Update: A representative for Kit Harington tells Glamour that the Game of Thrones actor is at a wellness retreat at the moment: “Kit has decided to utilize this break in his schedule as an opportunity to spend some time at a wellness retreat to work on some personal issues.”
Original Post: Kit Harington has checked into rehab for stress, exhaustion, and alcohol, Page Six reports.
According to multiple sources who spoke to the outlet, Harington is currently seeking treatment at the high-end Connecticut health center Privé-Swiss. He’s reportedly been there for roughly a month and arrived weeks before Game of Thrones‘ finale on May 19. (He played Jon Snow on the hit HBO show for eight years.)
Page Six adds that Harington has been undergoing “psychological coaching, practicing mindful meditation and cognitive behavioral therapy” to help deal with his issues. Treatment at the center goes for over $120,000 a month.
His wife, Rose Leslie, whom he met on the set of GoT and married last June, is reportedly being “extremely supportive” of Harington’s needs at the moment.
“The end of GoT really hit Kit hard,” a source close to Harington tells Page Six. “He realized ‘this is it—this is the end,’ it was something they had all worked so hard on for so many years. He had a moment of, what next? He’s in the clinic predominantly for stress and exhaustion and also alcohol. His wife Rose is being extremely supportive. Everyone close to him really wanted him to get some rest. Right now, he just needs peace and quiet.”
Harington opened up to Variety in March about starting therapy while working on Game of Thrones.
“My darkest period was when the show seemed to become so much about Jon, when he died and came back,” he told the magazine. “I really didn’t like the focus of the whole show coming onto Jon—even though it was invalidating my problem about being the weak link because things were about Jon. When you become the cliffhanger of a TV show, and a TV show probably at the height of its power, the focus on you is fucking terrifying.”
He continued, “That was a time when I started therapy, and started talking to people. I had felt very unsafe, and I wasn’t talking to anyone. I had to feel very grateful for what I have, but I felt incredibly concerned about whether I could even fucking act.”
Game of Thrones clearly meant the world to Kit Harington—so much so that he sobbed when he found out his character and Daenerys Targaryen’s (Emilia Clarke) fates in the series finale.
