‘Game of Thrones has just been ruined’

Justin Hill during one of his career highlights — interviewing Jamie Lannister (actually Nicholaj Coster-Waldau). Source: Supplied

EVERY now and then I walk into a book shop and lovingly linger near the enormous George R.R. Martin Game of Thrones books and think two things:

Can I even read that much?

And.

Should I just buy it for myself and ruin future viewing of the TV show?

From the very start of the Game of Thrones series I've gasped and clutched my chest at scenes like the red wedding. I've covered my eyes when there were beheadings, skull crushings and disembowelments.

I've grown up with Ayra Stark (I'm a 31 year old man BTW) and even DYED MY HAIR PLATINUM WHITE in honour of the snowy haired, Mother of Dragons, Khaleesi Daenerys Targaryen.

But I've managed to stay away from those sandstone slab sized books and just stick with watching the TV episodes as they were released each week. Last year I nearly fangirled as I interviewed Nicholaj Coster-Waldau (Jamie Lanister) at the premiere of Season 4 of Game of Thrones. We spoke about stumpy hand prosthetics and the joys of working on such a show while he flashed his million dollar smile and spoke in that euro-chic accent of his.

Before the cameras starting rolling on my interview with Kit Harrington I had to get all of my Jon Snow jokes out of my system. I even went to that Pompeii movie he was in (not my kind of movie FYI) just so I could interview him. I'm a massive fan, you get the picture.

But now it's all been ruined.

Justin Hill with Jon Snow (Kit Harrington). Source: Supplied

Because some snotty little reviewer (or so I presume) couldn't keep their review disc OFF the internet, now the first 4 episodes of GOT have been leaked and basically I feel like I should just give up now.

Watching a TV episode like this, before it's aired, is like eating a cake before it's ready. Why would you do it? You want it to bake all the way through otherwise it's just not the same. It cheats everyone involved — from the actors (my good friends Nicholaj and Kit) to the crew, the producers and the many people that spend months and months on this show, just to have it leaked online.

I feel like I've done ALL this work … cast myself out socially by staying away from my fellow GOT fans and loudly interrupting people and asking them to STOP talking about the storyline since the last season ended. And then someone goes and leaks four episodes online. Why did I bother?

But I won't give up.

Like the Khaleesi, I will persevere.

Like she treks across that harsh desert, with the lives of her subjects weighing heavily on her shoulders, I will be avoiding Facebook and quickly closing the app for fear of seeing any spoiler Tweet. I'll even stop posting selfies on Instagram until I watch the first episode tonight, along with the rest of the disgruntled fans joining me at the Sydney Opera House for the official premiere.

In the famous words of the Wilding Ygritte, no longer can I say 'YOU KNOW NOTHIN' JON SNOOO' … because those episodes leaked online and I accidentally saw a Tweet … and now I know something.

Justin Hill is an Entertainment Reporter on Today's hit network, The Scoopla Show, 6-7pm weeknights.

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