Paul Mescal fans driven wild as actor finds himself at the centre of urban myth which claims he ‘picks up women in bars and sprints away from them while on walks the next morning’: ‘You can run away from me any time!’

Paul Mescal became an Irish heartthrob after his breakout role in the 2020 BBC drama Normal People.

Now fans of the Oscar-nominated actor want to hound the actor after a bizarre claim on TikTok that he dumps women on walks.

Film star Paul, 27, is often seen being chased through the streets by overzealous women in the hope of catching a glimpse of him.

He is also an avid runner and is repeatedly photographed jogging wearing headphones and sweatpants.

But another unexpected layer of intrigue came over Paul when users on TikTok claimed he picks up women at bars at night and sprints away from them during a walk the next morning.

Users on TikTok claim Paul picks up women at bars in North London at night and sprints away from them while out for a walk the next morning.

One story claims that Paul was walking with a woman when he pointed to something on the ground for her to look at, and when she turned back around, he ran off in the opposite direction.

Representatives of the Aftersun star have not denied the rumors and have decided not to comment.

The stories have gone viral on social media, with women joking that they have downloaded exercise app Strava so they can chase him down if he ever pulls off the stunt.

A video explaining the allegations on TikTok racked up 481,000 plays and nearly 60,000 likes in three days, as users went wild with speculation surrounding his dating habits.

The creator said: 'Paul Mescal, and this comes from many sources, goes around North London begging women for threesomes.

“And when he comes with a girl, he says, 'Hey, do you want to go for a walk?' And then, in the middle of the conversation, he'll just do it and leave her in the middle of the park.”

The video attracted more than 1,000 comments, with many people on the site claiming to have heard the rumors elsewhere.

One person wrote: 'Heard this from people who bumped into him in pubs in North London.'

One story claims that Paul was walking with a woman when he pointed to something on the ground, and when she turned back around, he ran off in the opposite direction.

Another commented: 'I've heard of this too! This is the second video I've seen about it.'

Many women swooned in the comments section of the TikTok videos, “Take me to North London now” and “You can run away from me at any time, Paul Mescal.”

Creating internet memes about the story has become a viral trend on TikTok, with people posting images of themselves at the gym saying they are “training for the Paul Mescal Marathon.”

A TikTok of Paul running in Soho with the caption 'actual footage of Paul Mescal running away from me' received 120,000 likes.

Many women swooned in the comments section of the TikTok videos: 'Take me to North London now' and 'You can run away from me at any time, Paul Mescal'

While starring as Stanley in A Streetcar Named Desire at the Almeida Theater in Islington last year – a role that won him Best Actor at the Olivier Awards – Paul was known to drink in pubs in Camden and Angel.

Rumors have swirled that the actor is a serial dater and in May Mescal was snapped enjoying a drink with a mystery woman at the Cavendish Arms in Marylebone High Street.

In September, he was spotted using celebrity dating app Raya, whose previous users include singer Harry Styles and model Cara Delevingne.

Paul was nominated for People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in 2020 and the thin silver chain he wore during filming got his own Instagram account, Connell Waldon's Chain, with 140,000 followers.