even the most popular show on television
isn’t immune to controversies welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10
controversial Game of Thrones moments
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at moments from the HBO show
that caused an uproar among critics fans
and general audience members alike since
some of these moments are from later in
the series there will be spoilers ahead
if you aren’t caught up to take this map
[Music]
number ten the red wedding the red
wedding is arguably Game of Thrones most
iconic sequence and even those who don’t
watch the show know the general outline
Tywin Lannister allies with Walder Frey
and Roose Bolton to betray the north and
all hell breaks loose the scene features
incredibly graphic images including a
one take throat slitting perhaps the
most traumatizing moment however is when
a pregnant woman is stabbed in her
stomach a move that was not in the books
by the way these images shocked some
viewers who declared the scene to be too
violent and disturbing while the show is
famous for its graphic content the red
wedding pushed it too far for some the
Lannisters and the record
[Music]
number nine Ed Sheeran’s cameo four
hands of gold always hold a woman’s
hands o ed sheeran is a pop singer
he can’t cameo on Game of Thrones
because reasons when audio comes across
a band of Lannister soldiers on their
way to the twins they share a common
humanizing moment before Arya moves on
the truth is when we left home we can
wait to get away but now we’ve been gone
a while we can’t like to get on of
course everyone’s favourite ginge is one
of these soldiers however what was meant
to be a nice little appearance from a
popular artist became a point of
contention for many of the show’s fans
who called his cameo jarring and said
that recognising him pulled them out of
the show critics took to Twitter to
express their outrage and shortly after
the controversy went viral Sheeran
deleted his own Twitter account worst
place in the world number 8
Ramsay torturing Theon you in the game
if you can figure out who I am and why
I’m torturing you and I win the game if
you beg me to cut off your finger
sometimes the show does things the
novel’s only hinted at case in point the
torture of Theon and his transition into
reek in the novel’s these incredibly
graphic moments occur off screen or off
pages the case may be
however they are in full HD glory on the
show and feature all the gratuitous
nudity and graphic violence that HBO is
known for causing some people to call
the torture exploitative also it was
around this time that many began to
question Ramsay’s development as they
saw him as a one-note psychopath in a
sea of more three-dimensional characters
and his torture fee on is part of the
reason why
are we number seven oberyn martell death
great power you murdered her you killed
Oberyn Martell also known as the red
Viper of Dorne went out in a way that’s
probably at the very top of the list of
worse ways to die to avenge the death of
his sister Elia over in fights for
Tyrion in a trial by combat only for his
eyes to be gouged out and his skull
crushed beyond recognition by the
mountain as is the case for most Game of
Thrones deaths
some critics called foul declaring the
scene to be far too graphic in actuality
the sequence was allegedly cut short
because it was too violent to be shown
but what we got was still incredibly
difficult and disgusting to watch Jon’s
have made their will known Tyrion
Lannister in the name of King Tommen of
the house Baratheon first of his name
you are hereby sentenced to death number
six the sand snake
we suppose even great TV shows have
moments like this season 5 is often
considered the worst season of the show
and one of the biggest reasons for that
is the infamous group known as the sand
snakes the daughters of Oberyn Martell
woven and tossed his spear at my feet
and said girl oh boy we fight our
battles but the gods that I choose our
weapons and complained a lot about these
women most notably about how easy it was
for their TV versions to do things like
kill powerful and influential characters
with no repercussions the southern
kingdom of Dorne has always had a bit of
an odd place in the story in the TV show
especially Dorne and it’s people seem to
flip between insignificant and vital on
a near-constant basis as a result nobody
really knows what to make of them your
son is rich just like you and we can
whenever moved on again number five the
head of george w bush okay now we can
see how it would be upsetting to witness
an ex president’s head on a spike to
film the scene where Joffrey shows Sansa
his collection of decapitated prizes the
showrunners rented prosthetic heads in
bulk since they couldn’t afford to
sculpt them all themselves one of the
heads for a striking resemblance to
george w bush and some fans immediately
took notice while there was no political
commentary intended some people were
still outraged forcing HBO and the
showrunners to quickly issue an apology
and remove the episode from streaming
services number 4 Shireen being burned
alive when my father I want to see my
father
it will all be over soon Game of Thrones
is undoubtedly a bleak and depressing
show but did they have to show the
burning of a child especially since this
was another scene that wasn’t in the
book some people immediately took issue
with this moment where Shireen is
