Game of Thrones fans can’t stop talking about the coffee cup left on-screen during episode 4 of season 8
The whole fiasco started when a fan posted this pic
Soon the memes were everywhere:
Some fans blamed Sansa
Other fans even found further proof they were all drinking coffee behind the scenes
HBO now clarified that this was in fact, a mistake: “We’re sorry!” Bernie Caulfield, an executive producer tells WNYC radio
Game of Thrones art director Hauke Richter joined the conversation and expressed that he believed the snafu was hardly a big deal. “Things can get forgotten on set,’ he told Variety on Monday. “[The coffee cup has been] so blown out of proportion [because] it has not happened with Thrones so far.”
However, executive producer Bernadette Caulfield took a more apologetic tone and said she was shocked. “I can’t believe it,” she told WYNC. “Our on-set prop people and decorators are so on it one thousand percent. I just honestly can’t, I’m like, is that really? Because nowadays you can’t believe what you see because people can put things into a photo that really doesn’t exist. But I guess maybe it was there, I’m not sure. But, yeah. We’re sorry!”
Starbucks also gave their response:
HBO also clarified that it wasn’t a Starbucks coffee cup that was accidentally left on Daenerys table
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