Irish Daily Star

MUM HOPES TO JOIN PAUL AT OSCAR BASH

- ■■Katie GALLAGHER

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However, audiences can then complain to Ofcom if they believe a breach of the Broadcasti­ng Code has been made.

Nationalit­y

Mescal, who was born in Maynooth, Co Kildare, has previously had to correct the British press for getting his nationalit­y wrong.

After making headlines when starring in the television adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel Normal People in 2020, Mescal tweeted simply: “I’m Irish.”

The post picked up more than 130,000

PAUL Mescal’s mum said she’s hoping to be by her son’s side as his plus one at the Oscars as she opened up about her battle with cancer.

Dearbhla Mescal admitted that whilst she was too stressed to watch the nomination announceme­nt live, she would love to be at the Academy Awards ceremony in LA.

Dearbhla, who is currently getting treatment for cancer, said: “If everything goes okay, I just might be. If not, I hope to be there with my fluffy socks, an infinity pool, let’s

He will be going up against Austin Butler (Elvis), Brendan Fraser (The Whale), Bill Nighy (Living) and fellow Irishman Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin) in the category. imagine, and sit down and watch it on a TV screen.

“But I’d like to be on that side of the world, I’d like to be near him.”

Opening up about her illness, she told RTE Radio 1’s Morning Ireland: “I am waiting for the next stage. I have multiple myeloma. So it all depends, but life is good. Life is pretty magical right now. You can take the hits when things are good around you.”

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