--- title: Game of Thrones: Ramsay Bolton Thanks Fans for Support description: Following Ramsay Bolton's long-awaited death in "Battle of the Bastards," Iwan Rheon has thanked Game of Thrones fans for their support. canonical: https://time.com/4376639/game-of-thrones-ramsay-bolton-iwan-rheon-thanks-fans/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-21T16:40:25.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:33:34.807Z og:title: Game of Thrones' Ramsay Bolton Thanks Fans for Realizing He's Not Evil og:description: "Very glad people can differentiate me from the character" og:url: https://time.com/4376639/game-of-thrones-ramsay-bolton-iwan-rheon-thanks-fans/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1f1a4439e952178/69889807524fc0dd94df865b/game-of-thrones-episode-9-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4500 og:image:height: 2531 og:image:alt: game-of-thrones-episode-9-2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Game of Thrones' Ramsay Bolton Thanks Fans for Realizing He's Not Evil twitter:description: "Very glad people can differentiate me from the character" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1f1a4439e952178/69889807524fc0dd94df865b/game-of-thrones-episode-9-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # _Game of Thrones'_ Ramsay Bolton Thanks Fans for Realizing He’s Not Actually Evil > Sponsored content. 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Following [Ramsay Bolton’s](http://time.com/4374517/twitter-game-of-thrones-death-ramsay-bolton/?xid=tcoshare) long-awaited death in “[Battle of the Bastards](http://time.com/4374330/game-of-thrones-battle-of-the-bastards-review/),” the ninth episode of [_Game of Thrones_‘](http://time.com/4374748/battle-of-cannae-game-of-thrones/?xid=time%5Fsocialflow%5Ftwitter) sixth season, [Iwan Rheon](http://time.com/4374348/game-of-thrones-ramsay-bolton/?xid=tcoshare) — who played the sadistic Warden of the North — has thanked fans for their support. The 31-year-old actor took to Twitter Tuesday to express his gratitude to viewers who applauded his four-season-long run as one of television’s most hated villains. “I’m very touched by all your lovely messages,” he wrote. “And very glad people can differentiate me from the character. Thank you.” > [](https://twitter.com/iwanrheon/status/745216333269327872) Unfortunately, not every character who meets their end on _Thrones_ gets the same treatment. After Rickon Stark was shot through the heart during Sunday’s installment, many fans criticized him for trying to run from Ramsay’s arrows in a straight line. > [](https://twitter.com/keysertitus27/status/744972956892172288) > [](https://twitter.com/Thrones%5FMemes/status/744963467904417794) > [](https://twitter.com/KFCBarstool/status/744878075486343168) And apparently, actor Art Parkinson agreed. “Had a good run,” he joked, adding the hashtag, “shoulda zigzagged.” > [](https://twitter.com/art%5Fparkinson/status/744999252984729600) “The Winds of Winter,” the tenth episode of _Thrones_‘ sixth season, airs Sunday at 9 p.m. E.T. on HBO. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4376639/game-of-thrones-ramsay-bolton-iwan-rheon-thanks-fans/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4376639/game-of-thrones-ramsay-bolton-iwan-rheon-thanks-fans/"},"headline":"Game of Thrones' Ramsay Bolton Thanks Fans for Realizing He’s Not Actually Evil","datePublished":"2016-06-21T16:40:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:33:34.807Z","description":"\"Very glad people can differentiate me from the character\"","url":"https://time.com/4376639/game-of-thrones-ramsay-bolton-iwan-rheon-thanks-fans/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","game of thrones","celebrities","viral","TV"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1f1a4439e952178/69889807524fc0dd94df865b/game-of-thrones-episode-9-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd1f1a4439e952178/69889807524fc0dd94df865b/game-of-thrones-episode-9-2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"game-of-thrones-episode-9-2","caption":"Iwan Rheon in Game of Thrones, season 6, episode 9.","creditText":"Helen Sloan—Courtesy of HBO","representativeOfPage":true}],"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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4376639/game-of-thrones-ramsay-bolton-iwan-rheon-thanks-fans/","name":"Game of Thrones' Ramsay Bolton Thanks Fans for Realizing He’s Not Actually Evil"}}]}] ```