Sarah Jessica Parker may be convinced that she’s not in a feud with Kim Cattrall, but this relationship is contentious enough that we’re less positive
Now–mortal enemies share a laugh. Photo: Shaun Curry/AFP via Getty Images And just like that, there is apparently no feud between Sarah Jessica Parker and her Sex and the City castmate Kim Cattrall. “And I just want to say one thing, because you’ve allowed me this opportunity,” Parker says to The Hollywood Reporter in an interview published on June 2. “It’s so painful for people to keep talking about this ‘catfight’ — a fight, a fight, a fight.
October 18, 2016: SJP goes on “The Howard Stern Show” and says that people often push a narrative of a feud, and she’s bothered by that. In the same interview, she does say, “Was every day perfect? Were people always desperately, hopelessly in love with each other? No!” She also says, “This is a family of people that needed each other, relied upon each other, and loved each other.”
January 11, 2018: In 2018, during an interview on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, the host jokingly asks SJP which part he would play if there is a new SATC film. “Well, there’s an opening,” she responds. “Well, according to very recent documentation of why we’re not making it, it’s because the part usually played by Kim Cattrall has been vacated. So that’s what I mean.” She later repeats the bit while on Ellen.
April 23, 2018: “But, no, there is no catfight. There never has been a catfight,” SJP later says while doubling down on this spiel to Vulture. “I’ve never fought with someone publicly in my life, nor would I … We are enormously proud of what we got to do, and I don’t want someone sharing thoughts publicly, which is Kim’s right to do, and that is what it is.”
December 9, 2021: With the beginning of And Just Like That … comes the reveal of Samantha’s story line sans Cattrall: She had a falling-out with the group after Carrie dropped her as a publicist. Carrie and Miranda repeatedly discuss their attempts to reach out to Samantha and how she has chosen not to respond. The message: It’s not our fault, see? The story line is easily read as a reflection of the SATC team’s feelings toward Cattrall.