Where’s Samantha? Sarah Jessica Parker addresses ‘painful’ Kim Cattrall rift and shares REAL reason costar didn’t reprise SATC role

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Sex and the City actress Sarah Jessica Parker addressed feud rumors surrounding former costar Kim Cattrall, claiming the studio had more of a say in Samanthaโ€™s absence than fans knew.

Parker tip-toed around the subject at first, seemingly wary of upsetting Cattrall following her interview with Variety, in which Cattrall insinuated she was the one who said no to reprising her beloved character.

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At the time, Cattrall said she was โ€œnever askedโ€ to be part of the reboot And Just Like Thatโ€ฆ noting she had made her โ€œfeelings clearโ€ about coming back for a third movie.

SJP contradicted those remarks in a new interview and explained why they didnโ€™t follow up with Cattrall.

โ€œIโ€™ve been so careful about not ever wanting to say anything that is unpleasant because itโ€™s not the way I like to conduct conversations that are as complicated as this,โ€ Parker said during her appearance on the Awards Chatter podcast.

โ€œThe studio, when we were going to do the third movie, there were things she requested that they were not able to do โ€” they didnโ€™t feel comfortable meeting where she wanted to meet,โ€ SJP, who portrays fashion-loving columnist Carrie Bradshaw, added.

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โ€œAnd so, we didnโ€™t do the movie because we didnโ€™t want to do it without Kim and the studio wasnโ€™t going to do it. So it fell apart,โ€ SJP continued. โ€œIt wasnโ€™t that she said no to the movie. Itโ€™s that the studio said no to the movie, which you know happens.โ€

Although Cattrall and Parker have both been candid about their falling out, SJP was quick to clarify that she and her former costar are not in a โ€œcatfight,โ€ admitting that itโ€™s been a โ€œpainfulโ€ subject for her to discuss.

Parker also acknowledged that Cattrall โ€œwas a huge contributor to the successโ€ of the series and insisted they were just respecting her wishes regarding the reboot.

โ€œWe did not ask her to be part of this [And Just Like Thatโ€ฆ] because she made it clear that that wasnโ€™t something she wanted to pursue, and it no longer felt comfortable for us, and so it didnโ€™t occur to us. Thatโ€™s not โ€˜slammingโ€™ her, itโ€™s just learning.โ€

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SJP noted that she has spent many years โ€œworking 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 Iโ€™m responsible for as a producer of the show.โ€