Why Sarah Jessica Parker Doesn't Watch ‘And Just Like That...'
During a recent interview on Watch What Happens Live, host Andy Cohen couldn't help but wonder if the actor tunes in to Carrie's recent mishaps on And Just Like That... She revealed that she's not a fan of watching herself on screen, but she still cares deeply about the experience that's made her a household name in pop culture.
'I don't not watch it because I'm being cavalier about my relationship,' she explained during the July 13 episode of the Bravo talk show. 'I don't watch it because I don't love watching my work. Myself. It doesn't touch on, like, how I feel about the experience or how much I care. In fact, it's because I care that I can't watch it.'
Her comments come after a May interview with E! News, where she was asked whether she'd watched either series in full. 'Oh my God, no,' she replied. 'I don't watch it, never seen it. Never seen Sex and the City, most of them.'
And apparently, neither has her family, including her husband Matthew Broderick, 22-year-old son James Wilkie, and 13-year-old twins Tabitha and Marion. As SJP explained, 'I think it's very odd for them to yet let it into their viewing queue. Even for James Wilkie, he started by coming to the premiere of And Just Like That... [and] then he started watching the show but school work got in the way.'
She went on to add, 'But it's all available for them some day if they want it, they'll get no pressure from me.'
At the end of the day, SJP wants to be known as the mother of her children. 'Mostly I want them to recall me as their parent,' she concluded. 'But maybe one day they'll find a way to watch it and be comfortable with what they see. I mean, there's nothing I do that I think is terribly shocking, but it's a very different way of seeing a parent.'
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