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The “Sex and the City” spinoff series “And Just Like That” had its franchise ending finale last week – marking the end of Carrie Bradshaw’s (Sarah Jessica Parker) story, which started when “SATC” premiered in 1998. It was wildly unpopular among viewers.
On Wednesday, one fan wrote on Kim Cattrall’s Instagram, “And Just Like that…we all know it was Sam (Kim) who carried the entire franchise. You embodied everything that is the essence of a strong powerful and vulnerable woman. We love and respect you.”
Cattrall, 69, “liked” the shady comment.
Cattrall wasn’t in “And Just Like That,” save for a quick cameo in Season 2, when her character, Samantha Jones, was shown briefly and didn’t share the screen with Parker. Sam also appeared in Season 3 via text message.
For years, there have been rumors that Cattrall had a feud with Parker, 60, and the rest of the cast, including Kristin Davis,60, and Cynthia Nixon, 59 — although Parker has denied this.
The “Hocus Pocus” actress told The Post in 2018, “I don’t have a disagreement with Kim, there’s no catfight. I’ve never said anything publicly, nor would I.”
Chris Noth, who famously starred as Carrie’s love interest, Big, on “SATC” before he died on “And Just Like That,” was the only “SATC” cast member to publicly wish Cattrall happy birthday when she posted about it on Thursday.
Noth, who was accused of sexual assault in 2021 and denied the allegations, commented, “Happy Birthday Kim!”
Meanwhile, two “And Just Like That” writers are defending the finale.
The “SATC” spinoff, in particular, had a plot line involving a gross-out toilet scene, which rightfully disgusted audiences.
“The series finale of And Just Like That genuinely made me run to the bathroom and vomit and i think that’s such a testament to its legacy,” one fan wrote on X, formerly Twitter.
Another critic slammed the moment, writing: “I believe the writers were like f–k ya’ll for sh-tting on us..having the last 8 minutes of shots of…literal sh-ts in an overflowing toilet. Not to be dramatic but feel insulted as a long time viewer. the world is bad enough.”
Series writer Julie Rottenberg reacted to the backlash in an interview with TV Line.
“I think it speaks to the fact that no one wants to say goodbye to Carrie Bradshaw,” she said. “We should have been worried if there weren’t a cacophony of responses to the fact that this was the end. We know better than anyone you can’t please all the people all of the time, but we felt like we had to do right by them, and leave all of those characters in a good place, and then say adieu.”
Writer Elisa Zuritsky told the outlet that she’s seen some of the negative reactions.
“I doomscroll with the best of them, and I’ve stopped to read enough headlines that my algorithm sends me,” she revealed.
“Sometimes it will surprise me and stun me and sort of wake me up a little bit when I interact with the world of people who I see face-to-face in life, a lot of whom are not on the same algorithms that I’m on, who are really quite passionate about loving the show and actually have no idea… All they know is, these beloved characters are back, and they’re really happy to see them again.”
Parker, for her part, had a more blunt reaction to the negativity.
“I guess I don’t really care,” she told the New York Times. “And the reason I don’t care is because it has been so enormously successful, and the connections it has made with audiences have been very meaningful.”
