Game Of Thrones Producers Apologize For Sunday’s Episode

This week’s episode of Game of Thrones, “The Door,” set the internet abuzz after the death of the beloved, innocent, fan favorite character Hodor. The outrage over the death has reached a point where showrunners D.B. Weiss and David Benioff offered a “heartfelt apology” on last night’s episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live.

From atop a literal pile of money, Weiss and Benioff apologized not for killing Hodor, but for all of the fans who will be shouting “Hodor” from now on when they want someone to “hold the door.”

“We’re sorry for all the idiots who will, from now on, be shouting ‘Hodor’ every time you go through a door,” Benioff says.

“We forgot how annoying people could be,” Weiss adds. “That’s our bad. Again, so, so sorry. People are the worst.”

Based on the bestselling fantasy book series by George R.R. Martin, Game of Thrones chronicles an epic struggle for power in a vast and violent kingdom.

Game of Thrones Season 6 stars Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister), Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Jaime Lannister), Lena Headey (Cersei Lannister), Emilia Clarke (Daenerys Targaryen), Aidan Gillen (Petyr “Littlefinger” Baelish), Kit Harington (Jon Snow), Diana Rigg (Lady Olenna Tyrell), Sophie Turner (Sansa Stark), Maisie Williams (Arya Stark), Jonathan Pryce (the High Sparrow), Alfie Allen (Theon Greyjoy), John Bradley (Samwell Tarly), Dean-Charles Chapman (Tommen), Gwendoline Christie (Brienne of Tarth), Liam Cunningham (Davos Seaworth), Natalie Dormer (Margaery Tyrell), Nathalie Emmanuel (Missandei), Jerome Flynn (Bronn), Iain Glen (Jorah Mormont), Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark), Conleth Hill (Varys), Kristofer Hivju (Tormund Giantsbane), Michiel Huisman (Daario Naharis), Michael McElhatton (Roose Bolton), Hannah Murray (Gilly), Iwan Rheon (Ramsay Bolton), Carice van Houten (Melisandre), Indira Varma (Ellaria Sand) and Tom Wlaschiha (Jaqen H’ghar), with Pilou Asbaek, Essie Davis, Souad Faress, James Faulkner, Richard E. Grant, Ian McShane, Joe Naufau, Freddie Stroma and Max von Sydow.

Game of Thrones airs Sundays at 9 p.m. ET on HBO.