sacrificed to the Lord of Light and
burns to death on a pyre while her
mother and father watch
I did talk and pull up there it was
certainly a gut punch critics and
audiences alike began fervently
discussing the scene debating if it was
too horrifying or whether it was even
needed in the first place regardless of
your stance on the matter there is no
denying it left one hell of an
impression number three
Joffrey’s sadism the mother tells me a
king should never strike his lady some
errand did they take Joffrey sadism too
far as was the case with fellow fiend
Ramsay Bolton some people began arguing
against Joffrey declaring the character
to be too one-dimensional in a series
with higher standards the scene where
Joffrey has Roz beat Daisy to a pulp is
a prime example as it sparked discussion
not only about his character but also
about the show’s over at sexuality and
violence as a whole things take an even
darker turn when he uses Roz as target
practice this was early in the show’s
run and while it may seem tame today
these were things that were never seen
on TV before and they shocked viewers to
the core number two
Jamie raping Cersei hateful woman why
have the gods made me drop a hateful
they couldn’t just leave it at incest
could they in this incredibly odd scene
Jamie and Cersei mourn their dead son
only to get a little frisky and share a
kiss
frustrated Cersei subsequent reluctance
Jaime forces himself on her over their
son’s corpse many viewers saw this as a
painfully pointless scene and one that
was shown simply to stir up controversy
others argued it with too far out of
character for Jamie and that it ruined
season’s worth of character development
now for once you have to agree with
Cersei this is just weird especially
since it was never spoken of or brought
up again
right number one
Sansa’s rape and overall victimization
coming to escort you to the godswood
m’lady and here we have an amalgamation
of everything that’s controversial about
Game of Thrones rape meatless sexuality
extreme violence and Ramsay Bolton you
stay hearings you watch in the scene
Ramsay rapes answer while a completely
petrified beyond is forced to watch and
while we don’t see much it’s still in
mentally disturbing many critics pounced
on the scene calling it’s shocking for
the sake of shocks overly gratuitous and
completely unnecessary in fact it was
not only critiqued as a discussing scene
but also one that completely undermines
senses development and it sparked an
outrage that Game of Thrones has yet to
match although that is certainly not an
invitation
do you agree with our text check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
isn’t immune to controversies welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10
controversial Game of Thrones moments
before we begin we publish new videos
every day so be sure to subscribe for
more great content for this list we’re
looking at moments from the HBO show
that caused an uproar among critics fans
and general audience members alike since
some of these moments are from later in
the series there will be spoilers ahead
if you aren’t caught up to take this map
[Music]
number ten the red wedding the red
wedding is arguably Game of Thrones most
iconic sequence and even those who don’t
watch the show know the general outline
Tywin Lannister allies with Walder Frey
and Roose Bolton to betray the north and
all hell breaks loose the scene features
incredibly graphic images including a
one take throat slitting perhaps the
most traumatizing moment however is when
a pregnant woman is stabbed in her
stomach a move that was not in the books
by the way these images shocked some
viewers who declared the scene to be too
violent and disturbing while the show is
famous for its graphic content the red
wedding pushed it too far for some the
Lannisters and the record
[Music]
number nine Ed Sheeran’s cameo four
hands of gold always hold a woman’s
hands o ed sheeran is a pop singer
he can’t cameo on Game of Thrones
because reasons when audio comes across
a band of Lannister soldiers on their
way to the twins they share a common
humanizing moment before Arya moves on
the truth is when we left home we can
wait to get away but now we’ve been gone
a while we can’t like to get on of
course everyone’s favourite ginge is one
of these soldiers however what was meant
to be a nice little appearance from a
popular artist became a point of
contention for many of the show’s fans
who called his cameo jarring and said
that recognising him pulled them out of
the show critics took to Twitter to
express their outrage and shortly after
the controversy went viral Sheeran
deleted his own Twitter account worst
place in the world number 8
Ramsay torturing Theon you in the game
if you can figure out who I am and why
I’m torturing you and I win the game if
you beg me to cut off your finger
sometimes the show does things the
novel’s only hinted at case in point the
torture of Theon and his transition into
reek in the novel’s these incredibly
graphic moments occur off screen or off
pages the case may be
however they are in full HD glory on the
show and feature all the gratuitous
nudity and graphic violence that HBO is
known for causing some people to call
the torture exploitative also it was
around this time that many began to
question Ramsay’s development as they
saw him as a one-note psychopath in a
sea of more three-dimensional characters
