Sex And The City star Sarah Jessica Parker has slammed agist reactions to the iconic sitcom's revival as "misogynist chatter".
In an interview with Vogue, 56-year-old Parker said: "There’s so much misogynist chatter in response to us that would never. Happen. About. A. Man."
Set to air on HBO next month, the 10-episode reboot - titled 'And Just Like That...' - will follow Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte as they navigate life and friendship in their 50s. While many fans were thrilled about the revival, others took to social media to wonder why it was returning over two decades since the pilot first aired.
"[On social media] everyone has something to say. 'She has too many wrinkles, she doesn’t have enough wrinkles,'" Parker told Vogue.
"I know what I look like. I have no choice. What am I going to do about it? Stop aging? Disappear?”
As well as tackling ageism in the entertainment industry, 'And Just Like That...' will also aim to rectify the less than diverse casting that was criticized in the original show. Sara Ramirez, Karen Pittman, and Nicole Ari Parker will join the cast to better reflect New York City's real-life diversity.
Meanwhile, familiar faces Chris Noth, Mario Cantone, David Eigenberg, Evan Handler, and Willie Garson (who recently died from pancreatic cancer) will be reprising their original roles.
One big name that fans will notice absent from the series is SATC favorite, Kim Cattrall.
Per BBC News, Cattrall - who played Samantha on the show - revealed back in 2017 that she had "never been friends" with the show's main stars.
Speaking on Piers Morgan's Life Stories, Cattrall revealed: "We've never been friends. We've been colleagues and in some ways it's a very healthy place to be because then you have a clear line between your professional life and relationship and your personal."
Cattrall went on to criticize Jessica Parker for how she had been portrayed as a "diva" in the media, telling Morgan: "This is really where I take to task the people from Sex and the City and specifically Sarah Jessica Parker, is that I think she could have been nicer. I really think she could have been nicer. I don't know what her issue is.
"The thing that still bothers me is this feeling of being in some way made to be the baddie. I never asked for any money, I never asked for any projects, to be thought of as some kind of diva is absolutely ridiculous."
Despite turning down the role, 65-year-old Cattrall will be starring in the upcoming Hulu series, How I Met Your Father, playing the older version of Hilary Duff's character, Sophie.
