Saoirse Ronan opens up about women’s safety plea that left Paul Mescal and Eddie Redmayne speechless
nypost.comappeared on the British comedy talk show and responded to a conversation about safety that silenced male actors Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal and Eddie Redmayne.After the men joked about how using a phone to fend off an attack is useless, Ronan spoke up and said, “That’s what girls have to think about all the time.”As the men went quiet, Ronan added, “Am I right, ladies?” The audience then cheered for the actress.
Ronan’s comment went viral on social media and she was praised for speaking up about the topic of violence against women. “Dead silence until she called to the ladies — I love her,” one fan wrote on TikTok.
Ronan responded to the online chatter about her viral comment when she appeared on The Ryan Tubridy Show on Virgin Radio UK Wednesday morning.“The reaction has been wild,” she said. “It’s definitely not something that I had expected, and I didn’t necessarily set out to sort of make a splash.”“But I do think there’s something really telling about the society that we’re in right now and about how open women want to be with the men in their lives,” Ronan added. “So many men and women that I know from all over the world have gotten in touch with me about this one comment, which is, again, I would urge people, please, please, please to watch this in context.”Ronan went on, “Please watch the whole interview or watch at least that part of the conversation, because it really wasn’t about… the boys weren’t sort of like debunking anything that I was saying.
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