Paul Mescal Says His 'Private Life' Isn't 'Public-Obligated Information': 'I'm Not Comfortable'

Mar. 15, 2025

Paul Mescal for the November 2024 issue ofGQ.Photo:Dan Jackson/GQ

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Paul Mescalis keeping his most “precious” cards close to his chest.

In his cover-story interview forGQ’s November issue, theGladiator IIstar addressed his desire to keep his personal life private, telling the magazine he has “learned that there’s certain lines in the sand now for me that just are going to be impenetrable for the benefit of my own sanity.”

“The speculation has been kind of mad for the last x amount of years,” continued Paul, 28, who is currently datingGracie Abrams. “I’m not comfortable inviting any access into that part of my life.”

He continued, “How I am in my private life is so precious to me because I get very little of it, and it might be public interest, but it’s not public-obligated information.”

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Paul Mescal for the November 2024 issue ofGQ.Dan Jackson/GQ

The videos on social media are amusing to himself and his siblings “because we know that this is the way the internet works. It’s hilarious. If it was true, it’d be f—ing bad, but as a rumor, it’s funny.”

But it’s a different matter when it comes to one person in his family: his mom,Dearbhla Mescal.

“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,” Paul explained. “Isn’t that devastating?”

“I was like, Oh, if you’re a mother, her impulse is to come out and be like, ‘He wouldn’t do this,' " added the Irish actor.

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As for his dedication to his career and its recent trajectory, theAcademy Awardnominee admitted toGQ, “My agent refers to me openly as a psychopath when it comes to work.”

“I want this to never stop,” Paul explained. “So with that comes a kind of neurosis of control.”

source: people.com