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Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall played champion friends on Sex and The City, but their narration disconnected the amusement has been plagued with play for years. Buzz astir the ladies’ past reignited successful precocious 2020, erstwhile the Sex and the City revival bid called And Just Like That… was archetypal announced. Original formed members Sarah, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis each agreed to prima successful the caller series, but Kim opted not to return. In fact, successful the years starring up to the improvement of the sequel series, Kim was precise unfastened astir however she had nary tendency to represent her SATC character, Samantha, ever again. She’s besides publically slammed SJP successful the press, and adjacent said that they were “never friends.” But connected May 31, 2023, a spokesperson for Max revealed to The NY Post that Kim would beryllium making a return successful season 2. Obviously, this caller improvement comes aft years of ups and downs betwixt Sarah and Kim, truthful we’re taking a look backmost astatine their analyzable past together.
History Of Kim & SJP’s Friendship
Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker shooting a country for ‘Sex and the City.’ (©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall met erstwhile they were formed arsenic Carrie Bradshaw and Samantha Jones, respectively, on Sex and the City. The amusement aired from 1998 until 2004, followed by 2 diagnostic films successful 2008 and 2010. The amusement besides starred Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis arsenic Miranda Hobbes and Charlotte York. The 4 ladies played the champion of friends connected the show.
When SATC ended successful 2004, Kim hinted that wealth was to blame. “I felt aft six years it was clip for each of america to enactment successful the fiscal windfall of Sex and the City,” she explained. “When they didn’t look keen connected that, I thought it was clip to determination on.” It was reported that SJP had a overmuch higher wage than the different women, and rumors surfaced that this led to hostility betwixt her and Kim.
However, for years, some women made definite to publically unopen down immoderate rumors of a feud. “Honestly, we are each friends and I privation I saw much of Kim,” SJP said successful May 2008. “She mentioned wealth and nary 1 should vilify her for it. People made a determination that we had vilified her.”
In 2009, rumors surfaced that Kim, Cynthia and Kristin weren’t adjacent speaking to Kim, which Sarah made definite to unopen down successful an interview with Elle. “I don’t deliberation anybody wants to judge that I emotion Kim,” she explained. “I wouldn’t person done the movie without her. Didn’t and wouldn’t.” Kim doubled down connected this successful a Jan. 2010 interview with Daily Mail.
“I deliberation Sarah was close — radical don’t privation to judge that we get on,” she said. “They person excessively overmuch invested successful the thought of 2 strong, palmy women warring with each other. It makes for juicy gossip and copy. The information of america being friends and getting on and happily doing our jobs unneurotic is obscurity adjacent arsenic newsworthy. I deliberation Sarah is fantastic. She is simply a calved person and guides the unit and formed successful specified a beardown but gentle way. She and I are sick of this. It’s exhausting talking astir it, and a existent bore.”
She discussed the rumored ‘tension’ erstwhile again successful an interview with Marie Claire that aforesaid month. “The property has to enactment women successful these boxes,” she continued. “Rather than amusement them arsenic the movie portrays them — moving unneurotic and being powerful. Things conscionable person to beryllium explosive for nary different crushed than for people’s imaginations.”
When Did The Relationship Get Rocky?
Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall connected ‘Sex and the City.’ (©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Unfortunately, things publically turned sour betwixt Kim and SJP aft quality broke that plans for a 3rd Sex and the City movie had been scrapped successful 2017. “It’s not conscionable disappointing that we don’t get to archer the communicative and person that experience, but much truthful for the assemblage that has been truthful vocal astir wanting different movie,” Sarah told Extra successful Sept. 2017. This was followed by reports claiming that Kim had made “outrageous demands” that could not beryllium met, which reportedly led to the movie not being made.
Kim denied these claims connected Twitter. “The lone DEMAND I ever made was that I didn’t privation to bash a 3rd film,” Kim explained. “And that was backmost successful 2016.” She expanded connected this mentation during an interrogation with Piers Morgan for Life Stories successful Oct. 2017. Kim insisted that her determination to not do SATC 3 had thing to bash with wealth oregon wanting much scenes, but was simply due to the fact that she was astatine a clip successful her beingness erstwhile she was acceptable to commencement different section and permission Samantha Jones behind.
However, it was erstwhile Piers asked whether she was inactive affable with immoderate different women from SATC that things took rather a turn. Kim said that the women had “never been friends,” and she specifically called retired SJP. “This is truly wherever I instrumentality to task the radical from Sex and the City, and specifically Sarah Jessica Parker,” she said. “I deliberation she could’ve been nicer. I truly deliberation she could’ve been nicer. I don’t cognize what her contented is.”
SJP took contented with Kim’s recollection of their clip together. “I recovered it truly upsetting,” she said on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen successful Feb. 2018, referencing Kim’s Piers Morgan interview. “That’s not the mode I callback our experience. So, it’s sad, but I deliberation what ever ties america unneurotic is this singular experience. It was professional, but it became idiosyncratic due to the fact that it was years and years of our lives.”
Later that month, Kim shared the heartbreaking quality that her member had passed away, and Sarah expressed her condolences connected societal media. “Dearest Kim, my emotion and condolences to you and yours and Godspeed to your beloved brother. Xx,” she wrote. However, Kim was not pleased to perceive from her erstwhile co-star, and she fto her cognize it.
“I don’t request your emotion oregon enactment astatine this tragic clip @SarahJessicaParker,” Kim clapped back. “My ma asked maine today, ‘When volition that Sarah Jessica Parker, that hypocrite, permission you alone?’ Your continuous reaching retired is simply a achy reminder of however cruel you truly were past and now. Let maine marque this VERY wide (if I haven’t already). You are not my family. You are not my friend. So I’m penning to archer you 1 past clip to halt exploiting our calamity successful bid to reconstruct your ‘nice girl’ persona.”
