Jimmy Kimmel defends Dua Lipa against troll following late night show hosting gig

Late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel jumped to the defence of his stand-in Dua Lipa against trolls on social media.

Earlier this week, the 52-year-old took to Instagram to share the monologue Lipa performed while guest hosting Jimmy Kimmel Live! amid his summer hiatus.

The Future Nostalgia star, 24, joked about her music, her previous prank against Kimmel, her Harry Potter house and her tattoos during the speech - but one fan was less-than-impressed.

"Women still aren't funny," the troll wrote.

Firing back, Kimmel quipped: "Maybe if one talks to you someday you'll change your mind."

During her guest hosting duties, Lipa made headlines for mistakenly referring to Blake Shelton as Gwen Stefani's husband.

"Well he's not my husband, but that sounded cool when you said it," Stefani joked, as the hitmaker brushed off the error.