These ‘Game of Thrones’ Characters’ Real-Life Partners Will Blow Your Mind

Gemma Whelan & Gerry Howell

Gemma plays the strong and able Yara Greyjoy in Game of Thrones. Gemma is dating Gerry Howell, a comedian and writer.

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The More You Know

  • There was a quiz show scandal in the ‘50s
  • Game of Thrones made television history with "Baelor," the final episode of the first season, by killing off Ned Stark (played by Sean Bean), the main character of the show
  • One of the most influential TV series of all time, Star Trek broke several boundaries, including showing the first interracial kiss on television—between Captain Kirk and Lieutenant Uhura—in the 1968 episode "Plato's Stepchildren."
  • The original pilot for Game of Thrones was judged to be so bad by the studio that the series was nearly cancelled.
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