'Game of Thrones' Star Emilia Clarke Reveals She Was 'So Pissed' Over Series' Controversial Ending: 'I Was Absolutely Livid'

It's been roughly seven years sinceGame of Thrones came to its final conclusion, and to this day fans continue to criticize the show's polarizing ending.

While most viewers have expressed mixed feelings about the way show's bittersweet finale, some of the show's main stars have also occasionally chimed, voicing their own frustrations with the direction of their respective characters.

In a recent interview with Variety, one of Game of Thrones' foremost stars, Emilia Clarke, specifically mentioned that she was "absolutely livid" when her character was shockingly killed by her on-screen lover in the show's final episode.

In her conversation with Variety, Clarke tried to guess the origins of some of her past lines, leading her to recall her parting words to Kit Harington's Jon Snow just before her death.

"'We break the wheel together.' Kit Harington, also known as Jon Snow," the 39-year-old actress said. "That is the last thing I say before the sneaky little sh*t stabs me. F**king outrageous. I was so pissed," she continued with a laugh. "I was absolutely livid."

Recalling her initial thoughts on her character's progression in the show, Clarke said that her first glimpse into Daenerys' tragic fate was reading the entirety of each script for season 8 of the show.

"That last season, I read them all. I just landed from a holiday and I turned my phone on, it went 'Bing!'" Clarke said. "I went home, sat down, did what I always do which is I'll read them all the way through and found myself walking out of the house in a daze, like forgot my keys, forgot my phone, forgot everything, and just like walked for hours just to assimilate what it was I had to do that season. It was kind of super, super intense."

"Outside of the controversy around her actions, him killing me really bummed me out," Clarke continued, referencing her death. "Kind of rude. I gave that man everything, I burned cities to the ground for him, for us, so we can do this. I'm over it, clearly," she humorously went on to add. "So over it, it's unreal."

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This story was originally published June 15, 2026 at 1:46 PM.