Saoirse Ronan leaves Paul Mescal stunned with sharp one-liner on chat show
She's not one to mince her words, and
Saoirse Ronan
got cheers from women around the world when she cut short some 'manly' banter to make a serious point.
The Oscar-nominated actress
left her fellow Irish native,
Paul Mescal
, stunned when she added her own take to the conversation he was having with the other male guests on the
Graham Norton show.
In a resurfaced clip that has now gone viral from the show on
Netflix
, the guys were discussing how to use a phone against an attacker.
Saoirse was praised on social media after she reminded her male counterparts of the dangers women face on a daily basis. The
American-born Irish actress
left her fellow guests in silence after they made a joke about self-defence.
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It started as Eddie Redmayne, 42, revealed that when training for The Day of the Jackal, his upcoming Peacock miniseries, he was taught how to use a phone to retaliate if he was attacked. While discussing his preparation for his role as the infamous assassin The Jackal, he revealed that he learned how to use the butt of the phone against an attacker.
Saoirse Ronan took on an all-male panel on Graham Norton.
(Image: PA)
Paul chimed in by joking, "Who's actually going to think about that? If someone attacked me, I'm not gonna go, 'Phone," as he pretended to reach into his pocket. With some groans from the audience and Norton laughing from his chair, it was
Saoirse Ronan
who was eager to shut down her fellow Irishman.
After the flurry of laughs died down, Ronan spoke up, confidently, saying, "That's what girls have to think about all the time. Am I right, ladies?"
A thunderous applause followed, proving her point. Rendering them silent, it was a reality check for the men on the stage, and for all the viewers watching from home.
Graham, 61, then laughed as he pretended to hold a phone in an attempt to fend off an assailant, saying, "Can you hold on a second?" to which Eddie replied, "That's a very good point."
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Saoirse then interrupted the laughing men as she stated, "That's what girls have to think about all the time." Fans flocked to social media site X to praise her.
One said: "Saoirse Ronan gagging men, we love to see it." Another added that she was "a queen," and that "men need a reminder what it's like being a woman so they can appreciate their privilege."
A third viewer claimed that the clip "encapsulates men being ignorant of male privilege in a nutshell." They added: "The fact that these guys - nice guys, mind - are just so unaware is almost terrifying. Thank goodness for Saoirse though because we all need a bit more attention drawn to this."
A fourth social media user shared: "I admire Saoirse Ronan so much - when she mentions how women have to think constantly how to defend ourselves from attack and everyone goes quiet and then cheers. She's so right!"
A fifth explained that they felt it was the epitome of tone deafness in regards to gender issues as they shared: "The thing that angered me the most is that Saoirse Ronan, the only woman on the panel, had to almost fight to make her point amongst a group of laughing men who didn't consider her input or the experiences of women. Almost as if that's the entire f***ing problem isn't it?"
Saoirse was on the show promoting her new war drama movie Blitz, which is scheduled for release in theaters on November 1 before streaming on Apple TV+ from November 22.
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