Kim Cattrall Disses Sarah Jessica Parker, Sex and the City Reboot in Bombshell Interview: ‘Enough is Enough’

Kim Cattrall has finally addressed the Sex and the City reboot … dissing former co-star Sarah Jessica Parker in the process.

Cattrall sat down with Variety’s Ramin Setoodeh for an interview published Wednesday, in which she revealed that she would not reprise her role as fan-favorite character Samantha Jones in HBO’s And Just Like That. 

“I was never asked to be part of the reboot,” Cattrall said. “I made my feelings clear after the possible third movie, so I found out about it like everyone else did — on social media.”

Cattrall went on to explain that she rejected the idea of coming back for a third Sex and the City movie as she felt that her character Samantha was not progressing.

“I would have preferred for all of us to have some kind of event to warrant a third film. That didn’t happen. But also, I was ready,” she said.

“And this is exactly what I wished for: to be in different places playing different

characters because I’m a character actress. And as difficult as it was, and as scary as it is to stand up and not be bullied by the press or the fans or whomever — to just say, I’m good. I’m on this track. It was so great working with you. I so enjoyed it, but I’m over here.”

While Samantha won’t be coming back, Cattrall assured readers that she hasn’t “deserted anybody,” adding, “Can you imagine going back to a job you did 25 years ago? And the job didn’t get easier; it got more complicated in the sense of how are you going to progress with these characters?”

“Everything has to grow, or it dies. I felt that when the series ended, I thought that’s smart,” she said. “We’re not repeating ourselves. And then the movie to end all the loose ends. And then there’s another movie. And then there’s another movie?”

Setoodeh then asked Cattrall about an interview in which Parker said she would not be ok with the actress coming back to play Samantha.

“I don’t think I read it,” Cattrall replied, later adding, “Well, it would never happen anyway. So nobody has to worry about that.”

Cattrall later shared that she has not watched a single episode of the reboot, but acknowledged that the storyline about Samantha getting upset that

Carrie stopped paying her to be her publicist was out of character.

“I think I would ponder it more if I didn’t have something like Queer as Folk or How I Met Your Father. That’s kind of where I’m centered around. This feels like an echo of the past,” she said. “Other than the really wonderful feeling of — it’s rare in my business — people wanting more, especially at 65. That feels powerful, that I’ve left something behind that I’m so proud of. I loved her. I loved her so, so, so much. It’s tough competition. The original show is in all of our imaginations. But for me, it feels clean.”