Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke reveals why she won’t Google herself

Former Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke has revealed she won’t Google herself.

Speaking to Body and Soul magazine on Sunday, the 33-year-old said it was how she deals with fame in a healthy way.

‘I don’t Google myself, I don’t look at anything,’ she told the publication. 

‘And that, to me, is the recipe for success in dealing with fame and any subsequent failures.’ 

‘I learnt very very early on, after my first year [on Game of Thrones] and especially after my brain hemorrhages, not to read anything,’ she continued. 

Emilia went on to say she won’t tie her self-esteem into what others think of her either. 

‘If you try not to tie your sense of self-worth to what other people perceive as success, then you’re not going to tie it to what people may perceive as failure.’

Grounded: ‘I learnt very very early on, after my first year [on Game of Thrones] and especially after my brain hemorrhages, not to read anything,’ said Emilia

Emilia has spoken out about her past struggles with intense anxiety and panic attacks. 

Speaking to podcast Table Manners last month, she explained why she no longer takes selfies with fans. 

‘I was walking through an airport and I suddenly starting having what I can only believe to be a panic attack brought on by complete exhaustion,’ said Emilia.  

Scary: ‘I was on my own. I was on the phone to my mum saying, “I feel like I can’t breathe. I don’t know what’s going on”.’

‘I was on my own. I was on the phone to my mum saying, “I feel like I can’t breathe. I don’t know what’s going on”. 

‘This guy’s like, “Can I get a selfie?” And I was like, “I can’t breathe, I’m really sorry. Just having a minute.”

Despite crying and going through the difficult ordeal, she revealed that the fan was insistent on getting the snap.  

Terrifying: Despite crying and going through the difficult ordeal, Emilia revealed that the fan was insistent on getting the snap

She went on to say that she now asks if she can give fans an autograph instead.  

‘When you do that, you have to have an interaction with that person, as opposed to someone just going, “Give us a selfie, goodbye”.’   

Emilia suffered from a life-threatening brain haemorrhage, which she suffered at age 24, after filming the first season of Game of Thrones.  

She told The Observer that she believed it helped gain perspective on her life. 

‘Having a brain hemorrhage that coincided precisely with the beginning of my career and the beginning of a show that became something quite meaty, it gave me a perspective that I wouldn’t have otherwise.’  

Perspective: ‘Having a brain hemorrhage that coincided precisely with the beginning of my career and the beginning of a show… it gave me a perspective that I wouldn’t have otherwise’