Kristin Davis hopes And Just Like That non-binary plot dispels ‘crazy rhetoric’ in the real world

Kristin Davis has reflected on the impact of the non-binary storyline in And Just Like That…

With the arrival of the third season of the Sex and the City sequel, Davis has reflected on the importance of her character Charlotte’s relationship with her child Rock (Alexa Swinton), who came out as non-binary in season two, adopting they/them pronouns.

And Just Like That… is set more than a decade after the events of the Sex and the City 2 film and follows the women – now in their fifties – as they adapt to life, family and friends. It first aired in 2021 and brought back TV Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Charlotte.

“It’s the best thing ever for an actor to have a part like this that grows and changes over time, that I get to do with people I love, it’s perfect,” Davis told Gay Times. “It’s so great, so perfect, that Charlotte would have a child [who] would present her with challenges.

‘Charlotte wants to pin everything down’

“She’s had to expand her worldview and learn how to be flexible. And there’s a great scene where Rock does something that kind of throws [Charlotte] off because she’s like: ‘Well, I’m trying to see you as Rock and not the way I perceived you to be, you know, my fantasy or whatever’.

“And Rock says to her something like: ‘Mom, I’m going to be a lot of different people. I’m going to try on a lot of different people.’”

Charlotte is, historically, the most conservative and traditionally minded member of the core friend group, so the introduction of a non-binary child presented a potential conflict.

Speaking about this character trait and having to confront a mother-child dynamic, Davis went on to say: “Charlotte wants to pin everything down. That’s how she is. She’s kind of controlling. So, it’s great that here’s this child whom she loves so much and whom she just wants to succeed and be happy, and she has to really work inside herself to be a support system for them.”

Some of Davis’ friends, who have non-binary children, have shared their joy with her that the show is representing parenting non-binary youngsters.

“They’re excited to have anything out there, anything opening in terms of people’s perceptions and possibly demystifying because there’s a lot of crazy rhetoric out there if you look at the news.

‘Your job as a parent is to support that child’

“So, it’s nice to have a more personal story that is not trying to be salacious. It’s a real story of a real kid. It’s fictional, of course, but we did a lot of research, and I know these other parents, and it is not that different than what they’re going through.

“Each child is going to be different, of course, but I love that it isn’t trying to make headlines. It just is and I feel that’s how it is for parents of kids who are non-binary, or trans, whichever it might be.

“It just is a fact of their child’s existence… it is who they are. The key thing is who your child is, and your job as a parent is to support that child.”

Meanwhile, non-binary character Che Diaz (Sara Ramirez) faced a backlash from viewers. Some fans saw them as a simplistic representation of the non-binary experience while others labelled them “insufferable” and an “a**hole”.

Season three of And Just Like That… is available on Max in the US and on Sky Comedy in the UK.

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