Sarah Jessica Parker Describes Falling Out With Kim Cattrall As Very Painful

Sex and the City and And Just Like That… star Sarah Jessica Parker has opened up on the rift between her and former co-star Kim Cattrall. In years past, the two had spent time together on the original Sex and the City series along with two feature films. A planned third film was scrapped when Cattrall decided to part ways with the series and the franchise has moved on without her in the form of a sequel series on HBO Max dubbed And Just Like That…, which reunited Parker with Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis.

Cattrall has also been public about her desire to move on from the franchise and was never in serious consideration to be brought back for the new show. This is most likely due to the problems she has had with Parker, which has sometimes seen Cattrall criticizing Parker on social media and in interviews. In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Parker shed some new light about the situation.

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Parker believes the fallout stems from the failed Sex and the City 3 negotiations, after which Cattrall claimed Parker had been cruel to her on the Sex and the City set and that she never felt like she was truly friends with Parker, Nixon, and Davis. For her part, Parker found the comments “very painful” as this was not the experience shared with the other stars of the show. Parker also doesn’t quite understand why Cattrall seems to hold so much disdain toward her, as she hasn’t been treated this way by anyone else she knows.

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Sarah Jessica Parker did say that Kim Cattrall was instrumental in the success of Sex and the City. However, given the problems between them, Cattrall was never even approached with an offer to return for the sequel series. Parker says that this was not due to any malice, but that the And Just Like That… team had already taken the hint based on previous comments that Cattrall clearly did not want to be involved.

Finally, Parker stressed how this “feud” feels very one-sided, as she does not have any ill will toward Cattrall, nor does she want to participate in a “catfight.” In fact, Parker says it feels painful when their public problems are described this way, as she has made it a point to never say anything negative about Cattrall so as not to contribute to the so-called fight.

You can stream Sex and the City and And Just Like That… on HBO Max.