‘And Just like That’ creator reacts to backlash, lists complaints…
Michael Patrick King wasn’t stunned that “And Just Like That…” obtained a ton of criticism.
King, 71, who wrote on each “Sex and the City” and its reboot “And Just Like That…” says that Carrie Bradshaw and her friends have never not been controversial.
“When we did ‘Sex and the City’ and the women were 35, there was a lot of criticism about why aren’t these women married and why haven’t these women settled down and how annoying are these women?” he said at the GLAAD fortieth Annual Gala, the place he was honored.
Michael Patrick King is seen arriving at GLAAD’s fortieth Anniversary Gala at Cipriani 25 Broadway on October 10, 2025 in New York City. GC Images
Nicole Ari Parker, Kristin Davis, Michael Patrick King, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Sarita Choudhury at “And Just Like That…” premiere. Getty Images
King famous that twenty years later, the characters have been still being criticized.
“Why aren’t these women further along? Why are they still talking? Why do they still exist on camera?” he said, itemizing some of the complaints he heard.
The “2 Broke Girls” creator explained that “And Just Like That…” was “daring to show very vibrant women at a certain age, and that rubbed society the wrong way.”
Michael Patrick King and actress Sarah Jessica Parker attend A Museum of Television and Radio Seminar “Sex and the City” at the New York Museum October 1, 2003 in New York City. Getty Images
Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Michael Patrick King, Sarah Jessica Parker and Darren Star in 2004. Getty Images
“Sex and the City” debuted in 1998 on HBO and starred Parker (as Carrie Bradshaw), Kim Cattrall (Samantha Jones), Kristin Davis (Charlotte York), and Cynthia Nixon (Miranda Hobbes) as best mates navigating relationships in New York City. It garnered press, each constructive and unfavourable, for its frank discussions of intercourse.
King considered “SATC” as a comedy about intercourse — however realized that it grew to become one thing more.
“It became straight and gay, and everything in between. It became for women, it became for men,” he shared. “We were just trying to create a show as well as we could make it. It’s always up to the world to decide whether something is a gat thing, a straight thing, or a classic.”
Kim Cattrall, Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon in Season 3 of “Sex and the City.”
Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker in “And Just Like That…” Photograph by Craig Blankenhorn/Max
The HBO present’s reboot, “And Just Like That…,” premiered in 2023 and featured all of the unique forged besides Cattrall.
It ran for 3 seasons and was often brutally criticized before King and Parker announced that the present was ending.
Audiences often slammed the present for its excessive woke-ism with the portrayal of Miranda (Nixon) as a late-in-life “lesbian,” Charlotte’s (Davis) daughter coming out as non-binary, and the introduction of new characters such as Che Diaz (Sara Ramirez), who was branded as one among the worst characters on TV.
King — who didn’t deal with the woke complaints — has insisted that the sequence was not cancelled, however instead felt it was a great spot to say farewell.
“I think people, especially women who were in that wheelhouse, were really moved and felt very seen,” King said about the reboot. “So, you know, it’s always when you’re pushing an edge when you’re trying to do something that really isn’t on TV, there’s always going to be pushback. But the creative work stands for itself.”
Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristin Davis in “Sex and the City.” New Line Cinema/Hbo/Village Roadshow/Kobal/Shutterstock
Parker, 60, also defended the present.
“I don’t think I have the constitution to have spent a lot of time thinking about that,” she told the New York Times in an August interview.
She added: “We always worked incredibly hard to tell stories that were interesting or real. I guess I don’t really care.”
King is at the moment engaged on a reboot of the Lisa Kudrow present, “The Comeback.”
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