Paul Mescal utterly mortified as fan, 5, asks very personal question about his 'short shorts'

Irish histrion Paul Mescal held his look successful his hands successful embarrassment arsenic a five-year-old instrumentality quizzed him connected his manner choices erstwhile it comes to his celebrated O'Neills shorts

Gladiator II star Paul Mescal was near squirming and mortified aft an inquisitive kid asked him wherefore his signature shorts were truthful short.

Appearing connected BBC Radio 1, Paul was near red-faced erstwhile a five-year-old listener called Lily phoned successful to inquire the Irish histrion her burning question arsenic his biggest movie relation yet is released today. The Normal People prima plays the pb relation of Lucius, lad of the archetypal movie's main character, Maximus, successful Gladiator II.

While promoting his biggest relation to day connected BBC Radio 1, Paul was swiftly taken down a peg oregon 2 erstwhile his young instrumentality asked: "Hi Paul. Why are your shorts truthful short?".

Erupting into laughter, bashful Paul rapidly covered his look successful embarrassment but proceeded to reply Lily's alternatively idiosyncratic question. "Good question Lily. Lily's mum decidedly asked her to inquire this question.

"Lily, they are sports shorts, they're not custom-made for maine to beryllium abbreviated - they are conscionable precise applicable for workout and they're large for moving in."

Paul past added: "I mightiness similar adjacent summertime conscionable person my bum hanging out. I'll spell for the blistery pants look maybe."

It comes aft Paul precocious responded to TikTok 1 nighttime basal claims. Farfetched rumours emerged earlier this twelvemonth that helium was "running away" from his dates arsenic videos started being posted connected the societal media platform.

The clips successful question alleged that the 28-year-old had drawstring of 1 nighttime stands and past them successful a parkland arsenic helium jogged away.

However, it seems that Paul's mum hasn't seen the comic broadside of it, with Pau being forced to acceptable the grounds consecutive and corroborate that the rumours were false. While helium admitted that helium really recovered the videos amusing, his mum didn't consciousness rather the aforesaid arsenic him and his different siblings arsenic she recovered the accusations upsetting.

Speaking to GQ, helium said: "We were looking astatine the videos and we were p****** ourselves astatine it. Categorically untrue. And we were laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing…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 us—my brother, me, my sister—because we cognize that this is the mode the net works. It’s hilarious. If it was true, it’d beryllium f****** bad, but arsenic a rumor, 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 Normal People star's latest task sees him starring successful Gladiator II, successful cinemas today, which features a prima studded formed including Pedro Pascal, Denzel Washington, and Joseph Quinn. The ensemble volition besides spot Connie Nielsen and Derek Jacobi reprising their roles from the archetypal movie.

Mescal plays the pb relation of Lucius, lad of the archetypal movie's main character, Maximus, who is forced to combat successful the Colosseum aft an service invades his home. The Irish histrion has said helium deliberately avoided watching Gladiator earlier opening enactment connected the sequel. Although helium antecedently saw Sir Ridley Scott 's epic aft it deed cinemas successful 2000, helium refused to revisit the movie until enactment connected the sequel wrapped.

Follow Mirror Celebs on TikTok , Snapchat , Instagram , Twitter , Facebook , YouTube and Threads.