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An "exhausted" Kit Harrington checks into rehab for alcohol and stress

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  • 29 May 2019

Kit Harington discretely checked into rehab for stress and alcohol abuse before the finale of Game of Thrones aired, according to Page Six. 

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An "exhausted" Kit Harrington checks into rehab for alcohol and stress

The "exhausted" actor, who played Jon Snow in the hit HBO series for eight consecutive years, has now been in the luxury Connecticut health retreat known as Privé-Swiss for over a month. According to the outlet, Harington has been undergoing "psychological coaching, practising mindful meditation and cognitive behavioural therapy to combat stress and deal with negative emotions at the facility, which costs over $120,000 a month." 

 

His wife, Rose Leslie— who he met on the set of the series and played Jon Snow's Wildling companion, Ygritte— is said to have been "extremely supportive" of his decision to seek help. 

“He’s in the clinic predominantly for stress and exhaustion and also alcohol," a source close to the star told the outlet. "Everyone close to him really wanted him to get some rest. Right now, he just needs peace and quiet.”

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It's no secret Harington has struggled with mental health issues and has been open about his battle with depression. He recently told Variety that his path to stardom has been riddled with hiccups and his lowest point came when his character was killed and then came back to life. 

“It wasn’t a very good time in my life,” he said. “I felt I had to feel that I was the most fortunate person in the world, when actually, I felt very vulnerable. I had a shaky time in my life around there — like I think a lot of people do in their 20s.”

“My darkest period was when the show seemed to become so much about Jon, when he died and came back,” he explained. “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."

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He added: “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 f—ing terrifying. That was a time when I started therapy and started talking to people,” he said, “I had felt very unsafe, and I wasn’t talking to anyone.”

Harington also told Esquire last month that filming the final scenes for Game of Thrones came with a "full on breakdown".  

“My final day of shooting, I felt fine … I felt fine … I felt fine … then I went to do my last shots and started hyperventilating a bit …Then they called ‘wrap’ and I just f***ing broke down. It was this onslaught of relief and grief about not being able to do this again. But the weirdest bit was when we came off set and they started taking the costume off and it felt like being skinned … It felt like they were unceremoniously for the last time ripping off this character." 

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