Sarah Jessica Parker claps back at And Just Like That hate-watchers after controversial series finale
Sarah Jessica Parker is unbothered by viewers who love to hate-watch And Just Like That after the disastrous season finale aired.
'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 interview published on Friday, per Page Six.
'We always worked incredibly hard to tell stories that were interesting or real. I guess I don't really care,' the Hocus Pocus actress, 60, added.
'And the reason I don't care is because it has been so enormously successful, and the connections it has made with audiences have been very meaningful.'
The series wrapped up for good recently. Picture: Marc Piasecki/WireImage
The finale sparked a very mixed reaction from fans. Picture: Supplied
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 friends navigating relationships in New York City.
The HBO show's reboot, And Just Like That, premiered in 2023 and featured all of the original cast except Cattrall. Though it became the network's most-watched series debut upon release, viewership quickly declined due to the outdated themes and empty attempts to remain culturally relevant.
Two weeks before the season three finale, HBO announced the series was ending and would not return for a fourth chapter.
After the final episode titled 'Party of One' aired last week, it was met with wide criticism over the storyline of Bradshaw exiting the show as a single woman.
Parker has defended the final episodes.
Bethenny Frankel blasted the Sex and the City revival series, labelling it the 'worst show ever' in an 'unfiltered' rant posted on Instagram on Friday.
'This is the worst show ever. Honestly, this is 'from hero to zero'. It's just so forced,' the former Real Housewives of New York City star told her followers in a clip.
Frankel, 54, also wrote across the video, 'And just like that SUCKS.'
'25 pounds of disaster in a 5-pound bag — and yep, it explodes,' she captioned the post, referring to the series finale that featured a clogged toilet.
The Bethenny Ever After alum also criticised the show's fashion and characters.
'Everybody's just a weird caricature of themselves and it's just the most bizarre, forced show,' Frankels said, adding that she also took issue with the show's 'woke' storylines.
'Put it in the back and shoot it. Put it to rest,' she concluded.
This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission.
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