Real-Life Joffrey Smiles About 'Game of Thrones' Purple Wedding

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Neha Prakash
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Real-Life Joffrey Smiles About 'Game of Thrones' Purple Wedding
Actor Jack Gleeson at HBO's "Game of Thrones" fourth season premiere on March 18, 2014 in New York. Credit: Evan Agostini/Invision

Warning: Game of Thrones spoilers ahead.

Looks like even Jack Gleeson -- the actor who played Joffrey Baratheon on Game of Thrones -- is happy his character died.

The terrible boy-king kicked the bucket on Sunday's episode, poisoned by pie and/or wine, but fans (and most of the other characters) weren't the least bit concerned. After all, we hated Joffrey as much as Joffrey loved Joffrey.

But an Instagram picture posted by Gleeson's friend on Tuesday proves that the actor was a-okay with his unexpected passing.

It also proves that he's good at photobombing, thumbs-up signs and bleeding from the eyes.

Gleeson, now 21, plans to retire from acting now that his reign on the Iron Throne has finished, he tells Entertainment Weekly.

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