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Sarah Jessica Parker has admitted she found Kim Cattrall’s claim they were “never friends”, merely co-workers, devastating.
Appearing on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen overnight, SJP described being gutted upon hearing Cattrall’s comments, and grieving Sex And The City after Cattrall confirmed she would never reprise her role as Samantha Jones.
“[I was] just…heartbroken,” Parker told Cohen.
“I mean that whole week, you and I spoke about it because I was just … I don’t know I found it really upsetting because that’s, you know, that’s not the way I recall our experience.”
Soon after Cattrall confirmed she would never make another SATC movie or reboot the show, she told British TV host Piers Morgan of SJP, “We’ve never been friends. We’ve been colleagues and in some ways it’s a very healthy place to be.
“I really think she could have been nicer. I don’t know what her issue is.”
Parker told Cohen she hoped Kim didn’t really mean what she said.
“So it’s sad but I’m kind of … I don’t know, I always think that what ties us together is this singular experience.
“It was a professional experience but it became personal because it was years and years of our lives. So I’m hoping that that sort of eclipses anything that’s been recently spoken,” she continued. “That many years spent doing something so special that people had a connection with is such a privilege.”
Hope remains for Sex And The City fans that the story may return to the screen in some form – likely a TV reboot following the trend of nineties remakes. SJP said she and the show’s producers are considering finding a replacement for Cattrall so the show can go on.
“I think once everybody has thoroughly experienced the grieving process, then [director] Michael Patrick King can go back and sort of ponder what he might want to do and how he might want to proceed. That’s the most clear answer I’ve given yet,” Parker said.
When asked by Cohen about rumours Sharon Stone could portray Samantha, she replied:
“I think you are not the first person who said that,” Parker said. “I think it’s a really interesting idea.”
There’s still hope, SATC-ers. There’s still hope.