However, SJP stayed neutral and refused to publically atrocious rima Kim. “I ne'er responded to the speech Kim had with Piers Morgan wherever she said things that were truly hurtful astir me,” Sarah told People. “We had this acquisition and it was amazing, and thing volition ever beryllium similar it. We had a transportation with an assemblage and we had a transportation with the metropolis and with this crew, and we got to archer these brainsick stories with each other. So I don’t privation to messiness with that. I couldn’t ideate anyone other playing that part. So, determination was nary combat — it was wholly fabricated, due to the fact that I ne'er really responded. And I won’t due to the fact that she said what she needed to accidental and that is her privilege.”
She doubled down connected this connection during the Tribeca Film Festival successful April 2018. “I would similar to punctual everyone that determination was nary catfight,” the histrion told Vulture. “I person ne'er uttered an unkind, unsupportive, unfriendly word, truthful I would emotion to redefine it. I besides privation to punctual everybody that determination were 4 women connected acceptable and I spent adjacent clip with each of them, truthful this was not a acceptable with 2 women who didn’t get along. I’ve ever held Kim’s enactment successful precocious respect and was ever appreciative of her contributions.”
Other ‘SATC’ Stars Weigh In
For the astir part, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis person stayed retired of this nationalist backmost and distant betwixt Kim and SJP. However, erstwhile it was revealed that Sex and the City 3 wouldn’t beryllium happening, Kristin couldn’t assistance but vent her vexation connected societal media. She didn’t notation Kim directly, but was vocally upset astir however things went down.
“I privation that we could person made the last chapter, connected our ain terms, to implicit the stories of our characters,” Kristin wrote. “It is profoundly frustrating not to beryllium capable to stock that section (beautifully written by MPK) with each of you. So we volition conscionable person our memories, but delight cognize that each of the emotion and enactment for america done the years is felt by america and we are truthful grateful for each of you!”
Meanwhile, Cynthia was asked astir the feud erstwhile she appeared on The View successful June 2018. At the time, she was moving for politician of New York, and co-host Sunny Hostin jokingly asked if portion of her level would beryllium solving the issues betwixt SJP and Kim. “We’re talking about [Donald] Trump getting the Nobel Peace Prize for this North Korea Summit, is determination immoderate mode you tin propulsion a acme unneurotic with Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall truthful that we tin person a Sex and the City 3?” Sunny questioned.
Cynthia kept things professional, though, and jokingly responded, “I’m acrophobic we’re going to person to movie it successful Albany.” Her effect referenced the determination of the incumbent candidate, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s, mansion successful upstate New York. She did not remark further connected the feud.
Meanwhile, Chris Noth, who played Mr. Big on SATC, besides refused to comment. In Feb. 2018, a TMZ reporter asked him however helium thought his quality would respond to the feud, and helium simply rolled up his car window to debar answering. One co-star who did measurement in, though, was Jason Lewis. Jason played Samantha’s fellow on SATC, but took Sarah’s side IRL.
“I person to accidental that Sarah was ever conscionable truthful beauteous and specified a consummate nonrecreational and I deliberation that radical should retrieve their graciousness and the things that person been fixed to them,” helium told KTLA. “And I’m going to halt determination due to the fact that I’ve got thing bully to say.” However, erstwhile the newsman asked whether his effect meant helium was connected squad Sarah, helium admitted, “I mightiness conscionable person to accidental yeah. What a gracious lady. She was ever truthful bully to me.”
Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon during a country for ‘Sex and the City.’ (©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection)
Willie Garson, who played Stanford Blatch, 1 of Carrie’s BFFs, on SATC, besides jumped successful to telephone retired Kim for not signing onto SATC 3. He besides slammed Kim for however she handled the situation, and claimed that she lied erstwhile she said she was ne'er funny doing the movie. After Kim called her SATC co-stars “toxic” successful her Piers Morgan interview, Willie tweeted, “Dear fans, due to the fact that I’m ‘toxic,’ I’m going to negociate a declaration for six months, not travel to terms, past accidental I ne'er wanted to bash it anyway!”
What Is Their Relationship Like Today?
In 2020, Kim nary longer wanted to beryllium successful the quality for her past with SJP. “Everything is connected Google, truthful I promote you to Google it, astir thing I’ve ever said,” she told the Los Angeles Times successful September of that year. “I consciousness that that was then, and erstwhile I look astatine what’s going connected astir me, I conscionable don’t person immoderate regrets.” She refused to remark immoderate further connected the feud.
However, successful Jan. 2021, Sarah continued to importune that she ne'er had immoderate sick volition towards Kim. When 1 instrumentality claimed connected Instagram that Sarah and Kim “dislike” each other, the decorator wrote back, “No, I don’t dislike her. I’ve ne'er said that. Never would.” Clearly, these 2 women inactive person precise antithetic views of what happened betwixt them implicit the years.
The Future Of ‘SATC’
On Jan. 10, 2021, it was yet confirmed that a new Sex and the City series was coming. SJP, Cynthia and Kristin shared the quality themselves connected societal media by posting a teaser trailer for the caller HBO Max, which is called And Just Like That. Unfortunately, Kim was not initially a part of the revival, but present we cognize she’ll astatine slightest instrumentality for 1 country astatine the extremity of play 2. And Just Like That play 1 consisted of 10 episodes and aired betwixt Dec. 2021 and Feb. 2022. The series, which presently follows Carrie Bradshaw, Miranda Hobbes and Charlotte York arsenic they navigate beingness successful their 50s, continues with play 2 connected June 22, 2023.
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