Sophie Turner says American politics made it too hard to cope with living in the US

• In an question and reply pinch Harpers Bazaar, Sophie Turner opened up astir her matrimony to Joe Jonas and her life successful nan US.
• The "Game of Thrones" character said she often felt homesick successful nan US and struggled pinch American politics.
• More Americans person considered leaving nan US amid an uncertain governmental climate.

Sophie Turner said she struggled pinch American authorities erstwhile she was joined to Joe Jonas and surviving successful nan US.

In an question and reply pinch Harpers Bazaar published connected Wednesday, nan British character opened up astir nan years she spent successful nan US. After marrying Jonas, Turner moved to LA successful 2019, and they relocated to Miami successful 2021. She said she felt homesick wherever they went. "Every metropolis we ended up in, nan first point I'd do was find a British shop and banal up connected a month's worthy of chocolate," she told Harpers Bazaar.

Still, Turner, 28, recovered it astir difficult to header pinch America's politics. "The weapon violence, Roe v. Wade being overturned... Everything conscionable benignant of piled on," she said.

After nan school shooting successful Uvalde successful 2022, wherever a teenage gunman fatally changeable 19 children and 2 teachers, Turner said she "knew it was clip to get nan fuck retired of there."

In May, she said successful an question and reply pinch British Vogue that astatine nan time, she felt for illustration a "little vertebrate trapped successful a gilded cage" surviving successful nan US.

"I couldn't fathom being a mother of 1 of those children knowing that this was thing your state could fix, that they'd alternatively person authorities to guns than springiness kids a correct to life," she said.

"Meanwhile, women successful nan US are being stripped of their rights, left, correct and center. It each contributed to this emotion of I person to get out, I person to get out."

The "Game of Thrones" character and Jonas announced their scheme to divorcement past year. They share 2 daughters, Willa, 4, and Delphine, 2.

Turner, who now lives successful West London, told Harpers Bazaar she's "so happy to beryllium back."

"It felt arsenic if my life was connected region until I returned to England," she said.

A typical for Turner didn't instantly respond to a petition for remark from Business Insider sent extracurricular regular business hours.

When authorities becomes a logic to leave

Politics is besides weighing heavy connected galore Americans; nan Pew Research Center surveyed 8,480 US adults successful July 2023 and recovered that astir two-thirds of Americans opportunity they ever aliases often consciousness "exhausted" erstwhile reasoning astir politics.

In March, BI reported that nan governmental outlook amid nan upcoming predetermination has besides prompted immoderate to see leaving nan country.

Fears complete weapon unit person pushed others to look elsewhere.

In September, Genie Doi, an attorney, told BI that a shooting adjacent her son's time attraction had prompted her to relocate her family from California to Japan successful 2022.

"Since we moved, complete nan past almost 2 years, weapon unit successful nan US has continued. It conscionable keeps happening," she said. "So I'm grateful that I could get my children retired of that environment."

Similarly, Chris Ouellet, who lived successful Chicago, antecedently told BI that 1 logic he moved to British Columbia successful 2020 pinch his partner was to escape weapon violence.

"When you're retired successful nationalist and you perceive a noise, nary 1 runs, nary 1 checks complete their shoulder, and nary 1 thinks that it could beryllium weapon violence," he said.