Daisy Edgar Jones Says Viral Picture with Paul Mescal Was an Innocent Moment — and Reveals 'Most Tragic' Part of the Photo

Daisy Edgar Jones revealed 'the innocence' behind the viral moment from the 2022 Met Gala

<p>Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic</p> Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones at the 2022 Met Gala

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Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones at the 2022 Met Gala

Daisy-Edgar Jones has seen the jokes about a viral photo of her and her Normal People costar Paul Mescal — and insists the actual image is rooted in "innocence."

The image was taken at the 2022 Met Gala, when Edgar-Jones, 26, posed on the red carpet and Mescal, 28, was seen in the background and appeared to be staring at Edgar-Jones while he posed with his then-girlfriend Phoebe Bridgers.

At the time, people compared the image to the popular "distracted boyfriend" meme.

<p>Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic</p> Daisy Edgar-Jones at the 2022 Met Gala with Paul Mescal in the background.

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Daisy Edgar-Jones at the 2022 Met Gala with Paul Mescal in the background.

In an interview with WhoWhatWear on July 11, the Twisters star called the meme “wild, considering the innocence” behind it and shared additional context about the moment.

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“I was having kind of an out-of-body experience with the Met Gala," Edgar-Jones explained. "So Paul had said like, 'Come and meet me and we could do it together.' "

Edgar-Jones then revealed that Mescal ended up being late for the red carpet and she “was stood at the entrance of the Met Gala.”

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“When you go, there’s this pen where you’re held and then you go to [before] you do the carpet,” she said. “Finally Paul came with Pheebs and we were waiting and did the carpet together . . . he’s my pal so he’s probably just going ‘Hey, there she is.’ “

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The actress then joked that the thing she found “most sad” about the photo was her posing.

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“[We] had been in COVID for most of this time doing press on Zoom and this was one of the few times I’d actually been in person,” she said during the WhoWhatWear interview. “So I didn’t know how to pose on a red carpet so I think what’s most tragic about this really is the deep leg cross that I committed to in every photo.”

Mescal and Edgar-Jones’ close friendship has flourished since they worked together on the 2020 Hulu series Normal People. In an interview with Variety on July 9, Edgar Jones called the Gladiator II actor one of her “lifetime best friends."

<p>Rachel Murray/Getty</p> Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones

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Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar-Jones

"He’s an incredibly grounded person and I am too,” she told Variety. “I think, so it’s nice to be able to have those touchstones and those people you can laugh about it with and be lighthearted with."

Related: Paul Mescal Reveals Daisy Edgar-Jones Has His Beloved Chain from Normal People

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"We met when I was 20 and Paul was 22; I’m so excited to see where we’ll be at 32, 42, and what life will bring us."

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