Paul Mescal has finally responded to the viral moment Saoirse Ronan shut down a conversation about women’s safety on The Graham Norton Show. It was when the Irish actors were joined on the red sofa by Academy Award winners Eddie Redmayne and Denzel Washington that a joke about women and using phones as a defence tactic was tactfully shut down by Ronan.

Paul Mescal has praised his friend Saoirse Ronan for speaking out on women’s safety in a viral clip from The Graham Norton Show, saying she ‘hit the nail on the head’.

Paul Mescal has praised his fellow Irish star and friend Saoirse Ronan for speaking out on women’s safety in a viral clip from The Graham Norton Show, saying she “hit the nail on the head”. The two Oscar nominees appeared on the BBC One talk show,