Paul Mescal’s musician sister hits back at claims she’s only successful because of her brother-Aisha Nozari-Entertainment – Metro

Nell Mescal is eight years younger than her Oscar-nominated brother Paul Mescal (Picture: Instagram/NellMescal)

Paul Mescal’s younger sister Nell Mescal is a successful musician in her own right, but that hasn’t stopped people accusing the singer-songwriter of riding on the coattails of her brother’s success.

Nell, 19, has shared her ‘frustration’ over such comments but explained how she deals with negative remarks.

The hitmaker also opened up about her brother’s overnight rise to fame and confessed watching his nude scenes in Normal People were a tad 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 signed a record deal with Q-Prime after dropping out of school in pursuit of her songwriting dreams and noted that even if people do find her ‘through Paul’, most of the time they ‘stay because they like the music’.

Nell, 19, has shared her ‘frustration’ over such comments but explained how she deals with negative remarks (Picture: Instagram/NellMescal)

Nell was just 16 and still living at home in Ireland with her parents when Paul, 27, starred in BBC Three’s Normal People (Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

When it was revealed that Paul had been nominated for an Oscar, Nell shared a photo of her family’s WhatsApp call (Picture: Twitter)

She was just 16 and still living at home in Ireland with her parents when Paul, 27, starred in BBC Three’s Normal People.

Nell quipped to the paper that she had to cover her eyes during her brother’s nude scenes.

It comes after Nell and Paul’s mum Dearbhla shared an insight into what it was like finding out her son had been nominated for an Oscar.

It was announced last month that Paul had snagged a best actor Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Calum in Aftersun.

Paul’s mum Dearbhla shared an insight into what it was like finding out her son had been nominated for an Oscar (Picture: Gareth Cattermole/BAFTA/Getty Images for BAFTA)

But Dearbhla revealed she found the nomination reveal ceremony too ‘stressful’ to watch and was folding washing when she learned of her son’s nod via WhatsApp.

Paul is the eldest of three siblings and Dearbhla and her husband (also called Paul) are also doting parents to 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.’

In a series of tweets, Nell herself reacted to the news her brother could be receiving his very first Oscar next month.

Alongside the grab from a group call, the younger Mescal posted a crying emoji and admitted she couldn’t upload the actual video as she was crying ‘ugly’ tears. 

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‘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].’

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