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Olivia Cooke is getting candid about one of the reasons she took a break from social media, saying there’s “a lot of ugliness” in House of the Dragon fandom.

The actress, who plays controversial Queen Alicent Hightower in HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel series, recently chatted with GQ about the passionate yet intense fanbase that often theorizes about not only her character but sometimes herself and her relationship with directors.

“I think some of those interpretations just catch fire, and they become something that bears no resemblance to what was shown on the screen at the time,” Cooke said. “There’s a lot of ugliness to that fandom as well. It’s steeped in misogyny. There’s a lot of racism.…