--- description: Emilia Clarke (who plays Daenerys Targaryen) says she gets "really annoyed" by complaints over Game of Thrones' sex scenes title: 'It's Part of Life.' Emilia Clarke Defends 'Game of Thrones' Sex Scenes image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb7cc464988364f2/69869b11cd804dce0cccbdbd/sex-television-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Television](/tag/television/) ## Television Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 'It's Part of Life.' Emilia Clarke Defends _Game of Thrones_ Sex Scenes by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 22, 2017 2:52 PM CUT  Emilia Clarke plays Daenerys Targaryen in "Game of Thrones." Emilia Clarke plays Daenerys Targaryen in "Game of Thrones."HBO by [Sarah Begley](/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 22, 2017 2:52 PM CUT [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/5033661/hbo-hacking-behzad-mesri-charged/ "undefined") has drawn complaints and criticism for featuring a high volume of sex scenes — and [rape scenes](http://motto.time.com/4697273/sophie-turner-game-of-thrones-rape-scene-inspired-activism/ "undefined") — in the six years since it first aired on [HBO](http://time.com/5004153/kit-harington-gunpowder-hbo/ "undefined"). But one of the show’s stars says audiences need to get over it. In an interview with [Harper’s Bazaar](http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a13586407/emilia-clarke-interview/ "undefined"), Emilia Clarke (who plays [Daenerys Targaryen](http://time.com/4947787/game-of-thrones-emilia-clarke-daenerys-tagaryen-blonde/ "undefined")) says she gets “really annoyed” by that line of criticism. “People say, ‘Oh, yeah, all the porn sites went down when _Game of Thrones_ came back on.’ I’m like, ‘_The Handmaid’s Tale_?’ I fucking love that show, and I cried when it ended because I couldn’t handle not seeing it. That is all sex and nudity. There are so many shows centered around this very true fact that people reproduce.” She continued, “People fuck for pleasure — it’s part of life.” Whether audiences like it or not, they can probably expect more sex scenes featuring Clarke herself when the series returns for its final season in 2018 or 2019. \[[_Harper’s Bazaar_](http://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a13586407/emilia-clarke-interview/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5034928/emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-sex-scenes/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5034928/emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-sex-scenes/"},"headline":"'It's Part of Life.' Emilia Clarke Defends Game of Thrones Sex Scenes","datePublished":"2017-11-22T14:52:29.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T18:20:12.153Z","description":"\"There are so many shows centered around this very true fact that people reproduce\"","url":"https://time.com/5034928/emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-sex-scenes/","keywords":["Television","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb7cc464988364f2/69869b11cd804dce0cccbdbd/sex-television-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Begley","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltfb7cc464988364f2/69869b11cd804dce0cccbdbd/sex-television-game-of-thrones.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Emilia Clarke plays Daenerys Targaryen in \"Game of Thrones.\"","caption":"Emilia Clarke plays Daenerys Targaryen in \"Game of Thrones.\"","creditText":"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":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/television/","name":"Television"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5034928/emilia-clarke-game-of-thrones-sex-scenes/","name":"'It's Part of Life.' Emilia Clarke Defends Game of Thrones Sex Scenes"}}]}] ```