The "Game of Thrones" actor spoke about dark periods in his life to The Sunday Times in 2021, detailing his decision to go sober. "You get to a place where you feel like you are a bad person, you feel like you are a shameful person. And you feel that there's no way out, that's just who you are. And getting sober is the process of going, 'No, I can change'," he said.
Married to costar Rose Leslie, and now a dad of two, he added: "I have a child [now two] and my relationship is brilliant. I'm a very, very happy, content, sober man."