For someone who famously 'knows nothing' in the Game Of Thrones universe, actor Kit Harington has had plenty of opinions.

And the 28-year-old actor - who plays Jon Snow on the hit fantasy show - made headlines recently when he spoke out to complain about being seen as a sexual object.

In the June/July issue of Out magazine, for which he also posed for a cover shoot, Kit talked about the backlash he received for saying it was 'demeaning' to be called a hunk.

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Defending his stance: Game Of Thrones actor Kit Harington was interviewed for the June/July issue of Out magazine and talked about backlash over his objectification comments

'I found it unfair, really, some of the stuff I read,' the English actor said in his interview.

'I was making a point, which was that I think young men do get objectified, do get sexualised unnecessarily.'

As the one main Game Of Thrones star who is often described as 'hunky', Kit has learned a lot about physical objectification over the past few years.

Hero: On Game Of Thrones, Kit plays Jon Snow, the heroic fighter who now leads the men of the Night's Watch

'I feel like I have a unique voice to talk about that,' he explained. 'I was making a point to sort of say, "It just needs to be highlighted."'

'With every photo shoot I ever go to, I'm told to take off my shirt, and I don't,' he added.

Kit's comments about being a hunk came from a March 30 article with the NY Post's Page Six.

'To always be put on a pedestal as a hunk is slightly demeaning,' the article quoted Kit as saying.

'It really is and it's in the same way as it is for women. When an actor is seen only for her physical beauty, it can be quite offensive.'

He also explained how it bothered him when people assumed he liked being seen as a hunk: 'That's not what I got into it for,' Kit said of his career.

Physical attention: 'With every photo shoot I ever go to, I'm told to take off my shirt,' the 28-year-old actor said

The actor's response to the objectification may have had something to do with how he has felt about media attention in general.

'I'm slowly getting to be more comfortable with them, but I find them terrifying,' Kit said of talk shows and other on-camera interviews. 'They scare the f***ing living s*** out of me.'

Despite that, Kit might have to get used to being considered a sex symbol.

It's not just the women: Kit pointed out in a Page Six interview that physical objectification happens to men too

Game Of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were quoted in the Out article talking about Kit's body.

'Jon needed intelligence, gravitas, intensity, charisma, and the ability to lighten up effectively without breaking character,' they told the magazine.

'Kit had all these things combined with a devotion to abdominal definition that bordered on the fetishistic.'

Game Of Thrones season 5 is currently airing Sundays on HBO.

Leading man: One of the main stars of Game Of Thrones, Kit's heroic character of Jon survived longer and thrived more than most of the show's characters