‘Game of Thrones’ star Kit Harrington on fatherhood, COVID pandemic

Jon Snow could know nothing — however Kit Harrington now is aware of lots about parenting.

Harrington, who performed Snow on “Recreation of Thrones,” lately opened up about fatherhood now that he welcomed a baby with fellow “Recreation of Thrones” actress Rosie Leslie earlier in 2021, in accordance with BuzzFeed News.

Harrington talked concerning the first six months in an interview with Access Hollywood. He mentioned that he discovered fatherhood shocking.

“You recognize, they let you know, however they don’t let you know,” he said. “Everybody goes, ‘Look, it’s large. What you’re about to undergo is large.’ And you haven’t any manner of figuring out that till it occurs.”

“What surprises you, is you go, ‘Oh, this goes on without end! You don’t get a break from it!’”

“Every single day I get up and I take care of this little human,” Harrington added. “And now we’re a part of a unit collectively.”

Harrington referred to as the dynamic between Leslie and their new child “stunning.”

“I feel the factor that surprises me most about fatherhood is you at the moment are a unit, the three of you,” he mentioned. “That’s an entire new dynamic it’s essential discover, and just about discover each day as he grows and adjustments, and the way does that change you?

“It’s a ravishing factor,” Harrington said. “It truly is.”

Harrington mentioned in an interview with SiriusXM’s “The Jess Cagle Show” that fatherhood made the pandemic yr a optimistic expertise. Although it was a bizarre yr, it introduced him a baby, he mentioned.

“So I had a fairly profound and superb expertise throughout this final yr and a half,” he mentioned, in accordance with “Entertainment Tonight Canada.” “And yeah, in fact it was anxiety-inducing and unusual and odd and I didn’t see my family and friends, however on the entire, my family and friends are all wholesome, I’m now a father. On the entire I had a really fortunate expertise over the previous yr and a half. I do know others who haven’t.”

It’s an fascinating perspective to have for Harrington. A horrible pandemic yr introduced him the miracle of life, one thing stunning that he can embrace for the remainder of his life.