--- description: When Sophie Turner was photographed licking a Tyrion Lannister mask during last year's Comic-Con, the pictures quickly went viral. title: Sophie Turner Explains That Photo of Her Licking Peter Dinklage image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Game of Thrones_ Star Sophie Turner Explains That Whole Licking Peter Dinklage Incident  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 12, 2016 3:26 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 12, 2016 3:26 PM CUT When [Sophie Turner](http://time.com/4201400/sophie-turner-sansa-stark-game-of-thrones/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined")—who plays [Sansa Stark](http://time.com/4275256/game-of-thrones-season-6-sophie-turner-sansa-stark/?iid=sr-link2 "undefined") on [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4286490/game-of-thrones-season-6-clip-davos-seaworth-jon-snow/?iid=sr-link1 "undefined")—was photographed [licking and kissing a Tyrion Lannister mask](http://www.tmz.com/2015/07/17/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-sansa-tyrion-comic-con-make-out/ "undefined") during last year’s Comic-Con, the pictures quickly went viral. Some fans were even under the impression that the person on the other side of the smooch was Peter Dinklage himself. However, during her appearance on Monday’s episode of _Conan_, Turner cleared up the incident once and for all. The 20-year-old actress explained that while she doesn’t remember much of the night, the person she licked was actually just a cosplayer disguised as her former on-screen husband. “Being the loyal wife that I am, I just gave him a quick lick,” she told O’Brien. **Read More:** [The New _Game of Thrones_ Trailer Teases a Major Battle](http://time.com/4288974/game-of-thrones-season-6-second-trailer/?iid=sr-link3 "undefined") But that’s not to say that she was upset by the gossip. “Yeah, a lot of people thought it was Peter. I’m not going to do anything to dispel those rumors, Peter’s a sexy guy,” she said. “But he has a wife, so I don’t think he’d be too pleased with a lick in the face.” Watch the full clip above. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4290517/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-licks-peter-dinklage-mask/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4290517/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-licks-peter-dinklage-mask/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones Star Sophie Turner Explains That Whole Licking Peter Dinklage Incident","datePublished":"2016-04-12T15:26:37.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:32.710Z","description":"\"Being the loyal wife that I am, I just gave him a quick lick\"","url":"https://time.com/4290517/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-licks-peter-dinklage-mask/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","Conan O'brien","TV","peter dinklage","Late Night Television","Comic Con","conan","Sansa Stark","Sophie Turner"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4290517/game-of-thrones-sophie-turner-licks-peter-dinklage-mask/","name":"Game of Thrones Star Sophie Turner Explains That Whole Licking Peter Dinklage Incident"}}]}] ```