Sarah Jessica Parker Slams “Misogynist Chatter” Over ‘Sex & the City’ Cast – The Hollywood Reporter
Sarah Jessica Parker is criticizing what she calls the “misogynist chatter” over the Intercourse and the Metropolis forged’s growing older appears to be like.
The actress graces the quilt of December’s Vogue as a part of the promotion for HBO Max’s upcoming SATC reboot, And Simply Like That. She says that the response to the present — which debuts in December — has been confounding.
“There’s a lot misogynist chatter in response to us that may by no means. Occur. About. A. Man,” she informed Vogue, which famous that she punctuated each phrase with a clap. “‘Grey hair grey hair grey hair. Does she have grey hair?’ I’m sitting with Andy Cohen, and he has a full head of grey hair, and he’s beautiful. Why is it OK for him? I don’t know what to inform you individuals!”
She went on to notice that the response on social media has been particularly harsh.
“Everybody has one thing to say: ‘She has too many wrinkles, she doesn’t have sufficient wrinkles.’ It virtually feels as if individuals don’t need us to be completely OK with the place we’re, as in the event that they virtually take pleasure in us being pained by who we’re as we speak, whether or not we select to age naturally and never look excellent, or whether or not you do one thing if that makes you are feeling higher,” she mentioned. “I do know what I appear like. I’ve no selection. What am I going to do about it? Cease growing older? Disappear?”
And Simply Like That follows Carrie (Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis) as they navigate friendship of their 50s. (Authentic collection star Kim Cattrall famously won’t return for the sequel, following a much-publicized feud with Parker.)
For her half, Nixon agrees with Parker concerning the feedback and is grateful the present is portraying sexually lively girls of their 50s with out feeling strain so as to add a youthful character.
“I like that we’re not making an attempt to youthify the present. We’re not together with, like, a 21-year-old niece,” Nixon mentioned.
Michael Patrick King, who was a writer-producer on SATC and is serving as showrunner on And Simply Like That, additionally expressed his bewilderment on the preliminary response to the announcement of the brand new collection.
“After we introduced And Simply Like That, there have been numerous constructive reactions, however one bitchy response on-line was individuals sharing photos of the Golden Ladies,” he mentioned. “And I used to be like, ‘Wow, so it’s both you’re 35, otherwise you’’e retired and dwelling in Florida. There’s a lacking chapter right here.’”
The feedback come a number of weeks after Intercourse and the Metropolis writer Candace Bushnell mentioned HBO’s hit TV adaptation of her e book shouldn’t be a mannequin to stay by.
“The truth is, discovering a man is perhaps not your greatest financial selection in the long run. Males might be very harmful to girls in numerous alternative ways. We by no means speak about this, however that’s one thing that girls want to consider: You are able to do so much much less … when it’s important to depend on a person,” Bushnell mentioned. “The TV present and the message weren’t very feminist on the finish. However that’s TV. That’s leisure. That’s why individuals mustn’t base their lives on a TV present.”
