Viewers have recently come to the conclusion that Zendaya seemingly avoided Paul Mescal's gesture when the two were set to present an award together.
The awkward moment took place on Sunday night, during the 95th installment of the Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles.
The two stars were scheduled to co-present the award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor and as they headed to the stage together, fans picked up on a slightly frosty reception from the 26-year-old Euphoria actress who allegedly swerved Mescal's attempt to offer her an arm.
A video of the interaction was later reposted to TikTok by @nomoredanny where it has since been viewed 8.7 million times.
Have a look below:Thousands have commented their opinions on the eight-second clip, with many sharing feelings of sympathy for the 27-year-old Normal People actor.
"His face after," pointed out one user.
"SHE TURNED HIS SMILE UPSIDE DOWN," another agreed.
"The way his smiled [sic] dropped as she moved away, as if that’s the only thing he wanted from walking with literally the amazing Zendaya..."
This TikTok user described the moment as "hilarious," saying: "I LOVE PAUL MESCAL!!! This is hilarious tho."
Some even went as far as describing him as a "gentleman."
"Why she do Paul like that? He was being polite!!" commented another alongside laughing emojis.
However, others just pointed out that it was a little misunderstanding between the two stars.
"They both went in wanting to do [different] things which made them both silently cringe at themselves... Leave paul alone," this user said, while another agreed writing: "Don’t read into that, he was trying to be polite to help her up the stairs and she assumed he wanted to lock arms."
"She moved her arms expecting a lock, he tried to help her up the stairs. She would’ve done it if she knew," this user stated.
Thankfully, it just seems to be an awkward blunder, with the two stars rarely crossing paths prior to the SAG Awards.
Zendaya was nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series for her role in Euphoria but lost out to Jennifer Coolidge who was recognized for her performance in The White Lotus.
And while Mescal didn’t receive any nominations on the night, he has been nominated for an award at the Oscars, for his role in the 2022 coming-of-age drama Aftersun.
