Singer does chat-show monologue

Jennifer Lopez has turned her hand to stand-up.

The diva performed the opening monologue for namesake George Lopez on his late-night chat show on Monday.

Her gags on the TBS channel were greeted with rapturous applause and deafening whoops and hollers – though any laughs were drowned out by the adulation.

Jokes included a quip about the shake-up at NBC, where Conan O’Brien is being dumped from the Tonight Show after an experiment to move former host Jay Leno to a primetime slot failed.

‘Welcome to Lopez Tonight,’ J.Lo said. ‘Where nobody gets fired, they just get replaced by a bigger star with the same last name.

And she joked about male prostitution: ‘Ladies, a little tip. You don't have to pay for sex,’ she said. ‘You want a little, all you have to say are those two little words: “I'm drunk.” And it's on, and it's free!’

The other Lopez, who is no relation, took over the rest of the show.

Here she is in action – but note that it takes the excitable audience about 90 seconds to calm down enough to allow her to begin the monologue:

Published: 19 Jan 2010