Cynthia Nixon Reacts To Sex And The City Hungover Miranda Meme
The follow-up series to Sex and the City premiered its third season last week, and it's just so good to see Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), Seema (Sarita Choudhury), and Lisa (Nicole Ari Parker) back on our screens.
To celebrate the return of our television BFFs, we asked them to partake in the old-school best friend ritual of making friendship bracelets!
While creating bracelets featuring their favorite quotes from And Just Like That... or Sex and the City, the gals got to joyfully gabbing.
They chatted about everything, including their most cherished moments being together on set...
...what Cynthia really thinks of "Hungover Miranda" from SATC becoming a meme...
...and who'd they pick among Berger (Ron Livingston), Petrovsky (Mikhail Baryshnikov), or Vaughn (Justin Theroux) as their favorite of Carrie's boyfriends.
Plus, Nicole reveals the surprising place she recently spent time with her Brown Sugar castmates, Sarita shares the hardest part about playing Seema, and Kristin reveals the biggest "surprise" she's experienced hosting her hit new SATC rewatch podcast, Are You a Charlotte?
So watch them get crafty below:
And check out Season 3 of And Just Like That... streaming now on Max!
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