Fans defend Emilia Clarke after negative comments on her looks in her recent Instagram post

Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke is one of the bravest and most dedicated actresses in the filmmaking industry. She suffered two life-threatening brain aneurysms while filming for Game of Thrones, but she kept going on. The intense heat didn’t stop her, the long hours of work didn’t deter her. Hence when she was attacked on social media about her looks in a recent Instagram post, her fans quick to raise their voices in her defense.

Why was Emilia Clarke ridiculed for her Instagram post?

Clarke posed for a picture on Instagram with a mug that was gifted by her mom which had the caption “You’re doing fucking great” written on it, and she added, “It was important to share this newfound wisdom.” Though she had a mostly heartwarming response to her picture, there were a few who tried to make fun of her looks.

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How did the fans respond?

There was an immediate backlash toward the negative comments, you can have a look at some of them below:

This is a normal looking woman?? Do people not know anymore how people outside of edited social media posts look like????????? https://t.co/yJZ29bTQxy

— 🔸Yuuya🔸 (@veilnebuula) February 27, 2023

man learns for the very first time what 36 year old women with no botox look like https://t.co/S9ntrJ9c9m

— latke (@latkedelrey) February 28, 2023

I want to be so clear about something. I would be just as sickened & angry about those awful comments directed at Emilia Clarke even if we didn’t know ANYTHING about her medical history. I mean knowing makes it worse FOR SURE but y’all didn’t learn a fucking thing after Chadwick.

— ✨Natacia will be at SWCL✨ (@nknapper) February 28, 2023

I actually feel for women lol, they cant dress down and take random pics coz ppl like u will be analysing their entire existence https://t.co/TIVPQuIEGy

— respawnedtargaryen (@respawnedtarga1) February 28, 2023

What the hell did Emilia Clarke do to get a bunch of basement dwellers to body shame her? She seems nice and isn't even remotely ugly but even if she still wouldn't be cool to mock her appearance like this. 🤷

— Sigma Enby (EEAAO Sweep) ⚑👹📼🎥 (@suspiraserhead) March 2, 2023

hitting a wall apparently means your eyes wrinkle a little when u smile now https://t.co/EYnBhl952u

— amanda ☆〜（ゝ。∂） (@parfaitangeI) March 1, 2023

Will Daenerys return in the Jon Snow spin-off?

As far as we know, no. Emilia Clarke in a previous interview said that she is pretty much done with Daenerys, so unless the role is recast or there’s an absolutely wonderful script that makes her say yes, there’s little chance that she’ll return to Westeros.

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