Kit Harington reveals his most hilariously embarrassing fan interactions: They’re the ‘most excruciating’

You know nothing, Kit Harington.

The “Game of Thrones” star, famous for playing Jon Snow in the hit HBO series, got absolutely “ripped” by his pals during a hilariously awkward fan encounter in London.

While out with his friends recently, Harington was stopped on the street by what he presumed to be an adoring fan.

“Sometimes someone comes up to you in the center of town, usually a tourist, and they’re like, ‘Could you take a photo?,’ and you’re like, ‘Yeah, sure!'” he explained in a behind-the-scenes video while promoting Zynga’s new video game, “Game of Thrones: Legends.”

Kit Harington, pictured here in a behind-the-scenes video for Zynga’s new “Game of Thrones” video game, revealed some hilariously awkward fan interactions. The actor explained in the video that he’s been out with friends and asked for photos before. More than happy to oblige, the “Game of Thrones” actor went to put his arm around the fan before realizing they were asking for him to take a photo of them, not with them.

“You go and you put your arm around them and they’re like, ‘No, no, no, of me and Big Ben,'” he continued, adding that he got “absolutely ripped by [his] mates” after the “excruciatingly embarrassing” moment.

Harington, 37, said the awkward exchange “happens quite often” and joked it’s actually the “opposite of a fan interaction.”

Overall though, he made sure to note in the video that fans of “Game of Thrones,” which ran from 2011-2019, are “always wonderful” and his interactions with them are “great.”

He joked that the exchanges are “excruciatingly embarrassing,” but all his real interactions with fans of the show, in which he plays Jon Snow, have been “wonderful.” His partnership with Zynga and their new “Game of Thrones: Legend” game is his first time returning to the world since the show ended in 2019.

Harington’s partnership with the new game “Game of Thrones: Legends,” in which fans can create a build their own houses with the show’s iconic characters and battle friends, marks the first time the actor has returned to the series in any capacity since 2019.

“I love that the ‘Thrones’ world is still continuing five years after I wrapped my part of it,” he said, adding that the show’s spinoff, “House of The Dragon” and games like “Legends” are keeping the franchise going.

“Frankly, it’s really great to be associated with,” Harington said.

Harington, who shares two children with his wife and former “Game of Thrones” co-star, Rose Leslie, quipped that he enjoys playing games when he gets any moments of free time.

Since the show ended, Harington and his wife Rose Leslie, pictured together here in 2020, have welcomed two children. FilmMagic for HBO Harington, pictured here with Leslie in 2022, says he tries to play games whenever he gets moments of free time. WireImage

After the eighth and final season of the HBO show, Harington stepped away from acting to focus on his mental health.

“I think I took a sort of break after ‘Thrones’ where I said, ‘I don’t want to work for a year. I want to really kind of concentrate on myself,’” he said in 2021. “I’m really happy I did that.”

Harington and Leslie, 37, welcomed their first baby, a son, in 2021 and a baby girl in 2023.

In February, it was announced Harington would star in Jeremy O. Harris’ “Slave Play” in London’s West End from June 29 to Sept. 21.