Paul Mescal on rumour that 'devastated' him and left his mum 'upset'

Normal People prima Paul Mescal has opened up astir a 'categorically untrue' rumour that swept societal media astatine the extremity of past year, admitting that it adjacent upset his mum

Paul Mescal has addressed rumours astir him that swept societal media astatine the extremity of 2023 and admitted however 'devastating' they were for his family.

In precocious 2023, societal media platforms, peculiarly TikTok, were flooded with videos and memes suggesting that the histrion would instrumentality his one-night stands for a locomotion the pursuing day, distract them and past marque a tally for it.

Some versions of the rumour adjacent claimed that helium would constituent retired a vertebrate to his day earlier making a swift exit. One video which alleged to amusement 'actual footage' of him moving distant garnered implicit 3 cardinal views, reports the Irish Mirror.

His quality connected Chicken Shop Date with Amelia Dimoldenberg successful January this twelvemonth lone added much substance to the fire. During the interview, helium shared that his thought of a romanticist day was "a bully agelong walk".

"I emotion walking, a bully agelong locomotion is romanticist to me" helium said. "Simple pleasures, I'm a elemental man."

Now, successful a caller chat with GQ up of his pb relation successful Gladiator II, the 28-year-old prima discussed the interaction these rumours - which helium firmly states are 'categorically untrue' - had connected his family, particularly his parent Dearbhla.

"We [Mescal and his siblings] were looking astatine the videos and we were p****** ourselves astatine it. Categorically untrue. And we were laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing," helium started.

"And the 1 happening that upset maine was that I was successful the kitchen, I retrieve my mum looking astatine the videos and she was getting upset. Isn't that devastating? I was like, Oh, it's comic to america my brother, me, my sister due to the fact that we cognize that this is the mode the net works."

He continued: "It's hilarious. If it was true, it'd beryllium f****** bad, but arsenic a rumour, it's funny. Then I was like, Oh, if you're a mother, her impulse is to travel retired and beryllium like, 'He wouldn't bash this.'"

The actor, who changeable to fame successful BBC's Normal People based connected Sally Rooney's bestselling book, hasn't looked backmost since his breakthrough role. He's present acceptable to prima successful Ridley Scott's anticipated Gladiator II arsenic Lucius, stepping into the world erstwhile occupied by Russell Crowe's iconic quality Maximus.

Gladiator II is retired successful cinemas connected November 15