And Just Like That… star thinks they were cut from show along with other ‘woke elements’
A former series regular in And Just Like That has a theory as to why they weren’t asked back for season three. (HBO)
A former series regular in And Just Like That has a theory as to why they weren't asked back for season three. (HBO)
And Just Like That… star Bobby Lee has some thoughts as to why he wasn’t asked back for season three of the Sex and the City spin-off series.
The Reservation Dogs actor and stand-up comic appeared in season one and two of the divisive HBO series, starring as Jackie Nee, the co-host of Carrie Bradshaw’s (Sarah Jessica Parker) short-lived podcast.
Chatting to Entertainment Weekly recently, Lee shared his theory that he wasn’t asked to return for season three as the team behind And Just Like That… were keen to cut some of the “woke” aspects of the show.
“Some of the woke elements of the show, they got rid of, and I think I was a part of that,” he said.
“I think Sara [Ramirez] didn’t come back and some other people. They tried to put minorities in, and — I don’t know. I never saw the show.”
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Sara Ramirez played non-binary comedian and Carrie’s other podcast co-host Che Diaz, the much-reviled love interest of Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) for season one and two. In 2024, Ramirez confirmed that they wouldn’t be returning for a third outing.
A fair few other season regulars left And Just Like That… ahead of season three, including Miranda’s professor Nya Wallace (played by Karen Pittman), and much of the team who worked on Carrie’s podcast, as she decided to leave the vocation behind.
Despite his thoughts on why he left the show, Lee stressed that he has no axe to grind with the show’s creators or any of its stars.
“Sarah Jessica Parker is the nicest person I’ve ever met. She made me feel so at ease,” he said.
“I like everyone on there. It was fun. I never have bad blood with anybody. You know what I mean? I am nice. I show up on time.”
Despite being of the most adored shows of the noughties, Sex and the City had retroactively been criticised for its depictions of LGBTQ+ people – specifically bisexuals and trans folk – and condemned for a lack of racial diversity.
And Just Like That… attempted to remedy Sex and the City’s scarce diversity by introducing a number of non-white actors into the spin-off series, and delving into Miranda’s sexual awakening – hence her relationship with Che Diaz.
The follow-up season has been met with fairly lukewarm reviews, though season three was said to be “finding its feet” and retaining some of the original “magic” of Sex and the City.
And Just Like That… season three continued this week with a major break in the relationship between Carrie and Aidan (John Corbett), her former flame from the Sex and the City days.
The And Just Like That… season three finale will air on Thursday 31 July.
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