Game Of Thrones Star Emilia Clarke Says 'Quite A Bit' Of Her Brain Is 'Missing' After Life-Threatening Aneurysms
18.07.2022 - 22:43
/ perezhilton.com
Emilia Clarke is reflecting on the life-threatening health struggles she’s gone through over the years.
The popular Game Of Thrones actress suffered two nearly fatal brain aneurysms in 2011 and 2013. And in a new in-depth interview that was released on Sunday, the London-born star shared with the world just how miraculous her recovery really was.
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Speaking on BBC‘s interview series Sunday Morning, Khaleesi recalled suffering her first life-threatening aneurysm back in 2011, very soon after she wrapped filming for the first season of the memorable TV series. The aneurysm required immediate brain surgery. The aftermath of that forced Emilia to endure “the most excruciating pain,” as she told the outlet over the weekend.
A second aneurysm in 2013 required another lengthy recovery period amid filming seasons of GoT. Clarke previously explained the ordeal in a 2019 essay for The New Yorker in which she revealed that she couldn’t remember her own name for a long time as she recovered.
She seems so healthy these days, you’d be forgiven for thinking these aneurysms weren’t as dangerous as they were. But in this new interview about the health scare, Clarke revealed that “quite a bit” of her brain is still “missing” now, even years afterward. She explained:
Emilia is very, very lucky, telling the outlet doctors have been amazed at her recovery in light of how much brain activity she lost following the aneurysms. Most people who suffer this kind of loss lose memory, speech, motor function, that kind of thing. The Last Christmas star explained:
Wow.
The actress famously played Daenerys Targaryen on the hit HBO series throughout the ordeal. In fact,