--- description: Game of Thrones' Kit Harington revealed the surprising reason why he and fiancee Rose Leslie never take fan photos together. title: Kit Harington Would Rather Not Take Photos With Rose Leslie image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt45e1d93425e78c43/6988e2f9ab6d772cac6b0514/kit-harington-leslie-rose-relationship.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Kit Harington Explains Why He and Rose Leslie Would Rather Not Take Photos With You by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 23, 2017 5:46 PM CUT  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](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 23, 2017 5:46 PM CUT The real-life romance of [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/game-of-thrones-2017/ "undefined")‘ golden couple, [Kit Harington and Rose Leslie](http://time.com/4957955/kit-harington-engaged-rose-leslie/ "undefined"), 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 "undefined"), 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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