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Elle
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Elle
Kristin Davis's Dating History Reveals She's Nothing Like Charlotte
Every item on this page was chosen by an ELLE editor. We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. As Charlotte York on Sex and the City, Kristin Davis played a very relationship-oriented character. In her real life, the actress is much more focused on living single and raising her two adopted kids, Gemma and Wilson. During a 2023 Best Friend Energy podcast interview, she explained how she thinks about relationships. 'I'm not married. I've never been married. It's not my thing. I was never focused on it. It was never like a goal, let's say,' she shared. 'I do have friends who have stable marriages, and I look at them and admire what they have, but I don't necessarily think I've ever had that kind of relationship. I don't know that I necessarily totally intended to [still be single], though I do remember being young and thinking, 'Why are all these people getting married?' But I'm an actress—I've never exactly been the status quo.' Davis did say she was raised to expect marriage, with a more conservative upbringing in the South, but she moved to New York City to pursue acting. Her 20s were dedicated to her career and she was on SATC in her 30s. She added, 'I felt rebellious about it. When I was young, I thought that marriage seemed like the patriarchy.' In an interview with The Times in 2021, Davis shared, 'I'm not not dating but I'm not actively dating.' She added, 'I'm not interested in the small talk, I find it boring. I just want to cut to the deep stuff, and they don't always want to do that. And then, I'm just terrible at casual sex.' Despite her childhood anti-marriage stance, Davis has had a few public romances over the years. Here's her complete dating history so far. Davis was linked to actor Alec Baldwin in 2001, and they seemingly dated on-and-off for a few years. But she never spoked much about the relationship until a February 2025 interview on the Literally! With Rob Lowe podcast. First, Davis shared a story about an unnamed actor she dated who broke up with her after she loaned him $5,000. Davis denied that it was Baldwin, before reflecting on the former relationship. 'Alec Baldwin was so rich by the time I dated Alec Baldwin,' Davis said. 'One of the best things about Alec Baldwin when I dated him is that he had the most incredible house in Amagansett.' She continued, 'I remember I was at work, and I was like, 'Sarah Jessica [Parker], I just don't know if it's going to work out with Alec and I, but I just really love that house.' Which is literally one of the only times I have felt that way. Where I don't want to break up with this person because I love this house.' She added, 'I would have never needed to lend Alec $5,000. Oh my God.' Davis never named the mooch but said he's doing fine now. 'I think he still is very hot, he's married now,' Davis said. 'I think it's definitely someone now everyone thinks he's hot. The only reason is it's a mistake is you don't really want to do that with someone that you date, because it changes the dynamic, and you can't really ride that ship.' Around 2003, David was also romantically linked to actor Liev Schreiber but has never said much about the relationship. That same year, Davis was reportedly dating Homeland actor Damian Lewis. In 2006, she was linked to basketball star Rick Fox. Davis started dating writer and director Aaron Sorkin in 2012. In May 2012, a source told E! News, 'It's been going on for around six weeks. They are really happy. They have actually known each other a while through mutual friends and would sometimes bump into one another at industry events, but it has only just turned into something more.' Davis was Sorkin's date to the Los Angeles premiere of his show The Newsroom in June 2012, but they split a few weeks later. 'They're very different people,' a source told In Touch in August 2012, via HuffPost. 'She's focused on raising her daughter, Gemma, and he's working on his show.'
