Kit Harington, Jon Snow in ‘Game of Thrones’, and Rose Leslie, parents for the second time: “I’m terrified”

Kit Harington and his wife, his fellow actress in Game of Thrones Rose LeslieThey are going to be parents for the second time. The British actor announced the news this Friday, during his appearance on the TV show Jimmy Fallon, Tonight Show. There, he revealed that his two-year-old son, the fruit of his marriage to Rose, “is going to get the surprise of his life. He’s going to have a little brother or a little sister.” “I’m terrified,” acknowledged the live interpreter.

Fallon got a huge and unexpected surprise, and only managed to stretch out his arm to shake hands in congratulations to his guest: “That’s fantastic, you’re going to have a new baby in the family, are you nervous?” , to which Harington replied matter-of-factly in the world: “I’m terrified.”

“With the first baby it’s like walking on clouds and dancing among fields of daisies for nine months. But this time, you see reality much faster. You become more practical,” he acknowledged. She also explained how her two-year-old son still doesn’t quite understand the new situation: “We’re trying. We point to Rose’s tummy and say ‘mommy’s baby,’ but then he points to his tummy and says ‘My baby,'” she said. with unusual sincerity, since the couple is usually very jealous of their privacy.

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This is not the first time that Harington has offered a bombshell in his interviews, although until now none have been of such a personal nature. The unforgettable Jon Snow of the best series in history, according to critics, audiences, audience levels and accumulated awards, in the first official convention for fans of Game of Thrones made in Los Angeles, advanced some details of what would be a spin off headed by his character.

“In the last episode you see how he has to go back to that place, the Wall, with all his history on his back and live there for the rest of his life thinking about how he killed Daenerys, how Ygritte died in his arms and how he hung Olly; he has to move on thinking about all that trauma and I find that interesting,” the actor explained. The announcement has brought a flood of happiness to the countless fans of the original series. In the new series he will be a producer and screenwriter, as well as the leading actor.

The ‘couple’ of Game of Thrones

Kit and Rose met on Islancia in 2012, while filming the second season of GOT. There, he played the heroic Jon Snow and she played the wild Ygritte. The romance in the series was short and did not end very well, but in real life the actors had a relationship, with some pitfalls, which continues in the best possible way. “When you feel very attracted to someone, and then the script plays in their favor, it is very easy to fall in love,” the actor has explained in previous interviews.

The two British actors made their relationship public in 2016 and in June 2018 they celebrated their wedding, quite an event for the followers of GOTand also for many of its protagonists who were invited, such as Sophie Turner, Maisie Williams, Emilia Clarke y Peter Dinklage, who were in the chapel of Rayne, in Aberdeenshire (Scotland), where the bride was born. The link was held with the permission of the producers of the series, who stopped the filming of the eighth season of the series so that everyone could attend.

In September 2020, it was confirmed that Harington and Rose were going to be parents for the first time. Faithful to her low profile, they did not break the news, they showed it through evidence: the actress posed showing her incipient pregnancy on the cover of Make Magazine. They also did not announce the birth of their little one. They could only be seen walking with the baby naturally through the streets of London.

With the second child on the way and the joy shown by the future father, everything seems to indicate that he has overcome the problems that the marriage has faced, such as the rumors of infidelity later denied, and the admission of the actor to a rehabilitation center to treat his alcohol addiction in 2019.

Leslie explained in an interview on Harper’s Bazaar How have they dealt with the problem over the years? “It’s important for Kit to recognize himself as an addict. The AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) community has provided him with a loving space where he feels heard, so he can be sure he’s not alone. If it hadn’t been for rehab, I’d be at a very different point now.”