Kit Harington is ‘really happy’ he went to rehab after Game Of Thrones ended.
The 34-year-old actor, who played Jon Snow for eight years in the acclaimed HBO series, said he was facing some ‘mental health difficulties’ towards the end of filming and believes taking time for himself was the best thing he could have done.
‘I went through some mental health difficulties after Thrones and during the end of Thrones, to be honest,’ Kit said.
‘I think it was directly to do with the nature of the show and what I’ve been doing for years.’
Speaking on SiriusXM’s The Jess Cagle Show, he continued: ‘I think I took a sort of break after Thrones where I said, “I don’t want to work for a year. I want to really kind of concentrate on myself”. I’m really happy I did that.’
Back in 2019, Kit spent a month at the luxury Prive-Swiss health retreat in Connecticut, with his representative explaining: ‘Kit has decided to use this break in his schedule as an opportunity to spend some time at a wellness retreat to work on some personal issues.’
Meanwhile, Kit revealed he was excited to return to work after Game of Thrones ended but the -pandemic put his plans on hold.
He said: ‘Coming back to work and deciding what to take and what to choose, you know, you couldn’t predict the pandemic, so just when I was wanting to come back to work, the pandemic hit, so I was like, “Ugh, for God’s sake”.’
Kit and his wife Rose Leslie, 34, welcomed their first child earlier this year.
The couple, who met while filming the HBO fantasy series, confirmed the birth of their son, with Kit’s publicist adding to Metro.co.uk: ‘They are very, very happy!’
Rose played Kit’s love interest, Ygritte, on the show, with the pair falling in love for real.
Game Of Thrones is available to stream on HBO, Sky and NOW.
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