Cosmopolitan
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Cosmopolitan
Please, No More Aidan Shaw in 'And Just Like That'
This story was originally published in 2023, during 'And Just Like That...' season 2. We've republished it in honor of season 3, which is airing now on HBO Max. Like most of my fellow Sex and the City fans, when the new series And Just Like That... first aired back in 2021, the anticipation had me shaking in my Manolo Blahniks (JK, I don't own any). But it took me back to the days of SATC gone by, when I couldn't wait to see what epic fashion pieces would pop up in the show and what ludicrous relationship antics the girls would get up to next. I was prepped on the sofa, armed with snacks and ready to dive into the lives of these now more mature characters. Then…just like that…they killed Big. And in season 2, they put Aidan Shaw in his place. And it's really, really not working for me. To be able to talk about Aidan requires me to sort through my feelings about Big, because the men have always been two sides of the Carrie relationship coin. Carrie and Big's relationship had major issues. Big was never exactly Carrie's knight in shining armor, and thinking back, there were many times when his behavior was selfish and narcissistic. Leaving Carrie at the altar and embarrassing her in front of hundreds of guests certainly wasn't his finest hour, and we were all team Charlotte when she fiercely defended her friend in those iconic New York street scenes. Up until the first season of AJLT, the show's writers wanted us to believe in Carrie and Big at all costs. No matter what happened or how bad things got, the storylines would see them reunited. They pushed hard for us to view these two as endgame, so we rode loyally through the battlefield that was their relationship. And in season 2 of And Just Like That... we got the curveball that is Aidan. I have to question the decision to bring Aidan back. Where was the chance to see Carrie have a string of wild and wacky relationships and fall back in love with herself and NYC life after Big's death? I needed more of that and more time with Carrie learning about who she is now. So much of Sex and the City's original charm was its element of fun. With Carrie being single and navigating life again, there was a golden opportunity to bring back the 'boyfriend of the week' vibe but from a fresh and mature perspective. Especially considering that in pop culture, women over 50 very rarely get the chance to date around onscreen. Don't get me wrong—I love John Corbett as much as the next gal, but there seems to have been a harsh line in the sand drawn from the perspective of the show: If we bring Aidan back, we have to shove it down viewers' throats that Big is/was insignificant. In season 2, episode 8 Carrie even muses, 'I've been asking myself, was Big a big mistake?' The audacity! Even Miranda doesn't know how to reply. To ask viewers to spend so much time invested in a fictional relationship to then backtrack completely not only stings but is a bit nonsensical. To be clear, it's not only the retconning of Big in favor of Aidan that infuriates me. But let's not forget that Carrie and Aidan were also never the perfect couple. She didn't even like him enough to wear her engagement ring on her actual finger! She had an affair for a good chunk of the time they were together. And he spent much of this season refusing to come into her apartment. Just because Carrie had two loves doesn't mean we have to swap out one for the other. The answer to Big's death is not automatically Aidan! As season 2's finale aired, things got even weirder as Aidan told Carrie to wait FIVE YEARS for their relationship to resume so he can focus on being a father. That's one hell of a time-out, and with season 3 currently airing, I'm not sure how the writers will play this one. As of now, it looks like we will all have to suffer along with Carrie, but who's to say what the rest of the season will bring! Watching the show still somehow feels like receiving a warm hug from an old friend. It truly has become my favorite comfort watch, even if it does leave me baffled. But what will the rest of season 3 bring to the table? You can bet I'll still be tuning in to find out. Let's just hope that there's a lot less Aidan Shaw, at least for a while.
