Daisy Edgar-Jones has finally addressed a viral photo from the 2022 Met Gala , where her friend Paul Mescal was seen in the background. The 26-year-old actor discussed the reactions to her appearance at the 2022 fashion extravaganza during an interview with Who What Wear , published on July 11. In an image of Edgar-Jones on the red carpet from two years ago, Mescal could be seen smiling in the background.
While he was posing for a separate picture, with his then-girlfriend Phoebe Bridgers , fans were quick to assume that he was smiling at and paying attention to Edgar-Jones. After the 2022 picture made headlines, fans compared Mescal to the “distracted boyfriend” meme, in which a man is eyeing at a woman passing by while next to his girlfriend. Speaking to Who What Wear , Edgar-Jones confirmed that she’s seen the memes about her and Mescal, calling the reactions “wild, considering the innocence behind” the viral Met Gala picture.
She then clarified what her and Mescal’s experience at the event actually was. “I was having kind of an out-of-body experience with the Met Gala. So Paul had said: ‘Come and meet me and we could do it together,’” she explained.
“We’re such good friends and it was such a cool thing to go together.” However, Edgar-Jones said Mescal was “quite late” to the event, so she “was stood at the entrance of the Met Gala.” She then clarified that when posing for her photo, that’s when Mescal arrived and noticed her, which is w.
