Paul Mescal, the breakout star of Regular Folks, has remained within the public eye as his movie profession continues to develop. Since mid-2024, he’s been linked to singer Gracie Abrams , and although they had been first noticed collectively in London, the couple has stored a lot of their relationship out of the highlight.
In a September 2025 interview with Rolling Stone, Mescal defined why, saying, “All the pieces to do with that’s deeply treasured to me … I need to shield these issues basically.” Although they nonetheless step out publicly often—together with a joint look on the Los Angeles premiere of his movie Gladiator II—the pair typically opts for privateness.
Interested in his previous relationships? Right here’s a take a look at who Mescal has been romantically linked to over time.
Phoebe Bridgers
Earlier than relationship Abrams, Mescal was in a relationship with singer Phoebe Bridgers. The 2 first linked by way of flirtatious tweets in early 2020, and by the top of the 12 months, Mescal hinted at having a girlfriend in an interview with GQ, describing her as a “lifesaver” throughout lockdown. The couple ultimately parted methods in 2022.
Following their cut up, Mescal vowed to by no means publicly talk about his private life. “Typically I can drown [the public prodding] out after which different occasions it makes me actually mad and upset. Individuals are going to put in writing and say issues as a result of there’s a sure curiosity with any one that’s within the public eye in how that individual lives their life, and who they’re dwelling up with, and what they’re doing and the way they’re going about doing it,” he instructed Vainness Honest on the time.
“However the temptation nonetheless exists to be like, ‘Shut the f**okay up. That is my life. That is what’s happening. Or that is what’s not happening.’ However transferring ahead as a lot as I can, that’s going to be my life that’s non-public.”
Rumored Relationships
Daisy Edgar Jones
In 2020, after starring as Connell within the Hulu sequence primarily based on Sally Rooney’s bestselling novel, followers of Regular Folks had been wanting to know if Mescal was relationship his co-star, Daisy Edgar-Jones. Nevertheless, each Mescal and Edgar-Jones repeatedly clarified that they had been simply shut pals. However the rumors endured, and in 2022, a photograph from the Met Gala went viral, exhibiting Mescal gazing at Edgar-Jones from a distance whereas standing along with his then-girlfriend, Bridgers.
Edgar-Jones later defined that the fan response to the photograph was “form of wild, contemplating the innocence behind it.” She added, “I used to be having an out-of-body expertise on the Met Gala, so Paul had stated, ‘You realize, come and meet me. We are able to do it collectively,’ as a result of we had been such good pals, and it was such a cool factor to have the ability to go collectively.”
In 2024, Edgar-Jones instructed Selection that she and Mescal stay very shut. “Paul is considered one of my lifetime greatest pals,” she shared. “He’s an extremely grounded individual, and I’m, too, I believe, so it’s good to have these touchstones—these individuals you possibly can snort about issues with and be lighthearted with.”
As for Edgar-Jones’ love life, she has been romantically linked to photographer Ben Seed since September 2023.
Angelina Jolie
Shortly after his cut up with Bridgers, Mescal was noticed grabbing espresso in London with Angelina Jolie and her 16-year-old daughter, Shiloh. The unlikely duo of Mescal and Jolie sparked romantic rumors, however nothing ever got here of the hypothesis.