New York Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Sarah Jessica Parker calls out male TV characters as she defends ‘condemned' Carrie Bradshaw
Sarah Jessica Parker is sick of the double standards on television. In a new interview with HuffPost UK, the 60-year-old actress defended her iconic 'Sex and the City' and 'And Just Like That' character, Carrie Bradshaw, from fan backlash and called out the fact that certain male TV characters don't get the same treatment. 8 Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie Bradshaw in 'And Just Like That.' Max Advertisement 'It's always interesting to me that [Carrie is] so condemned, but a male lead on a show can be a murderer, and people love him,' Parker said. 'And if a woman has an affair, or behaves poorly, or spends money foolishly, there's a kind of punitive response to it,' she added. 8 Sarah Jessica Parker attends the 'And Just Like That' Season 3 photocall in NYC on May 21. WireImage Advertisement 8 Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Noth in 'Sex and the City.' Getty Images But Parker did admit that she finds the continued discourse around Carrie 'pretty fantastic.' 'That kind of connection and those kinds of strong feelings, both positive and negative, are pretty wonderful,' she acknowledged. 'People are kind of captive in those moments to something, and I think that's perfectly fine.' 8 Sarah Jessica Parker, John Corbett in 'And Just Like That.' Craig Blankenhorn/Max Advertisement The Emmy Award winner recognized that while there's been many times that Carrie has 'made mistakes' or 'not been mature in love,' she still appreciates her on-screen alter ego. 'I think, fundamentally, Carrie is an extraordinarily decent and good person – an extremely devoted friend, she's generous of spirit and time, in all she has to offer,' said Parker. 8 Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis and Kim Cattrall in 'Sex and the City' in 2002. Getty Images 8 Sarah Jessica Parker in 'And Just Like That.' Max Advertisement After 'AJLT' premiered in 2021 and 'SATC' arrived on Netflix in 2024, Gen Z fans became Carrie's biggest critics, deeming her once-celebrated actions selfish and toxic. The younger generation's biggest issue with Carrie was her on-again, off-again relationship with Chris Noth's Mr. Big, which spanned six seasons and bled into 'AJLT,' in which Big dies in the first episode. 8 Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie) and Chris Noth (Mr. Big). Getty Images But Parker has firmly been on Carrie's side despite the online hate for the character. In April, Parker was on 'Today with Jenna & Friends' and dismissed the idea that she's ever wanted Carrie to make a different decision. 8 Sarah Jessica Parker at the 'And Just Like That' Season 3 photocall. WireImage 'It's been such a sort of extraordinary experience,' she said about portraying Carrie. 'I try to describe it as being contractually obligated to play somebody else — be somebody else — for about 27 years, to behave in ways which would be illegal if I, as a married person with children, ways in which I would behave in the city or with men.' Parker also explained that she has 'implicit trust and faith' in 'AJLT' showrunner Michael Patrick King to validate Carrie's choices.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Cynthia Nixon Explains Why Miranda's Endgame Was Never Meant to Be Steve or Che
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Some Sex and the City fans may still be in denial over the fact that Miranda Hobbes and Steve Brady got divorced, but Cynthia Nixon is not one of them. In fact, Nixon isn't surprised by the dissolution of their marriage at all. Miranda and Steve's relationship came to a spectacular end with And Just Like That, the SATC revival series that saw Miranda come out as a lesbian—a sexual awakening that led her to pursue an affair with nonbinary comedian Che Diaz. Speaking with Harper's Bazaar, the star opened up about why Steve was never meant to be Miranda's forever person. 'Steve was a wonderful, wonderful antidote for Miranda for a lot of years, but I think, at the end of the day, the problems that they had in the very beginning of their relationship never totally went away,' Nixon says. 'She wasn't ever really sure if he was enough for her.' Nixon acknowledges that Miranda and Steve 'had a lot of good years together, but, in the end, I think she wanted something more, and Che was a different kind of something more.' Che and Miranda's relationship took a turn for the worse in AJLT's second season. The two made a brief and disastrous move to Los Angeles together, before returning to New York and calling it quits on their romance. According to Nixon, Che—one of the fandom's most divisive characters who ultimately did not return for AJLT season three—wasn't quite right for Miranda, either. 