Paul Mescal swears he doesn't run away from women in public parks, thank you very much

“Ohhhhhhh… Fucking hell!” he apparently “moaned, head in his hands” before “belly laughing and turning red” when GQ brought up the rumors in a recent interview. He and his siblings “were looking at the videos and we were pissing ourselves at it. Categorically untrue. And we were laughing, laughing, laughing, laughing,” when it first came out, he continued. 

But while it sounds like Mescal has a healthy sense of humor about the weird stuff that happens when you’re a famous person on the internet, his mom still tried to defend his honor from the people spreading the bizarre tale—many of whom had clearly never met the actor, much less been on a date with him. “The one thing that upset me was that I was in the kitchen, I remember my mum looking at the videos and she was getting upset. Isn’t that devastating?” he said. “I was like, Oh, it’s funny to us—my brother, me, my sister—because we know that this is the way the internet works. It’s hilarious. If it was true, it’d be fucking bad, but as a rumor, it’s funny. Then I was like, Oh, if you’re a mother, her impulse is to come out and be like, ‘He wouldn’t do this.'”

So there you have it, straight from Mescal’s mom. If you find yourself waking up with the Aftersun actor, you can probably settle in for a coffee or at least a goodbye. But, of course, all moms want their sons to look good to the public and no one would ever actually admit to doing something so insane, so you might want to pack a pair of sensible sneakers as well… just in case. (Kidding! Probably.)

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