The huge interest that we have in our favorite celebrities makes us want to know every single detail about their life; personal or professional. The Game of Thrones cast enjoys a massive fan following. Thus, every interview, every appearance by them catches the attention of millions. Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark) has been a constant on social media and our screens since Game of Thrones began. Her chemistry with Maisie Williams (Arya Stark) and relationship with Joe Jonas have always charmed us. She gave an exclusive interview to Elle magazine, where she talked about her life and career at length. Surprisingly, she expected Joe to be rude – a dick to be precise- before she met him. Read on!
The earliest connection between the two was Jonas’ agent. Apparently, the agent met Sophie and felt that the two would hit it off really well. Joe was to perform in the UK with his band DNCE for BBC Radio 1’s Teen Awards on 23 October 2016. And a meeting was set up when Joe direct-messaged Turner on Instagram. She said, “I was living with my friends in Camden, in a really rough flat – people were always climbing in and out of windows. When I told my friends, they were like, ‘That’s hilarious. You have to do it. And you have to text us everything he says.’”
The meeting place was a neighborhood bar. “It was just this local shitty bar, dirty, with great music and people throwing up everywhere. It was that kind of a place. Kind of like the worst, but also kind of the best,” Sophie said.
But she was skeptical about him. “I expected him to show up with security and everything. I thought, ‘He’s gonna be such a dick,’ I brought all my guy friends to come with me to meet him because in the back of my mind I was still worried that he could be a catfish – or I don’t know what, I just wanted my guy friends with me- I had my rugby boys, I was safe.”
However true our fears or fancies may seem, reality surprises us all. “He didn’t bring security. He brought a friend, and they drank just as hard as the rest of us. I remember the two of us spending only a couple of minutes on the dance floor, and then we just found a space far in the corner and we just talked. We talked for hours, and hours, and hours. And I was like, not bored. It wasn’t contrived. It wasn’t small talk – it was just so easy. And soon we were like, inseparable. I went on tour with him,” Turner said.
The rest, as we would say, is history, and very much the present. Joe proposed on their one-year anniversary, and they announced their engagement in October 2017.
They married twice; a surprise wedding first on May 1, 2019, in Las Vegas at A Little White Wedding Chapel, and then after two months, in a bigger ceremony in Sarrians, a town in the South of France. Although the couple hasn’t confirmed yet, there are strong rumors that they are expecting their first child.
The English actress got married really young; things must be different after marriage. “I feel like the only thing that’s changed for me is having this incredible sense of security. Just the word ‘husband’ and the word ‘wife’ – it just solidifies the relationship. I love being married. I think it’s wonderful. I’m sure we’ll have our hiccups and our different things. But right now, it’s like the safety and security is everything,” she said.
Moreover, she feels the American singer-songwriter is too special. “With Joe, I always felt like I was the one who was punching, like, way above my league. And I still feel like that. He’s so handsome, talented, funny, charismatic. I’m really lucky to be with him and have someone like him want to be around me and spend time with me,” Sophie said.
Relationships are so important in our lives – whether it be with a person or a show like Game of Thrones. They serve as mirrors in which we see ourselves. Game of Thrones is over, but we wish the Queen in the North reigns long and supreme in all her relationships. What are your thoughts? Talk to us in the comments.
