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Time of India
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
Sarah Jessica Parker recalls the only time she 'really cried' about being trolled for her appearance
was one of the main four on the hit show ' ,' with the other three being Kim Cattrall, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis. 'Sex and the City' ran for six seasons from 1998 to 2004, premiering on June 6, 1998. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now A total of 94 episodes were produced. Parker recently shared her life during the filming of the show in a podcast. Parker shared how she would receive harsh comments The show's star shared how she would get harsh comments on her appearance, which would bring her to tears. She told Alex Cooper, the host, "Discussions of my physical person [were the hardest]. Like, stuff that I couldn't change and wouldn't change and had never considered changing, or still even after hearing something that was like, 'What? Somebody would say that?' — even still, no interest in changing it.' She continued, "Also, I didn't feel like it was actually a conversation. I didn't feel like I could sit in a room and someone would say to me, 'You're really unattractive,' and then I could say, 'Wow. Well, first of all, that's hard to hear. But second of all, why do you seem angry about it, or why do you feel it's necessary to comment?'" A magazine commented on Sarah's appearance The actress said, "It was brought to my attention that a magazine said something really mean about who I am, how I look. And it was like a kick in the rubber parts. I was just like, 'Why is this a problem? … Why do you seem to delight in saying it?' And I called two of my friends … and I was sobbing because it felt so purposeful." She continued, "That's the only time I really cried about it. I think it was just an accumulation of maybe a season of that kind of commentary. " Detail about the character ' Carrie Bradshaw ' She expressed how the decisions Carrie made when it comes to love or the way she was with money. Many fans have a love-hate relationship with her, as they saw her "fumble" certain love interests but always go back to Mr. Big. She said, "There's a sentiment that she's frustrated or she's selfish or she makes poor decisions or she doesn't manage her money. All of that has been true over the course of the last 25 years.' Parker did admit that despite all of Carrie's wrongs, she still was "hugely loyal, decent, reliable, a really good friend, generous, available, present, comforting, giving of herself in big and small ways that are private and public to her and among her friends. "
Perth Now
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Sarah Jessica Parker's shoe collection 'tragedy'
Sarah Jessica Parker's daughters don't have the right size feet to inherit her extensive collection of designer shoes. The Sex and The City star has a famously opulent footwear stash at home after being allowed to keep all the pricey heels she wore in the hit TV show, but she's now admitted she can't pass on her treasures to her 15-year-old twins Tabitha and Marion because they don't fit. During an appearance on the Call Her Daddy podcast, Sarah Jessica explained: "My shoes don't fit them - it's really a tragedy. I'm actually not kidding, I find it really tragic ... "They can't [fit], one of them can sort of squeeze [in]." However, Sarah Jessica admitted the teenagers aren't that bothered about being able to dip into her fabulous wardrobe. She added: "Their taste is different than mine right now too. Like what I have is not necessarily of interest. They've never seen a [Sex and The City] show. "So they haven't an idea about what is available to them yet. But I do give, I give them stuff on my all the time, all the time." Sarah Jessica also revealed the twins use the money they earn from their summer jobs to buy their own clothes, which are mostly second-hand. She explained: "You know what, so many people rightfully ask that they just don't … they like clothing and I'll get a text a couple times a month asking can they purchase something. "But they mostly buy their clothes used. Almost entirely. Which I think is pretty common now with girls, young women their age, they'll be 16 later this month. "So they're pretty steady. They don't tend to be trend, they don't move toward that. They know they don't have a budget. "They don't have money with the exception of what they've earned. And one of them is a little bit better at earning than another who's pretty, she saves pretty well, they both had jobs last summer." During the podcast, Sarah Jessica also opened up about the contract clause which allowed her to keep all of her Sex and The City pieces. She said: "Previous to Sex and the City, I started working with a new attorney before I even met my husband. So about 35 years ago. And one of the most important things he said to me, outside of the fact that I think he's a terrific businessman and a great and fair attorney, is that from the beginning of our relationship, he said: 'You should always keep your clothing. No matter what it is.' "And he said: 'Some studios are gonna be harder to negotiate with about that because they like to have their own archive and that makes sense.' And he was totally right." She added: "There are studios that really wanna hang onto stuff. So it's a very complicated dance to get your pieces. But, so by the time I was doing Sex and the City, it was just in my contract that I have everything. "I mean, with the exception of something that a designer loaned us that needs to go back or a consignment piece from a vintage shop. But often those same designers would end up saying: 'Just keep it, have it be part of that archive.' So yeah, it's a huge amount."
