Jamie Dornan says he collects rocks that look like potatoes on SNL UK

Jamie Dornan took over hosting duties from Tina Fey for the second episode of “SNL UK” and turned up the bizarre dial a few notches in his monologue.

The Irish actor introduced himself as the ‘star of ‘The Fall’, the Oscar-winning film ‘Belfast’ and of course, your aunt’s favorite dreams, before revealing a slightly odd – and apparently completely true – fact about himself.

“Not only am I a sex symbol who looks sexy in everything he does, but I am also a man who collects stones
that look like potatoes,” he said.

Dornan then wheeled out a cart containing five such spud-shaped stones and picked them all up to admire (including one that looked “just like a chip”).

“Look at these beautiful little things. And no, this isn’t a joke. God knows, I wish it were,” he said, urging people to Google “Jamie Dornan Potato Rocks” to determine that he was “telling the truth” (which a quick search proved he was).

“Seriously, this is who you want to sleep with?”

While Fey’s first-ever ‘SNL UK monologue’ was crashed by celebrity guests including Nicola Coughlan, Michael Cera and Graham Norton, Dornan’s was interrupted by fellow Australian Chris O’Dowd.

“That’s right, it’s me, your greatest enemy and personal friend,” he said. “I noticed you’re showing off your spuds again.”

O’Dowd then pulled out his own rock and revealed that he had traded one of Dornan’s collection for a real potato, a potato which he then revealed was “not even Irish!”

The Irish jokes on “SNL UK” — which featured in the opening episode featuring the George Fouracre musical sketch “What Kind of Irish is your Grandad” — continued in the next sketch in Episode 2, which also featured Dornan and a song about British vacationers’ tendency to spend their time alone in British and Irish-themed pubs.