NORMAL People star Paul Mescal shocked his family with his raunchy, full-frontal sex scenes in the hit series.

The actor opened up to Graham Norton on his beloved talk show revealing he had to warn his gran to not watch the sexy scenes.

Paul joined co-star Daisy Edgar-Jones on Graham's show this week to discuss the BBC series which has taken the world by storm and has racked up 30 million viewers. 

Daisy said: “It’s hard to believe people like it when we’re sitting in our bedrooms.  It’s surreal.”

Paul added: “That’s not even a number I can compute. It sounds really good and brilliant but it’s not something either of us anticipated.  It’s just been good news after good news.  It’s crazy!”

He then revealed older members of his family avoid the explicit scenes, he says.

Paul explained: “My granny warned my great aunt that there were a lot of sexy bits and that when she felt those were about to happen she should go off and do something else. 

"In episode two when we started kissing she took the dog out. But she underestimated the time it would take and as she came back in we were right in the throes of it all. 

"I suggested that a good long chore or a couple of cups of tea would do the trick next time!”

Set in Ireland, Normal People is a TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s best-selling novel of the same name, which centres around two Irish teenagers – Marianne and Connell – from different backgrounds who fall in love.

The full series dropped on BBC iPlayer and airs two 30-minute episodes weekly on BBC One on Monday nights.

It has so far been downloaded more than 23million times and a lot of its first season is taken up with sex, kissing or foreplay.

Paul hit back at those criticising the show’s controversial sex scenes.

The 12-part series has been dubbed the “horniest show on TV” and been praised by many for its representation of sexual consent.

However the raunchy scenes have proved a particularly contentious talking point in Ireland, where the series is set.

Listeners to RTÉ Radio 1 Liveline show likened the scenes to “something you would expect to see in a porno movie” but Paul, 24, said "incredibly proud" of the love scenes.

Speaking on the RTE One’s The Late Late Show, he said: “I actually listened in [to Liveline] yesterday, and I suppose I was a bit surprised, but the last thing I want to do is sit and judge people for that, because they’re entitled to their opinion.

“My own perspective of it is we worked hard to make it feel like it was a real, accurate and truthful representation of sex amongst young people.

“It’s something I’m incredibly proud of and incredibly proud to see on Irish screens, personally.”

Set in County Sligo, Ireland, Normal People follows the couple through their highs and lows and touches on the power and vulnerability of first love.Daisy and Paul's performances have won them rave reviews and they've become overnight sensations.

The Graham Norton Show, BBC One, Friday 15th May 10.45pm. Also available on BBC iPlayer.

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