‘House of the Dragon’: Targaryens Are on the Brink of War as [SPOILER] Sits on the Iron Throne

Strictly's Giovanni Pernice, who clinched the Glitterball trophy last year for his performance with the show's first ever deaf contestant, Rose Ayling-Ellis, was devastated when he saw Ellie Simmonds, who has dwarfism, get the boot in week seven. Giovanni was axed very early on after his and Richie Anderson's performance in warthog and meerkat costumes from The Lion King seemed more like comedy than a dance contest to many - but he passionately defended Ellie.Taking to Instagram, he directly responded to Ellie's pro partner Nikita Kuzmin to make it clear how he felt."Way too early!!" he exclaimed, adding: "You guys were a dream to watch!! Both of you, be proud of what you have achieved."Watching Ellie's success was dear to Giovanni's heart as she won over the nation for weeks while Nikita transformed their routines to work for her - and the Italian pro has his own experience of dancing with someone living with a disability.His 2021 partner, Rose, who says she can sense the music via its vibrations, also chimed in on Instagram to praise and comfort Ellie after her exit."Absolutely love watching you both.

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SPOILER ALERT: This story contains details from the season finale of House of the Dragon.

HOUSE of the Dragon viewers were left feeling queasy by a "disgusting" foot fetish scene. House Of The Dragon focuses on Aegon Targaryen and his family of dragon riders and its civil war known as the Dance of Dragons.

The House of Dragon have shared their reactions to a "steamy" foot-fetish scene in the thrilling TV series.A recent "sex" scene between Queen Alicent Hightower (Olivia Cooke) and Lord Larys Strong (Matthew Needham) had left fans divided following the episode's debut. The Green Council episode saw Queen Alicent uncover her bare feet to get favours from the knight and head of House Strong, Larys.READ MORE: House of the Dragon fans realise they've seen Olivia Cooke beforeAlicent removes her shoes and stockings and places her feet up on the table in front of Larys, who suffers from clubbed feet.

*Warning: Contains spoilers for House of the Dragon episode 9*House of the Dragon episode 9, entitled The Green Council, saw half of the Game of Thrones prequel’s cast missing from action. With Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy) and Daemon Targaryen both away on Dragonstone, they were locked out of the events in the latest installment of the Sky Atlantic drama. Alicent (Olivia Cooke) and Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) both want to keep the news of King Viserys’ death under wraps, but for different reasons.

Fans of HBO's Game Of Thrones prequel series House Of The Dragon have endured brutal murders and incest scenes, but it was a foot fetish scene in Sunday's latest episode that pushed several fans over the edge.The latest episode — titled The Green Council — featured a dark scene in which Queen Alicent Hightower (played by Olivia Cooke) exposes her bare feet in order to get favors from Larys Strong (Matthew Needham).The clearly sexual scene had some fans up in arms, while others were happy to joke about the scene, which the episode's director Claire Kilner called a 'really dirty scene' while speaking with Entertainment Weekly. Didn't see that coming! Fans of House Of The Dragon were shocked while watching Sunday's episode when Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke) exposed her bare feet to Larys (Michael Needham) in exchange for gossipThe scene in questions takes place following the death of King Viserys (Paddy Considine) after a long, mysterious illness.His wife Alicent has determined that her son Aegon will assume the throne, and she claims that her husband expressed that wish on his death bed, even though his oldest daughter Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) was the previous candidate for the throne.Larys plans to share some gossip with Alicent that will help in her plot, but he requires a special favor before he is willing to share it: an unobstructed view of her bare feet.

[Warning: Spoilers for HBO’s “House of the Dragon” Episode 9, “The Green Council,” ahead.]Brothels got nothin’ on a foot fetish.Fans were left cringing over a moment in “House of the Dragon” on Sunday that even the episode’s director called a “really dirty scene.”While delivering gossip that can help Queen Alicent Hightower’s bottom line — placing her son Aegon on the Iron Throne in a hostile Westeros takeover — Larys Strong asks for something in return while the pair rendezvous in her bedchamber.But it seems Alicent has been lent a helping hand in exchange for her feet.As Larys, played by Matthew Needham, begins to spill the tea, Alicent (Olivia Cooke) starts to take off her shoes and stockings and places her bare feet on the coffee table. Larys then informs her of a web of spies in the Red Keep — led by the “White Worm” Mysaria and aided by one of her servants in an operation her father, Otto Hightower, knows about — as he stares at her dogs.But it doesn’t stop there.

