Emilia Clarke has thanked fans for helping her “change the world of recovery” after donating $44,000 to her charity SameYou.
The ‘Game of Thrones’ star set up the charity to help support those recovering from brain injuries and strokes after she suffered two life-threatening aneurysms during the filming of the HBO show.
And after a campaign was set up on Reddit to help raise money for Emilia’s charity, the star has now taken to the site to post a video thanking her fans for their support.
She said in the clip: “So I think I’m pretty late to the game on this, but Elle Ellaria and your Reddit page, you guys! You’re raising money for SameYou! I can’t believe … I’m so incredibly moved and blown away and grateful, and thank you! It’s extraordinary what you guys have done, I’m genuinely completely lost for words.
“Someone told me about this and then I saw it and was just … it’s mind-blowing. Thank you so much. You are recovery champions.”
Emilia then captioned the video with a sweet message, which bid farewell to her ‘Game of Thrones’ character Daenerys Targaryen, as well as calling her fans her “heroes”.
She wrote: “I couldn’t think of a more beautiful way to wave goodbye to the mother of dragons than with this step towards making brain injury sufferers feel less alone. YOU ARE MY HEROS. I am the one who should be bending the knee to you. ”
The ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ actress opened up about her terrifying brain injuries back in March this year, when she said she suffered a first aneurysm after a work out in 2011, whilst another followed two years later.
