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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 Samanthaโs 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.

At the time, Cattrall said she was โnever askedโ to be part of the reboot And Just Like Thatโฆ noting she had made her โfeelings clearโ about coming back for a third movie.
SJP contradicted those remarks in a new interview and explained why they didnโt follow up with Cattrall.
โIโve been so careful about not ever wanting to say anything that is unpleasant because itโs 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.
โThe studio, when we were going to do the third movie, there were things she requested that they were not able to do โ they didnโt feel comfortable meeting where she wanted to meet,โ SJP, who portrays fashion-loving columnist Carrie Bradshaw, added.

โAnd so, we didnโt do the movie because we didnโt want to do it without Kim and the studio wasnโt going to do it. So it fell apart,โ SJP continued. โIt wasnโt that she said no to the movie. Itโs 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 โcatfight,โ admitting that itโs been a โpainfulโ subject for her to discuss.
Parker also acknowledged that Cattrall โwas a huge contributor to the successโ of the series and insisted they were just respecting her wishes regarding the reboot.
โWe did not ask her to be part of this [And Just Like Thatโฆ] because she made it clear that that wasnโt something she wanted to pursue, and it no longer felt comfortable for us, and so it didnโt occur to us. Thatโs not โslammingโ her, itโs just learning.โ

SJP noted that she has spent many years โworking 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 Iโm responsible for as a producer of the show.โ