Kim Cattrall

SJP explains why Cattrall wasn't invited to star in 'And Just Like That...,' the 'SATC' reboot.

That is not the way I would have it. "And the studio wasn't going to do it, so it fell apart." And there just isn't anyone else who's ever talked about me this way, so it's very painful." It's very hard to talk about the situation with Kim because I've been so careful about not ever wanting to say anything that is unpleasant," Parker said on The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast. She added that she found out about And Just Like That... when everyone else did and had no say in how Samantha's storyline was handled. The way forward seemed clear."

There just isn't anyone else who's ever talked about me this way,” Parker says of Cattrall's public jabs.

“It’s so painful for people to keep talking about this ‘catfight’—a ‘fight,’ a ‘fight,’ a ‘fight,’” she said, adding, “I’ve never uttered fighting words in my life about anybody that I’ve worked with—ever. There is not a ‘fight’ going on. I made my feelings clear after the possible third movie, so I found out about it like everyone else did—on social media.” “It’s very hard to talk about the situation with Kim,” Parker said on The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, before confirming that a third Sex and the City movie “fell apart” because of Cattrall’s contractual requirements. “And there just isn’t anyone else who’s ever talked about me this way.” “I’ve spent a lot of years working really hard to always be decent to everybody on the set, to take care of people, to be responsible to and for people, both my employers and the people that I feel I’m responsible for as a producer of the show,” Parker said. The reported feuding between Sarah Jessica Parker and Kim Cattrall is a tale as old as time.

Sarah Jessica Parker opened up about the long-simmering tension with her former Sex and the City costar Kim Cattrall: 'I'm not going to tell her not to ...

"She made it clear that that wasn't something she wanted to pursue, and it no longer felt comfortable for us, and so it didn't occur to us," she said. That's the only thing I've ever said about it, you know?" "This is really where I take to task the people from Sex and the City, and specifically Sarah Jessica Parker," she told Piers Morgan on Life Stories, per Daily Mail. "I think she could've been nicer. That is not the way I would have it." Parker continued, "So I just wish that they would stop calling this a 'catfight' or an 'argument,' because it doesn't reflect, actually — there has been one person talking. "There is not a 'fight' going on.

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It’s that the studio said no to the movie, which you know happens. "I never would have disputed that because, frankly, that’s not my business. Sure. But it happens." It was professional." So that’s been kind of painful for me also." That is not the way I would have it.

Sarah Jessica Parker has spoken at length, for the first time, about the rift in her relationship with 'Sex and the City' co-star Kim Cattrall.

And we thought he handled it beautifully — that she was there and she was present — and that was kind of nice for all of us and, I think, the audience. But we did not ask her to be part of this because she made it clear that that wasn’t something she wanted to pursue, and it no longer felt comfortable for us, and so it didn’t occur to us. They didn’t feel comfortable meeting where she wanted to meet, and so we didn’t do the movie because we didn’t want to do it without Kim, and the studio wasn’t going to do it, so it fell apart. And I’ve spent a lot of years working really hard to always be decent to everybody on the set, to take care of people, to be responsible to and for people, both my employers and the people that I feel I’m responsible for as a producer of the show. It wasn’t that she said ‘no’ to the movie; it’s that the studio said ‘no’ to the movie, which, you know, happens. And then there were just a lot of public conversations about how she felt about the show. So I will kind of run through — I think the best way to do it, honestly, is to kind of run through how it happened. The studio, when we were going to do the third movie, there were things that she requested that they were not able to do. You’ve got to listen to somebody, and if they’re publicly talking about something and it doesn’t suggest it’s someplace they want to be, or a person they want to play, or an environment in which they want to be, you get to an age where you’re like, ‘Well, we hear that.'” Parker further noted, “We felt comfortable moving on without her and without that part because we knew what Michael [Patrick King, the AJLT showrunner] wanted to do. That is not the way I would have it. While Parker readily acknowledged that Cattrall “was a huge contributor to the success” of the Sex and the City series and films, she also explained, “We did not ask her to be part of this [And Just Like That] because she made it clear that that wasn’t something she wanted to pursue, and it no longer felt comfortable for us, and so it didn’t occur to us.

Sarah Jessica Parker addressed Kim Cattrall's comments about their friendship amid "And Just Like That'"s renewal. She denied any "fight."

"I’ve never uttered fighting words in my life about anybody that I’ve worked with — ever. When Cattrall's brother died in 2018, Parker sent condolences in a comment on Cattrall's Instagram post sharing the news. "And there just isn’t anyone else who’s ever talked about me this way." You’ve got to listen to somebody, and if they’re publicly talking about something and it doesn’t suggest it’s some place they want to be, or a person they want to play, or an environment in which they want to be, you get to an age where you’re like, ‘Well, we hear that.'" Cattrall was rumored to have high contractual demands with Warner Bros. in 2017, which is when Parker believes their relationship "fell apart." Samantha and Carrie had a strained relationship but kept in touch via text messages and in the finale made plans to grab coffee when Parker's character was in Paris.