Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25402783-20160627073023/@comment-28594538-20160629051746

QueenBuffy wrote: Cool. But until something is confirmed on the series itself, we can't put it as fact--- basically that is stuff from the books and would be considered a spoiler. That simply is untrue. Gerold Hightower was never confirmed to appear in the series itself, not even HBO confirmed it, but the actor who played him did on Twitter. His appearance is on the Wiki.

HBO confirming Rhaegar being the father on their own website is not from the books, as HBO has no affiliation to the books, only the show. HBO own the rights to and are the creators of the show. If they say something, it is official. On a side note, have you read the books? Jon's parents are both still unknown in the books so I'm not even sure how this could be a book spoiler.