Women on social media have praised actress Saoirse Ronan for “speaking her mind” after silencing her fellow guests on The Graham Norton Show with a powerful reminder about gender-based violence.
The American-born Irish actress left the all-male panel, which included actors Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal and Eddie Redmayne, to collective silence after cracking a joke about self-defense.
The clip has since gone viral, with social media users saying the “silence spoke volumes” as they spoke of their “admiration” for the Oscar-nominated actress.
The moment came when Redmayne, 42, told a story about how during his training for Day of the Jackal, he was shown how to use a phone to retaliate in the event of an attack.
Mescal, 28, burst into laughter and joked: “Who’s really going to think about that?” If someone really attacked me, I’m not going to “phone it in.”
Sharing the joke, Norton, 61, mimed holding a phone to defend himself against an attacker who joked: “Can you wait a second?” to which Redmayne said: “That’s a very good point.”
But the laughter quickly stopped when Ronan, 30, reminded the male couch: “That’s what girls have to think about all the time.”
Saoirse Ronan silenced her fellow guests on The Graham Norton Show with a powerful reminder about gender violence
The Irish-American actress pointed out the dangers women face during Thursday’s edition, in which she appeared alongside fellow actors Denzel Washington, 69, Paul Mescal, 28, and Eddie Redmayne, 42.
Ronan earned plaudits on social media as people praised her for speaking out about the situation.
The brutally honest comment prompted a moment of silence from the panel.
‘Am I right, ladies?’ He then asked the crowd, drawing huge applause from the studio audience.
Ronan, who says she would like to play a Bond villain, garnered further praise on social media, as people praised her for speaking out about the situation.
“Saoirse Ronan has a very strong presence and is not afraid to speak her mind,” said one user.
Another user said: “I really admire Saoirse Ronan, when she mentions that women have to constantly think about how to defend ourselves from attacks and everyone stays silent and then applauds.” You are so right!’
A third called Ronan ‘a queen’ and said ‘men need a reminder of what it’s like to be a woman so they can appreciate their privilege.’
The user noted that “the silence after she said that says it all,” while another said “the silence is driving me crazy.”
Another user said the clip ‘summarizes in a nutshell that men ignore male privilege.’
Saoirse Ronan, 30, is garnering plaudits for her comments on a recent edition of The Graham Norton Show.
The Oscar-nominated actress said, “That’s what girls have to think about all the time,” as the actors joked about using a phone to defend themselves.
Ronan’s comments came as Redmayne explained that during his training for Day of the Jackal, he received instructions on how to use a phone as a form of self-defense.
“The fact that these kids (good kids, of course) are so oblivious is almost terrifying,” the user added. “Thank God for Saoirse, because we all need a little more attention paid to this.”
One user said the moment was a microcosm of how men and women communicate, saying “this is what it feels like to have a conversation with men.”
Another user said that gender tone deafness was evident in the excerpt from the popular British talk show.
“What made me most angry is that Saoirse Ronan, the only woman on the panel, almost had to fight to get her point across in a group of laughing men who didn’t consider her opinion or the women’s experiences,” she said. the user. saying. ‘Almost like that’s the whole damn problem, right?’
Ronan is currently promoting his war drama film Blitz, which will be released in theaters on November 1 before streaming on Apple TV+ on November 22.
The film also stars Elliott Heffernan, Harris Dickinson, Benjamin Clémentine, Kathy Burke, Paul Weller and Stephen Graham.
Blitz, written and directed by Steven McQueen, “follows the stories of a group of Londoners during the events of the bombing of the British capital in World War II,” reads the film’s tagline.
Ronan plays a woman named Rita who is raising her nine-year-old son George (Heffernan) in the midst of tumultuous times.
