Lena Headey dating an Ozark star, Kit Harington criticizes British government, and more

Lena Headey is reportedly dating Ozark star Marc Menchaca and considering moving to the United States, and more fun news to know and tell.

Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister) seems to be in the news a lot lately. We recently reported on her joining the Marvel TV series New-Gen, and now, we have another interesting tidbit.

About a year ago, Headey parted ways with her ex-husband, Dan Cadan, but the split hasn’t kept the queen down. In fact, she’s been dating Ozark star Marc Menchaca, and may even be planning to move to the United States to be with him.

MAMMOTH LAKES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 01: Marc Menchaca poses for portrait at 3rd Annual Mammoth Film Festival Portrait Studio – Sunday on March 01, 2020 in Mammoth Lakes, California. (Photo by Michael Bezjian/Getty Images for Mammoth Media Institute)

“Lena now sees herself living in the States for the foreseeable future,” a “source” told The Sun. “It’s where the parts are for her and she’s got a blossoming relationship with Marc so she sees no point in her living in the UK.” She would be taking her daughter with Cadan, Teddy, with her.

If this is true, I’m sure the US will welcome Headey with open arms.

Moving on, Kit Harington (Jon Snow) recently appeared on Peston, a news show hosted by journalist Robert Peston on ITV. He had a bone to pick with British politician Rishi Sunak, the new Chancellor of the Exchequer. Specifically, Harington objects to the idea that, given the state of the coronavirus-afflicted economy, people in the arts should retrain for other jobs.

“I don’t know what the Chancellor said or didn’t say, but I think the suggestion that people should just retrain is quite offensive,” the actor said. “I think that what we do, and this country has a rich history of theatre and the arts, and I think it’s one of our greatest exports, and I think it needs to be valued as such. It brings a lot of money into this country, just on a purely economic basis, so the idea of retraining is a silly one, I think.”

Now, after reading Sunak’s interview with ITV, he didn’t actually single out the arts. He seemed to be talking in broad strokes about creating more opportunities if the jobs people had before the pandemic are no longer feasible. “I can’t pretend that everyone can do exactly the same job that they were doing at the beginning of this crisis,” Sunak said. “That’s why we’ve put a lot of resources into trying to create new opportunities.”

And yet, Harington and others — like Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher — seem to be taking this as directed at arts. Maybe it’s a miscommunication.

Finally, Sophie Turner’s (Sansa Stark) paid a little tribute to rapper Eminem in a recent Instagram Story:

Not entirely sure what that means, but 8 Miles a pretty good movie and we support Turner wearing its merch.

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h/t NME