Mercury
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Mercury
Sarah Jessica Parker reveals ‘unpleasant' part of playing Carrie on Sex and the City: ‘Sobbing'
Don't miss out on the headlines from TV. Followed categories will be added to My News. Sarah Jessica Parker 'wasn't prepared for public commentary' about her physical appearance when Sex and the City debuted in 1998. 'That was really unpleasant at times when people would have opinions — not about the work,' the actress, 60, told podcaster Alex Cooper on Wednesday's episode of Call Her Daddy. While Parker would 'sometimes' get frustrated with viewers' 'misunderstanding' of her character, Carrie Bradshaw, she said it was 'the personal stuff' that really got to her, reports Page Six. 'At that time, I thought I was a fairly confident person,' she shared, explaining that 'it really comes into question and is tested when you're filleted, in a way, when you're opened up.' Despite the pain it caused, Parker said, 'I know you know this: We're better for those kinds of experiences, but not all of us are good at it right away.' Parker appeared as a guest on the Call Her Daddy podcast. Picture: Supplied When Cooper, 30, argued, 'It doesn't mean it doesn't hurt,' Parker agreed, adding, 'Up to that point, there was no chatter about me. … There was just my work.' When asked point-blank about some of the 'harder comments' she had to hear, the Hocus Pocus star replied, 'I think just discussions of my physical person. Like, stuff that I couldn't change and wouldn't change and had never considered changing — even still after hearing something that was like, 'What? Somebody would say that?'' To Parker, the 'chatter' about her face and body 'didn't feel like it was actually a conversation.' 'I didn't feel like I could sit in a room and someone would say to me, 'You're really unattractive,'' she said. 'And then I could say, 'Wow. First of all, that's hard to hear, but second of all, why do you seem angry about it? Why do you feel it's necessary to say it, to comment?'' She played Carrie Bradshaw on the original series – and has reprised the role in And Just Like That. The mother of three, who has been married to actor Matthew Broderick since 1997, recalled one specific time when 'a magazine said something really mean' about how she looks. 'It was like a kick in the rubber parts,' she admitted. 'I was just like, 'Why is this a problem? Why is this deserving of your time and why do you seem to delight in saying it?'' Parker confessed that the remark, which she did not repeat, left her 'sobbing because it felt so purposeful.' She believed that was 'the only time [she] really cried about' negative comments about her physical appearance. The Emmy Award winner, who made sure to note that social media has changed the landscape of how the public shares its opinion, wondered whether her critics would 'say it to [her] face.' This article originally appeared in Page Six and was reproduced with permission. Originally published as Sarah Jessica Parker reveals 'unpleasant' part of playing Carrie on Sex and the City: 'Sobbing'
7NEWS
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- 7NEWS
Sarah Jessica Parker speaks out about ‘cruel' commentary on her looks
After decades in the entertainment industry, Sarah Jessica Parker knows how to brush off haters and online trolls, but she didn't always have an easy time navigating criticism, especially about her physical appearance. During the June 18 episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast, the actor opened up about 'cruel' comments she faced in the early days of her career while starring on Sex and the City. Parker began by acknowledging that she 'wasn't prepared' for the level of scrutiny she would receive while starring on the hit series, which premiered in 1998, and called it 'a real test of my coping mechanisms.' 'There was no chatter about me (before this time). There was just my work,' she said. Host Alex Cooper then asked Parker which comments bothered her the most. 'I think just discussions of my physical person,' Parker said, gesturing at herself. 'Like stuff that I couldn't change, and wouldn't change, and had never considered changing, or even still after hearing something that was like, 'What? Somebody would say that?' (I) even still (had) no interest in changing it.' The 60-year-old went on to say it particularly bothered her that these comments were either made behind her back or in news publications. 'I didn't feel like it was actually a conversation. I didn't feel like I could sit in a room, and someone would say to me, 'You're really unattractive'. And then I could say, 'Wow, um, well first of all, that's hard to hear. But second of all, why do you seem angry about it?' Or, 'Why do you feel it's necessary to say it?',' she said. As for being able to let something go, especially when considering unrealistic beauty standards, Parker said: 'I think, maybe, there's a threshold where, maybe, crying about it because it just seemed so cruel was like done.' She then inserted one of Carrie Bradshaw's famous catchphrases and 'couldn't help but wonder' if these critics would say these mean remarks to her face. Earlier in her conversation with Cooper, Parker recalled the one time she cried about 'really mean' comments a magazine made about her appearance. 'It was like a kick in the rubber parts,' she said. 'I was just like, 'Why is this a problem? Why is this deserving of your time? And why do you seem to delight in saying it?' 'I was sobbing because it felt so purposeful. 'And I think that's the only time I really cried about it.' Parker described the moment as an 'accumulation' of comments she'd recently read, and at another point in the conversation said she considered herself a 'fairly confident person' at the time. 'I think (confidence) really comes into question and is tested when you're kind of filleted in a way, when you're opened up,' she said. 'And I know you know this, we're better for those kinds of experiences. But not all of us are good at it right away.' Cooper understood completely and said: 'And it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt.'