After struggling for years with an unknown illness, King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) has passed away in the ninth episode of HBO's House of the Dragon.The King was seen in his bed taking his last breath in last week's eighth episode - The Lord of the Tides - which jumped six years in time from the previous episode.Sunday night's new episode - entitled The Green Council - takes place seemingly immediately after the last episode as the succession of Viserys is dealt with. Passed away: After struggling for years with an unknown illness, King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) has passed away in the ninth episode of HBO's House of the Dragon Succession: Sunday night's new episode - entitled The Green Council - takes place seemingly immediately after the last episode as the succession of Viserys is dealt withThe episode begins with the Iron Throne empty as a young boy walks through the Red Keep, telling a Talya (Alexis Raben) something.She goes to see Queen Alicent, presumably telling her that King Viserys is dead as she tells her to tell no one.

Spoiler alert for Season 1 episode 9 of “House of the Dragon.” On “Game of Thrones,” the penultimate episode of each season was typically the hour when the s–t hit the fan. That’s when, in their respective seasons, Ned Stark lost his head and the bloody Red Wedding unfolded.

end of episode 8, picks up immediately the next morning in episode 9, as Queen Alicent (Olivia Cooke) starts making moves -- ones that seem to counter what was set in place by the king and his council many years prior. Not only that, but the queen’s sons prove just how much of a hot mess they are while Princess Rhaenys Targaryen (Eve Best) finally finds herself provoked to get up off the sidelines and take action in the battle of succession for the Iron Throne. As the penultimate episode set up the season 1 finale, which will surely end with a fiery fight between families, fans took to social media to share their thoughts about the queen’s change of plans and that shocking show of restraint that ended the aptly titled “The Green Council.” [: Spoilers for season 1, episode 9.] With the king now dead, after a miraculously long health battle that ended with him crying into the night, the queen wastes no time to start making moves of her own, believing that Aegon Targaryen (Tom Glynn-Carney) is now the rightful heir to the throne -- and not Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen (Emma D’Arcy), who was previously promised to rule after her father’s death and even seemed to finally heal the festering wounds between her and her former best friend. However, the news of the king’s death is not yet widely known, allowing the queen and her father, the Hand of the King Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifan), to call their own small council (err “Green Council”) to determine the line of succession.

House Of the Dragon season one.Throughout the first season of the Game Of Thrones spin-off, viewers saw various members of the Targaryen family through several iterations, with Emma D’Arcy and Olivia Cooke replacing Milly Alcock and Emily Carey as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen and Queen Alicent Hightower, while Tom Glynn-Carney and Ewan Mitchell took over the roles of Prince Aegon Targaryen and Prince Aemond “One-Eye” Targaryen.However, fans had noted the omission of their youngest brother, Daeron Targaryen, who didn’t feature at all in the first season.Martin however, has since cleared up any confusion, explaining Daeron’s absence in his latest blog post.“Yes, Alicent gave Viserys four children, three sons and a daughter,” wrote the Game Of Thrones author. “Their youngest son Daeron is down in Oldtown, we just did not have the time to work him in this season.”Also in the blog post, Martin took the opportunity to praise the performance of actor Paddy Considine, noting that his portrayal of King Viserys was “more powerful and tragic and fully-fleshed” that his own written version.“Kudos to Eileen Shim, the scriptwriter, to Geeta Patel, the director, to our incredible cast… and particularly to Paddy Considine, for his portrayal of King Viserys, the First of His Name,” Martin wrote.“The character he created (with Ryan [Condal] and Sara [Hess] and the rest of our writers) for the show is so much more powerful and tragic and fully-fleshed than my own version in Fire & Blood that I am half tempted to go back and rip up those chapters and rewrite the whole history of his reign.He added: “Paddy deserves an Emmy for this episode alone.

Just two episodes after a massive 10-year time gap, HBO's House of the Dragon has skipped over yet many more years in Sunday night's eighth episode.The new episode - entitled The Lord of the Tides - reveals that Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) has been ruling as the Hand of the King in the stead of the seemingly ailing Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine).It seems that Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) and Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) have had enough of the Hightowers assuming the throne, as they make plans to head to King's Landing. While the official synopsis reveals that 10 more years have past, Rhaenys (Eve Best) mentions it's been six years since she's seen her husband Corlys (Steve Toussaint).  Ruling: The new episode - entitled The Lord of the Tides - reveals that Otto Hightower (Rhys Ifans) has been ruling as the Hand of the King in the stead of the seemingly ailing Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) King's Landing: It seems that Princess Rhaenyra (Emma D'Arcy) and Prince Daemon (Matt Smith) have had enough of the Hightowers assuming the throne, as they make plans to head to King's LandingThe episode begins with Rhaenys saying she hasn't seen her husband in six years, as she speaks with Maester Kelvin (Haqi Ali)'He led his sailors into an ambush. A ship made to look as if it were abandoned.