'Che was such a breath of fresh air,' she explains, 'but Che and Miranda are so opposite that they could never have really existed long term.' Season three sees Miranda back on the dating market—fully single and ready to mingle. Though the first two episodes show the lawyer stumbling over some awkward romantic encounters (from sleeping with a nun to hitting on a married heterosexual waitress), her next major romantic prospect has at last seemingly emerged. Joy, the British BBC producer Miranda first meets through her job at the Human Rights Watch in season two, has crossed the pond and touched down in New York City. 'Joy is a little younger than Miranda, but so much more experienced and sophisticated in this world in which Miranda is trying to make her way,' Nixon says. 'Miranda is so used to having—not with Che, but with Steve and other people that she dated—so used to having the upper hand, and she doesn't have that with Joy, and I think that's very good for Miranda.' It helps that Joy represents the possibilities of the new career path that Miranda has chosen for herself. '[Miranda] realizes now she wants to be... a global player in a more professional setting that can give aid and attention to people in the world, refugees, and other people who are really in crisis and need help and need assistance,' says Nixon. 'So I think she's dazzled by Joy in that way, with Joy's proficiency in that world. Also, Joy is a very serious and accomplished person, but everything is with an overlay of cheekiness of British funniness that's very diffusing to Miranda's determined pedantic seriousness. I think that Steve was able to diffuse Miranda in a particular way, but Joy is able to diffuse her with a lighter touch and in a more sophisticated manner.' What comes next for Joy and Miranda? You'll have to tune into the rest of season three to find out. You Might Also Like 4 Investment-Worthy Skincare Finds From Sephora The 17 Best Retinol Creams Worth Adding to Your Skin Care Routine
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Who Is Cynthia Nixon Married To? Meet ‘And Just Like That' Star's Wife Christine Marinoni
Cynthia Nixon's Sex and the City character Miranda Hobbes has mirrored the actress' personal life in many ways. Life & Style takes a deep dive into her marriage to wife Christine Marinoni and their family life together. Christine is a native of Washington State who relocated to New York City in the early 1990s, where she worked as a community organizer and education advocate. In 1995, Christine came out as gay and opened up a coffee shop in Brooklyn's Park Slope area shortly thereafter, catering primarily to a lesbian clientele. "As an LGBTQ person, I've always been focused on issues across the board. I think it's important for the LGBT community to be joining hands with other groups and issues like income inequality and education," Christine told City & State New York in 2013. The And Just Like That... star first met Christine in 2001 when the duo were working on a campaign to help reduce New York Public School class sizes. The pair became close friends and started dating in 2004, one year after Cynthia split from longtime partner Danny Mozes. The former couple share two children: Seph Mozes and Charles Mozes. "I had never dated a woman before or even kissed a woman or anything, and so when we started seeing each other, Christine kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, for me to panic about what this would mean – to my career or to myself – as if somehow I just hadn't noticed that she was a woman," Cynthia told Radio Times in 2017. "And then she met my mother and that was when she stopped worrying about it.' The couple married on May 27, 2012, after gay marriage became legal in the state of New York. The year prior, Cynthia and Christine welcomed their first child together. With the assistance of a male friend, Christine became pregnant and gave birth to Max Ellington Nixon-Marinoni in February 2011. 'Yes! She protested a lot at the beginning and wanted a more gender-neutral term, like 'my spouse'. I said, 'You think I'm doing that, you're crazy!'" Cynthia told Radio Times. "Marriage was never a goal of mine. I was with my boyfriend for 15 years and we never got married. But it seemed like Christine and I did fight really hard for it and we had a lovely wedding. Why wouldn't I have done it?" Miranda only dated men during SATC's six-season run, eventually marring David Eigenberg's Steve Brady in season 6. When And Just Like That... premiered on HBO in December 2021, Miranda was deeply unhappy in her marriage. She found herself drawn to nonbinary comedian Che Diaz, played by Sara Ramirez. The two embarked on a steamy romance that saw Miranda leave Steve and end their marriage. Even though Miranda and Che broke up in AJLT season 2, the character will now explore new relationships with women. 'One of the things that it meant was that Miranda was single again, and that the tensions between Miranda and Che, and also Miranda and Steve, had been quelled and quieted," Cynthia told E! News on May 28, 2025, about her character finally being free of any partner heading into season 3 of AJLT. "Just speaking for Miranda, it meant that she was setting out on this new dating world, having decided she wanted to date women and nonbinary people, but not really quite knowing how to go about that," the New York native added.
