Despite winning a record breaking number of awards, The eighth and final season of the show received extremely mixed reaction from the internet with some very loud and negative reactions aimed at it. However, in 2022, knowing streaming and viewership data, HBO's head of content Casey Bloys claimed in reality things were not exactly as they seemed on the internet, and that he believes the negative reaction mainly came from social media. "It was a social media backlash," Bloys said. "I think in multiple parts of our society, we are reminding ourselves that Twitter is not real life. We knew it was going to be divisive and, of course, you want all fans to be happy, but that's never going to happen. There weren't a lot of people walking around despondent or upset. It's a take that reads well but probably doesn't fully reflect viewer feelings.". Around the same time, in the context of promoting the spin-off series House of the Dragon, Author of A Song of Ice and Fire book series George R. R. Martin also commented on the backlash and said "The f**king toxic internet and these podcasts out there saying that Season 8 left such a bad impression that people say, 'Oh, I'm never going to watch them again,'" Martin said. "I don't trust them anymore."
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