Nell Mescal, Paul Mescal’s younger sister, is a talented artist in her own right, but that hasn’t prevented many from accusing her of riding on her brother’s coattails.
Nell, 19, expressed her ‘frustration’ at such comments but described how she handles them.
The singer also discussed her brother’s meteoric climb to prominence, admitting that viewing his naked moments in Normal People made her uncomfortable.
‘It comes down to having a thick skin because it can be quite frustrating when people say, “oh, you’re only here because of your brother”. I was going to be doing it anyway,’ she shared.
‘It come down to trusting what you’re doing. You have to do what you’re doing because you want to and you love it – and not let anyone else’s opinions really deter you,’ she wisely added to the Irish Examiner.
Nell obtained a record deal with Q-Prime after dropping out of school in pursuit of her songwriting goals and remarked that even if people do find her ‘via Paul’, most of the time they ‘stay because they enjoy the music’.
When Paul, 27, debuted in BBC Three’s Normal People, she was just 16 and still living at home in Ireland with her parents.
Nell joked to the newspaper about having to conceal her eyes during her brother’s naked moments.
That comes after Nell and Paul’s mother, Dearbhla, revealed what it felt like to learn her son had been nominated for an Oscar.
Paul received an Oscar nomination for best actor last month for his performance as Calum in Aftersun.
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Dearbhla, on the other hand, stated that she found the nomination reveal ceremony’stressful’ to watch and was folding laundry when she learnt of her son’s candidature through WhatsApp.
Dearbhla and her husband (also named Paul) are also doting parents to their son Donnacha, who works in HR and lives in New York, as well as Nell.
‘We’re very blessed, Donnacha was in New York, sitting in his office, Nelly was in London, she went straight to his flat,’ Dearbhla said of how her family reacted to the news.
‘It’s an honour to watch him in this arena, I’m emotional a lot today,’ she added to RTE.
‘The fact that I got to see their three faces today, the love they have for each other as siblings is second to none, I’m very happy.’
Paul’s dad told the outlet: ‘[The Oscars] was always such an occasion and even with Irish people like Brenda Fricker and Liam Neeson and all those people and now for our child to be to be in with those.’
Nell herself reacted to the news that her brother may win his first Oscar next month in a series of tweets.
Along with the group call screenshot, the younger Mescal tweeted a sobbing emoji and stated she couldn’t submit the video because she was crying ‘ugly’ tears.
‘i am so proud it is making me sick [sic]’, she penned and went on to say: ‘how on earth did this happen?’
Nell also revealed the sad news of her mother’s upcoming chemotherapy treatment amid the Oscars chaos: ‘my mum got a haircut today in prep for her chemotherapy and then paul got nominated for an oscar life is so crazy [sic].’