At the time, the brutal scene was met with immense backlash, especially since the scene isn't a scenario in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, which the series is based on. In George R.R. Martin's A Dance With Dragons, Ramsay's bride is played by a different character who is not in the show, and he forces Theon to sexually interact with his bride.

Sophie Turner's Sansa Stark on Game of Thrones also undergoes one of the most drastic transformations in the series.

I’m really proud to have been a part of Game of Thrones where they didn’t shy away from showing atrocities that happened to women back then.”