosted the throughout most of the 90s, was joined by the puppet characters of Dustin the Turkey and Zig’N’Zag.

Dustin the Turkey, it should be noted, is a beloved character throughout Ireland - he represented the nation during the 2008 Eurovision contest and, yes, even ran for president.  He's been deemed "the most subversive comedy force on Irish television."

Co Westmeath native Niall Horan, who was previously a member of the worldwide phenomenon One Direction but is now enjoying his own solo career, has been plenty charitable over the past few months since coronavirus came to be, so it’s no surprise he joined in on RTE’s Comic Relief program.

On the show, Horan noted that he used to watch the show but never actually made it onto the program, until now.

"Look, Mammy, I've made it," he says.

Before performing his original song "Black and White," Horan said: “I have a song for ‘Talent on the Telly,’ if you’d like to hear it, then you can judge as harshly as you want."

Check out Niall Horan's performance on The Den for RTE's Comic Relief here:

As Horan sings his tune, D’Arcy, Zig'N'Zag, and Dustin can all be seen bopping along, at least until they cut Niall off and said “We wanted Harry Styles! You’re only getting a minute and a half!”

“I didn’t realize people from Mullingar had teeth,” Dustin the Turkey adds.

While most people watching in Ireland probably got a good laugh out of a turkey puppet slagging poor Nialler, the joke didn’t exactly translate well internationally. (We think it's safe to say that Niall was in on the joke!)

Niall’s dedicated fanbase was displeased, to say the least:

Some even flocked the Ray D'arcy Radio Twitter account to slam the Irish host:

Irish humor, however, went into full effect on Twitter:

And things calmed down after Dustin the Turkey issued this statement on Sunday:

We wait with bated breath to see if Niall or Ray have any final comment.