Former 'Game of Thrones' star Rose Leslie opens up about husband Kit Harington's alcoholism for the first time

• Rose Leslie spoke to Harper's Bazaar UK about her husband Kit Harington's alcoholism.
• "The Good Fight" star said she has "learnt a lot about addiction" through Harington.

Rose Leslie has opened up about her husband, fellow actor Kit Harington, and his alcoholism for the first time publicly in a new interview.

"The Good Fight" star appeared in a cover story for Harper's Bazaar UK's June 2022 edition and spoke to writer Helena Lee about Harington's sobriety and relationship with the AA community.

"For Kit, being an addict, it's very important for him to recognize himself as such," she said before explaining that Harington has sought help in rehab.

Harington previously checked into the Privé-Swiss wellness retreat in Connecticut in 2019 to work on "personal issues."

"The AA community has provided such a loving space for him to feel heard, to make sure he's not alone," Leslie continued. "But if it weren't for rehab, he would be in a very different headspace right now."

Leslie said she is "doing well" and that Harington is "several years into his sobriety." She said she had attended Al-Anon, a support group for friends and relatives of people with alcoholism.

"I've learnt a lot about addiction and it's something Kit is forever going to be aware of, but it's on him whether he chooses to drink again," she said. "No amount of nannying is going to be able to stop him from doing what he decides to do... I don't choose to put that pressure on myself. The responsibility of his behavior is on him. It's not on me to guard him from it."

Harington first disclosed his addiction in August 2021 when he told The Times that he "went through some horrible stuff."

"Things that have happened to me since 'Thrones' ended, and that were happening during 'Thrones,' were of a pretty traumatic nature and they did include alcohol," he said at the time.

He further spoke about his sobriety in The Guardian in February 2022, saying that "addiction gone wrong is a very selfish trait. Even a sober addict can be a very selfish person. It's a self-centered disease." He added that he has been sober for nearly three years, according to the interview.

Leslie and Harington first met on the set of "Game of Thrones" in 2011 and later married in Scotland in June of 2018. Their first child together, a son, was born in February 2021.