Eve Hewson throws her support behind ‘inspirational’ Saoirse Ronan as fellow Irish actress goes viral for her powerful response to gender-based violence on The Graham Norton show

Eve Hewson supported fellow actress Saoirse Ronan on Monday night after her 10-word reflection on violence against women went viral.

Women around the world have praised Ronan for ‘speaking her mind’ after silencing other guests on The Graham Norton Show with a powerful reminder of gender-based violence.

The American-born Irish actress, 30, left the all-male panel – which included actors Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal and Eddie Redmayne – squirming after shouting a joke about self-defence.

On Instagram, Hewson – the daughter of U2 singer Bono and his activist wife Ali Hewson – reposted the awkward moment for her 440,000 followers.

The Irish actress, 33, has previously cited Ronan – who is three years her junior – as an inspiration to break into the film industry at a young age.

Hewson (pictured) has previously cited Ronan – who is three years her junior – as an inspiration for breaking into the film industry at a young age

I spoke with Jamie Dornan before Wonderland magazine in 2021, she said: ‘I remember seeing her at the Oscars and saying, “It’s great, we’re just happy to be here!”

‘[and] She’s from Bray, I think. So that was really cool to see. And I remember seeing Cillian [Murphy]even when he was in Batman and working with Neil Jordan, Jim Sheridan.

“People like that were in and around my life, so yeah, they would be a big inspiration.”

Ronan’s viral moment came when Redmayne, 42, told a story about how during his training for The Day Of The Jackal he was shown how to use a phone to get revenge in the event of an attack.

Mescal, 28, burst out laughing and joked: “Who’s even going to think about that? If someone actually attacked me, I’m not going to ‘call’.”

Norton, 61, shared the joke, pretending to hold a phone to fend off an attacker and joking, “Can you wait a minute?” to which Redmayne said: ‘That’s a very good point.’

But the laughter quickly stopped when Ronan, 30, reminded the men’s bench: “That’s what girls have to think about all the time.”

The brutally honest comment led to a moment of silence in the panel.

Women around the world have praised Ronan for ‘speaking her mind’ after silencing guests on The Graham Norton Show with a powerful reminder of gender-based violence

The American-born Irish actress left the all-male panel – which included Denzel Washington, Paul Mescal and Eddie Redmayne – squirming after shouting a joke about self-defence.

“Am I right, ladies?” she then asked the audience, eliciting huge applause from the studio audience.

Ronan – who says she would like to play a Bond villain – has been widely praised for highlighting women’s safety by intervening.

Madeleine Black, a sexual violence activist, told MailOnline: ‘It’s so normal for us to feel fear. How do we get home? Are we safe? It’s a shame that that has to be reminded and they [Ronan] was the only single woman on that panel.

‘The silence suggests that they are [the male actors] didn’t know what to do. It made them uncomfortable and I think they should feel uncomfortable because it’s the truth for a lot of women.”

Madeleine Black, a sexual violence activist, praised Ronan for speaking out about something “women deal with every day.”

Ronan – who says she would like to play a Bond villain – has been widely praised for highlighting women’s safety by intervening

Ronan is currently promoting her war drama Blitz, which will be released in theaters on November 1 and then stream on Apple TV+ on November 22.

‘The silence suggests that they are [the male actors] didn’t know what to do. It made them uncomfortable and I think they should feel uncomfortable because it’s the truth for a lot of women.”

Black, who previously shared her story of being raped at the age of 13 in her memoir Unbroken, added: “I think when men joke about it it diminishes the impact. It takes away the gravity of what women have to deal with on a daily basis. It weakens it.

“I think it’s always important to call it out when we hear things like that, even for the women listening, because it’s obviously resonated because it’s gone so viral with so many women. It’s just a normality. It is part of our normal life.

“There’s so much blaming and rape culture, and when we make jokes about it, it just trivializes our experiences. We really need to speak out about it and we also need men as allies.’

Ronan is currently promoting her war drama Blitz, which is expected to hit theaters on November 1 and then stream on Apple TV+ on November 22.