and his torture fee on is part of the
reason why
are we number seven oberyn martell death
great power you murdered her you killed
Oberyn Martell also known as the red
Viper of Dorne went out in a way that’s
probably at the very top of the list of
worse ways to die to avenge the death of
his sister Elia over in fights for
Tyrion in a trial by combat only for his
eyes to be gouged out and his skull
crushed beyond recognition by the
mountain as is the case for most Game of
Thrones deaths
some critics called foul declaring the
scene to be far too graphic in actuality
the sequence was allegedly cut short
because it was too violent to be shown
but what we got was still incredibly
difficult and disgusting to watch Jon’s
have made their will known Tyrion
Lannister in the name of King Tommen of
the house Baratheon first of his name
you are hereby sentenced to death number
six the sand snake
we suppose even great TV shows have
moments like this season 5 is often
considered the worst season of the show
and one of the biggest reasons for that
is the infamous group known as the sand
snakes the daughters of Oberyn Martell
woven and tossed his spear at my feet
and said girl oh boy we fight our
battles but the gods that I choose our
weapons and complained a lot about these
women most notably about how easy it was
for their TV versions to do things like
kill powerful and influential characters
with no repercussions the southern
kingdom of Dorne has always had a bit of
an odd place in the story in the TV show
especially Dorne and it’s people seem to
flip between insignificant and vital on
a near-constant basis as a result nobody
really knows what to make of them your
son is rich just like you and we can
whenever moved on again number five the
head of george w bush okay now we can
see how it would be upsetting to witness
an ex president’s head on a spike to
film the scene where Joffrey shows Sansa
his collection of decapitated prizes the
showrunners rented prosthetic heads in
bulk since they couldn’t afford to
sculpt them all themselves one of the
heads for a striking resemblance to
george w bush and some fans immediately
took notice while there was no political
commentary intended some people were
still outraged forcing HBO and the
showrunners to quickly issue an apology
and remove the episode from streaming
services number 4 Shireen being burned
alive when my father I want to see my
father
it will all be over soon Game of Thrones
is undoubtedly a bleak and depressing
show but did they have to show the
burning of a child especially since this
was another scene that wasn’t in the
book some people immediately took issue
with this moment where Shireen is
sacrificed to the Lord of Light and
burns to death on a pyre while her
mother and father watch
I did talk and pull up there it was
certainly a gut punch critics and
audiences alike began fervently
discussing the scene debating if it was
too horrifying or whether it was even
needed in the first place regardless of
your stance on the matter there is no
denying it left one hell of an
impression number three
Joffrey’s sadism the mother tells me a
king should never strike his lady some
errand did they take Joffrey sadism too
far as was the case with fellow fiend
Ramsay Bolton some people began arguing
against Joffrey declaring the character
to be too one-dimensional in a series
with higher standards the scene where
Joffrey has Roz beat Daisy to a pulp is
a prime example as it sparked discussion
not only about his character but also
about the show’s over at sexuality and
violence as a whole things take an even
darker turn when he uses Roz as target
practice this was early in the show’s
run and while it may seem tame today
these were things that were never seen
on TV before and they shocked viewers to
the core number two
Jamie raping Cersei hateful woman why
have the gods made me drop a hateful
they couldn’t just leave it at incest
could they in this incredibly odd scene
Jamie and Cersei mourn their dead son
only to get a little frisky and share a
kiss
frustrated Cersei subsequent reluctance
Jaime forces himself on her over their
son’s corpse many viewers saw this as a
painfully pointless scene and one that
was shown simply to stir up controversy
others argued it with too far out of
character for Jamie and that it ruined
season’s worth of character development
now for once you have to agree with
Cersei this is just weird especially
since it was never spoken of or brought
up again
right number one
Sansa’s rape and overall victimization
coming to escort you to the godswood
m’lady and here we have an amalgamation
of everything that’s controversial about
Game of Thrones rape meatless sexuality
extreme violence and Ramsay Bolton you
stay hearings you watch in the scene
Ramsay rapes answer while a completely
petrified beyond is forced to watch and
while we don’t see much it’s still in
mentally disturbing many critics pounced
on the scene calling it’s shocking for
the sake of shocks overly gratuitous and
completely unnecessary in fact it was
not only critiqued as a discussing scene
but also one that completely undermines
senses development and it sparked an
outrage that Game of Thrones has yet to
match although that is certainly not an
invitation
do you agree with our text check out
these other great clips from watch mojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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