Gracie Abrams follows 'Kylie Jenner playbook' with Paul Mescal romance

Paul Mescal and his girlfriend, Gracie Abrams have taken a leaf out of Kylie Jenner and Timothee Chalamet’s book.

Paul and Gracie made their red carpet debut at the 2026 BAFTA Film Awards in London on Sunday night. The couple followed that with PDA-filledmoments throughout the awars ceremony.

The display marked theri first as they’ve kept their relationship away from the spotlight since they began dating in 2024.

According to body language expert Judi James, their PDA seemed performative.

"Everything about their red carpet rituals here look specifically designed to announce this as a serious and romantic relationship, with a nod from at least one of the couple suggesting a desire to launch as a the new Hollywood power couple on the block," Judi told the Daily Mail.

"Their bodies roll into poses together at each camera spot, with Gracie's torso turned inward and pressed close in a "draping" ritual that shows Paul as her hero of the night," she continued.

"His hand with the slightly splayed fingers rests on her bottom in a casually sexy gesture," she added.

Judi went on to note that out of the two, Gracie seemmed intent on PDA and Paul seemed to want to behave more naturally.

"Gracie's body language is rather 'Kylie Jenner-style Hollywood' but Paul's looks less elegantly performative and more relatably casual and natural," Judi said.

"Gracie looks keen to keep pecking kisses onto his face during their red carpet poses and when she does do a more cursory, performative peck we can see Paul's lips purse as though he prefers a more down-to-earth look," she continued.

"But there is another moment when Gracie leans up too plant a more bestowed kiss on his cheek and he receives the fan-girl signal with an asymmetric grin to the camera of a guy who just got lucky in love," she added.