‘I have a child and my relationship is brilliant’: Kit Harington reflects on his family life but admits being a parent is more ‘physically draining’ than anything he’s ever done
Kit Harington starred as hero Jon Snow in the epic HBO series Game Of Thrones.
And while the hit show meant he was often filming in rough terrain and doing intense fight scenes for hours on end – he called being a parent ‘the most physically draining thing’ he has ever done.
The 34-year-old candidly spoke about the highs and lows of fatherhood with The Weekend Australian, on Saturday.
He’s a hands on dad: Kit Harington told The Weekend Australian that being a parent is more ‘physically draining’ than Game Of Thrones after welcoming his son with wife Rose Leslie
He welcomed his first child, a son whose name has not been publicly revealed, with wife and fellow actor Rose Leslie in February.
As Rose, who he married in 2018, films a new project in New York, Kit has taken charge of doting on their little boy.
‘Like, honestly, my back is wrecked. I go to the gym quite a bit, but there’s something about having a child that is the most physically draining thing,’ he said.
The actor went on to praise single parents saying: ‘I don’t know how you do it. Because it’s more exhausting than everything I did on Thrones.’
Family: The 34-year-old welcomed his first child, a son whose name has not been publicly revealed, with wife and fellow actor Rose Leslie in February. Pictured together is the couple shortly after the birth of their son
Elsewhere the actor he is ‘happy’ and ‘content’ with his life since becoming a father.
‘I have a child and my relationship is brilliant… I’m a very, very happy, content, sober man,’ he said, referring to his past battle with alcohol addiction.
Kit recently gave a gave a rare insight into fatherhood, admitting that although it’s been ‘beautiful’, it hasn’t been all smooth sailing.
Tough work: As she returns to work on set in New York, he has taken charge of taking care of their son. He said: ‘I go to the gym quite a bit, but there’s something about having a child that is the most physically draining thing… it’s more exhausting than everything I did on Thrones’
New lease on life: Elsewhere the actor he is ‘happy’ and ‘content’ with his life since becoming a father. ‘I have a child and my relationship is brilliant… I’m a very, very happy, content, sober man,’ he said, referring to his past battle with alcohol addiction
He told Access Hollywood in a candid interview earlier this month: ‘What surprises you is: You go, ”Oh, this goes on forever.” Like, you don’t get a break from it.’
‘I think the thing that surprises me most about fatherhood is you are now a unit, the three of you, and that’s a whole new dynamic you need to find,’ he said.
The actor added: ‘I pretty much find every day as he grows and changes, how does that change you? It’s a beautiful thing, it really is.’
Love on set: Kit and Rose met on the set of Game of Thrones in 2011 and later married in 2018