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\n Related: <\/span>Is ‘And Just Like That’ Ignoring ‘The Carrie Diaries’ Story Lines?<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tSteve Sands\/NewYorkNewswire\/Bauer-Griffin\/Shutterstock; Warner Bros Television\/Kobal\/Shutterstock Carrie Bradshaw is reminiscing about her early years in Manhattan in the latest episode of And Just Like That \u2014 which completely contradicts the franchise\u2019s Carrie Diaries spinoff. In the Thursday, August 17, episode, Aidan Shaw (John Corbett) is stunned that Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) had never previously visited Coney [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Parker told host Alex Cooper<\/strong> that she watched some of SATC<\/em> \u201cin the beginning\u201d when producer and director Michael Patrick King<\/strong> would ask her for notes.<\/p>\n\u201cI realized that I wasn\u2019t being helpful because it was so unpleasant for me to watch myself that I couldn\u2019t see the work, and that\u2019s not a good producing partner,\u201d she said, admitting that she \u201cwasn\u2019t watching at all\u201d by season 2.<\/p>\n\n![\"Sarah](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Sarah-Jessica-Parker-Clarifies-Why-She-Doesnt-Watch-AJLT-2.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarita Choudhury and Nicole Ari Parker<\/span> Hugo MATHY \/ AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe exception? \u201cI saw the final episode ever because Michael had a screening of it live, as it was happening live,\u201d she said of the SATC<\/em> finale, which aired in 2004. According to Parker, it was the \u201conly time\u201d she was able to fully comprehend how popular the show was.<\/p>\nThe original SATC<\/em> series ran for six seasons and spawned two movies. AJLT<\/em> premiered on Max in 2021 with Parker returning as Carrie, Cynthia Nixon<\/strong> as Miranda and Kristin Davis<\/strong> as Charlotte.<\/p>\nParker was \u201creally nervous\u201d to step back into Carrie\u2019s designer shoes. \u201cDoesn\u2019t matter how many times I\u2019ve played a part. You just start constantly like, \u2018Is this how I walk? Is this how I talk? Is this how she walks? Is this how she talks? Does she run this way? What feels right and correct now?’\u201d she said on the podcast. \u201cThat\u2019s just the way I examine everything anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n
The third season of AJLT<\/em> debuted in May and focuses on Carrie\u2019s long-distance romance with Aidan (John Corbett<\/strong>) following the death of Mr. Big (Chris Noth<\/strong>) in season 1.<\/p>\nWhen asked on WWHL<\/em> whether she thought Carrie and Aidan are \u201cend game,\u201d Parker played coy. \u201cLike, bitter enders? Together forever?\u201d she mused on Sunday before pretending to speak into a microphone. \u201cMy lawyer has advised me not to answer that question.\u201d<\/p>\n\n
\u201cI realized that I wasn\u2019t being helpful because it was so unpleasant for me to watch myself that I couldn\u2019t see the work, and that\u2019s not a good producing partner,\u201d she said, admitting that she \u201cwasn\u2019t watching at all\u201d by season 2.<\/p>\n The exception? \u201cI saw the final episode ever because Michael had a screening of it live, as it was happening live,\u201d she said of the SATC<\/em> finale, which aired in 2004. According to Parker, it was the \u201conly time\u201d she was able to fully comprehend how popular the show was.<\/p>\n The original SATC<\/em> series ran for six seasons and spawned two movies. AJLT<\/em> premiered on Max in 2021 with Parker returning as Carrie, Cynthia Nixon<\/strong> as Miranda and Kristin Davis<\/strong> as Charlotte.<\/p>\n Parker was \u201creally nervous\u201d to step back into Carrie\u2019s designer shoes. \u201cDoesn\u2019t matter how many times I\u2019ve played a part. You just start constantly like, \u2018Is this how I walk? Is this how I talk? Is this how she walks? Is this how she talks? Does she run this way? What feels right and correct now?’\u201d she said on the podcast. \u201cThat\u2019s just the way I examine everything anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n The third season of AJLT<\/em> debuted in May and focuses on Carrie\u2019s long-distance romance with Aidan (John Corbett<\/strong>) following the death of Mr. Big (Chris Noth<\/strong>) in season 1.<\/p>\n When asked on WWHL<\/em> whether she thought Carrie and Aidan are \u201cend game,\u201d Parker played coy. \u201cLike, bitter enders? Together forever?\u201d she mused on Sunday before pretending to speak into a microphone. \u201cMy lawyer has advised me not to answer that question.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>
\n Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarita Choudhury and Nicole Ari Parker<\/span> Hugo MATHY \/ AFP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n