Time Magazine
12 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time Magazine
Does And Just Like That Remember What Happened in Sex and the City?
Warning: This post contains spoilers for Episode 4 of And Just Like That Season 3. A few weeks ago there was a video going around of Sarah Jessica Parker appearing to acknowledge that she doesn't remember the episode of Sex and the City that produced the viral "Hungover Miranda" meme. The moment, clipped from a BuzzFeed roundtable interview with Parker and her And Just Like That costars Cynthia Nixon (Miranda), Kristin Davis (Charlotte), and Sarita Choudhury (Seema), resulted in a number of annoyed comments from fans on TikTok pointing out Parker's apparent lack of knowledge surrounding the events of the original series. The reveal also came in the wake of a May interview with E! News in which Parker said she's never seen "most of" Sex and the City and doesn't watch And Just Like That. Despite being an executive producer, Parker is obviously not the only person who has control over the creative direction of And Just Like That. Now in its third season, the sequel series has made some controversial leaps—remember Che Diaz?—while staying more or less true to spirit of the original. But after the events of episode 4, we're beginning to question whether anyone in charge of And Just Like That recalls the show's massively successful predecessor at all. Titled "Apples to Apples," the fourth episode of Season 3 largely takes place in Norfolk, Virginia, at the down-home country farmhouse of one Aidan Shaw (John Corbett). Aidan has moved up in the world since the time he coerced Carrie into spending a weekend at his, let's call it, rustic cabin in the vaguely upstate and aptly-named New York town of Suffern, a 40-minute drive from Manhattan. That little getaway took place in Season 4 of Sex and the City and featured a Carrie we recognized, one who shrieked at squirrels, drove over state lines to get cell service and fast food, and, for some unknowable reason, invited her ex-boyfriend Big (Chris Noth)—the very same one she had previously cheated on Aidan with—to come stay for a night. The country just wasn't for her. As she put it, "I'm what you call a bona fide city girl." This time around, Carrie spends the weekend acting pretty much completely un-Carrie-like. After smuggling in an illicitly-obtained supply of Adderall for Aidan's son Wyatt (Logan Souza)—a favor Aidan was unaware his ex-wife Kathy (Rosemarie DeWitt) had requested of her—Carrie participates in such activities as fishing, driving an ATV, family game night, and wearing outfits obtained from local boutique Daisy's Dress Shop (after her incomprehensible first suggestion of Target turns out to be an hour away). Throughout all this, she delivers barely a sarcastic quip about her distaste for the simple life. No mention of being a "hick town hostage" or how the "silence is deafening" or her desire to instead be out "cocktailing and sample sale-ing." Of course, you can make the argument that it's been 20 years since Sex and the City and Carrie, as people do, may have changed in that time. But who among us is watching And Just Like That to see Carrie mature? Especially if that means her becoming an entirely different person than the Carrie we alternately love, hate, and love to hate. At least part of the reason many Sex and the City fans are tuning in to And Just Like That is out of a inclination to see Carrie continue to live her messy and fabulous life as a pretty egregiously out-of-touch Manhattan socialite. There's a reason (or several) that Carrie and Aidan broke up not once, but twice, in Sex and the City. And despite the fact that Big is no longer around to drive a wedge between them, it still doesn't seem like they're truly a match. And Just Like That is certainly piling onto their problems by throwing over 300 miles of separation, a troubled teen, and incompatible texting styles into the mix. Yet, Episode 4 still ends with Carrie committing to staying in a long-distance relationship with Aidan for the next five years despite his inability to promise her basically anything in return. It's understandable that Aidan needs to prioritize his children's wellbeing, but it seems like the Carrie of old would have taken that as a sign that they maybe aren't meant to be. At least for the time being. As her dear friend Miranda suggested before Carrie's first trip to the country all those years ago, if "you need to pretend to be someone else in order to be in a relationship," perhaps it's not the right fit. We can't help but wonder if And Just Like That will ever take that advice to heart.
