Watch Matt Smith subtly correct interviewer who misgendered Emma D’Arcy during House of the Dragon Season 2 premiere

Emma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen is one of the best castings in House of the Dragon, and Matt Smith as Daemon complements them perfectly. Matt Smith is also a great ally of D’Arcy in real life.

Smith’s act of correcting an interviewer who misgendered D’Arcy at the London premiere of House of the Dragon Season 2 was a significant moment and a powerful statement. This action, praised by the LGBTQ+ community, underscores Smith’s support for the community and the importance of using respectful language.

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Matt Smith corrects interviewer who misgenders Emma D’Arcy

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At the London premiere of “House of the Dragon” Season 2, Sue Perkins, the host of Sky’s fan show “House of the Dragon: War Room,” interviewed Matt Smith. She referred to an earlier interview with Emma D’Arcy, saying, “She gave you all the credit,” about the scene where Daemon tells Rhaenyra about Lucerys’ death.

D’Arcy’s preferred pronouns are they/them. Smith answered Perkins’ question while using the correct pronouns, saying:

“I can’t take the credit, [but] I have to say, aren’t they brilliant?”

“They are absolutely brilliant, and you’re in for a real treat with Emma this year, I think Emma’s put in… a really great performance.”

The original poster of the video on Twitter shared their reaction, having recorded it from Sky’s live stream on TikTok:

Matt correcting Sue on Emma's pronouns OH MY HEART 😭 pic.twitter.com/G6kBssjIG2

— gee 'bye grace' 🗡 (@DaemonUponethMe) June 10, 2024

Perkins has since responded to her error.

It was a shitty mistake. Had loads of stuff going on in my earpiece and so wasn't as focused as I should have been. No excuses though. These things matter and I feel terrible about it. Am a massive fan of their work and would never want to be disrespectful x

— Sue Perkins 💙 (@sueperkins) June 11, 2024

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Fan reactions to Perkins’ statement

After this interview, fans took to Twitter to voice their opinions regarding Perkins misgendering D’Arcy.

good man! but honestly a big network like sky messing up emma’s pronouns at a big premiere is so unserious, they need to do better tbh

— you go your way🚘 fantasy 💫 era (@paulatinaments) June 10, 2024

I noticed in the interview of Harry’s I saw that he did the same thing. The interviewer addressed Emma as she and he emphasized they when he answered.

— Nico (@NicoAtNight7) June 10, 2024

The huge emphasis he uses on they, Matt and the rest of the cast of been so lovely and respectful towards Emma, its quite great to see

— Dani💚💙 (@dbizzle4672) June 10, 2024

Bowing down to Matt who quite rightly used Emma's pronouns, absolute King of a man. Want to give Sue the benefit of the doubt, an error. Sue was one of the first queer woman that I ever saw on daytime British TV, back when it wasn't accepted to do so. She's one of us

— Fletchlove (@light_f5) June 10, 2024