Charo posts emotional video after husband’s death
‘Thrones’ actress Emilia Clarke says she’s had 2 aneurysms
“Game of Thrones” actress Emilia Clarke revealed Thursday that she has had two life-threatening aneurysms, and two brain surgeries, since the show began.
An unknown actress before landing the role, Clarke had just finished filming her first season as Daenerys Targaryen, the “Mother of Dragons,” on the HBO fantasy series when she had the first aneurysm in 2011 at age 24 while working out at a London gym.
“Just when all my childhood dreams seemed to have come true, I nearly lost my mind and then my life,” Clarke writes in a first-person story in The New Yorker.
Clarke said she had been healthy all her life, but was suffering from serious stress when the artery burst in her brain. Much of it came from constant press questions about the nudity of her character, a conquering queen, in the show’s first episode.
The second surgery, which was more invasive and involved opening her skull, came after Clarke finished shooting the third season.
Just over a month after her husband’s death, Charo is thanking her fans for their support.
In a video posted Wednesday to Instagram, the Spanish singer and actress said her fans are helping her get through this “very very hard” time.
“I want to thank you with all my heart, for your help, your prayer, your support. That keep me going,” she said. “Thank you, thank you, thank you very much.”
Kjell Rasten took his own life in February.