The actress has opened up about that viral video!
Saoirse Ronan has broken her silence for the first time since her powerful statement about violence against women on The Graham Norton Show went viral.
If ya missed it, the Irish actress sat on the red couch alongside fellow Irish star Paul Mescal as well as Denzel Washington and Eddie Redmayne.
The conversation went south when the lads started joking about defending themselves with a phone if they were attacked.
Saoirse then interrupted with a remark that left the room in silence: “That’s what girls have to think about all the time."
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Speaking to Ryan Tubridy on Virgin Radio UK, Saoirse said: "The reaction has been wild. It’s definitely not something that I had expected, and I didn’t necessarily set out to sort of make a splash."
"But I do think there’s something really telling about the society that we’re in right now and about how open women want to be with the men in their lives."
"So many men and women that I know from all over the world have gotten in touch with me about this one comment, which is, again, I would urge people, please, please, please to watch this in context."
(Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP)"Please watch the whole interview or watch at least that part of the conversation, because it really wasn’t about… the boys weren’t sort of like debunking anything that I was saying."
"But at the same time, it felt very similar to like when I am at dinner with a bunch of my friends and I will always make the point that, well, this is actually an experience that we go through every single day, 100%."
Saoirse continued: "Paul being one of my very dear friends, I’ve had conversations like that with him before and he completely gets that and completely understands that."
Credit: Gerald Matzka/dpa/Alamy Live News"But I think the fact that there was a moment like that that happened on a show like Graham Norton, which is something that the entire nation channels and to watch and even overseas, it’s something that people tune into, it seems to have had an accessibility which seems to have really gained traction, which I think is amazing."
"It’s opening a conversation and again, hopefully it’s allowing more and more women to just be like, well, yeah, actually, let’s talk about our experience."
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