Sarah Jessica Parker's mid-interview confession causes outrage
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker dropped a confession in a new interview so surprising that it left even shock jock Howard Stern lost for words.
The Sex and the City star appeared on Stern's podcast to publicise the recently-launched third season of And Just Like That, a sequel of sorts to SATC.
No surprises that Stern wanted to discuss one controversial scene in particular that aired during And Just Like That' s season three premiere: SJP's character Carrie's awkward attempt at phone sex with long-distance boyfriend Aidan (John Corbett).
The scene unfolds in semi-graphic detail – something that left some longtime SATC fans shocked.
'He's having phone sex with you, he's about to, y'know, play with himself – and he licks his hand,' Stern began.
'He takes his tongue and he starts licking his hand, and he plays with his penis …'
Parker interjected during Stern's X-rated description to ask, 'I'm sorry, what?'
But she wasn't just playing coy for laughs. As Parker went on to explain, she's barely watched any of And Just Like That across its three seasons to date – or much of Sex and the City, for that matter.
'I've not seen that [scene]; I can't comment on it,' she told Stern. 'I have no knowledge. I haven't seen most of Sex and the City, ever, and I haven't seen And Just Like That. So I don't know, this is the first I'm hearing of that.'
Parker confessed And Just Like That co-creator Michael Patrick King would regularly ask her to watch specific episodes – an instruction she's apparently ignored.
A visibly stunned Stern called Parker's confession 'crazy' – and many agreed, particularly given Parker is not just the star of the show, but also one of its executive producers, a job that usually entails being across every aspect of a project from beginning to end.
The Stern interview also came as part of a PR blitz that has seen Parker and her co-stars submit to dozens of interviews to talk up the new season – apparently, at least in Parker's case, without having watched any of it.
The clip drew an incredulous reaction when popular Sex and the City podcasters Every Outfit shared it on their Instagram account, where they called Parker's blasé revelation 'truly shocking.'
'SHE IS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER? HOW IS THIS ALLOWED?!' asked another popular SATC fan account, @samanthajonespr.
'If she's not watching … why are we?' another fan asked.
Others suggested Parker needs to watch the rebooted show so she can grasp 'how truly bad' it is.
Those behind And Just Like That 's official Instagram account tried to weigh in to calm the outrage, commenting that Parker was 'so Carrie with this reply' – a quip that was quickly shouted down as fans told them to 'read the room.'
Parker also revealed her cluelessness about the show in another recent interview with the Guardian, revealing that she had no idea there had been a strong viewer reaction against one character.
Actor Sara Ramirez played Che Diaz, a stand-up comedian and self-described 'queer non-binary Mexican-Irish diva' who served as a love interest for Miranda. The character was quietly dropped from the show after season two amid ongoing fan backlash.
Not that Parker knew about it.
'A friend of mine brought it up to me, and it's like: 'What are you talking about?' And he said: 'Yeah, there's all this conversation,'' Parker told The Guardian.
'I've been an actor for 50 years, and I've almost never paid attention to peripheral chatter.'
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