--- title: Kit Harington on Why He Never Takes Photos With Rose Leslie description: Game of Thrones' Kit Harington revealed the surprising reason why he and fiancee Rose Leslie never take fan photos together. canonical: https://time.com/4993710/kit-harington-rose-leslie-no-pictures/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-10-23T17:46:05.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:48:12.813Z og:title: Kit Harington Would Rather Not Take Photos With Rose Leslie og:description: When it comes to fans, he doesn't want to feel like a walking show" og:url: https://time.com/4993710/kit-harington-rose-leslie-no-pictures/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45e1d93425e78c43/6988e2f9ab6d772cac6b0514/kit-harington-leslie-rose-relationship.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2000 og:image:height: 1125 og:image:alt: Premiere Of HBO's "Game Of Thrones" Season 7 - Arrivals og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Kit Harington Would Rather Not Take Photos With Rose Leslie twitter:description: When it comes to fans, he doesn't want to feel like a walking show" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45e1d93425e78c43/6988e2f9ab6d772cac6b0514/kit-harington-leslie-rose-relationship.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Kit Harington Explains Why He and Rose Leslie Would Rather Not Take Photos With You > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically. by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 23, 2017 5:46 PM UTC  LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 12: Actors Rose Leslie and Kit Harington arrive at the premiere of HBO's 'Game Of Thrones' Season 7 at Walt Disney Concert Hall on July 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 12: Actors Rose Leslie and Kit Harington arrive at the premiere of HBO's 'Game Of Thrones' Season 7 at Walt Disney Concert Hall on July 12, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic) Axelle/Bauer-Griffin—FilmMagic by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Oct 23, 2017 5:46 PM UTC The real-life romance of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/)‘ golden couple, [Kit Harington and Rose Leslie](http://time.com/4957955/kit-harington-engaged-rose-leslie/), has become the Internet’s everlasting obsession. But it turns out Harington has some boundaries when it comes to his leading lady. In an interview with [_The Guardian_](https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/oct/21/kit-harington-game-of-thrones-swords-gunpowder), Jon Snow revealed that he has days when he won’t take pictures with people and that he and Leslie deliberately don’t take photos together with fans. On refusing photos, he said: “But you just have to, otherwise you start feeling like a mannequin. Especially me and Rose, we never do a photo together. Because then it makes our relationship feel like…puppets. Like we’re a walking show.” Harington also disclosed that he’s hesitant to speak about their relationship and now engagement to the press out of respect for Leslie and their private life together. “I don’t believe in talking about one’s relationship in the press because it’s…I strongly believe it’s her relationship and mine, and anything I say here, she may not want me to say,” he said. “So I just don’t say it. 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