Cynthia Nixon defends Miranda’s ‘woke’ storyline: ‘I loved that’ fans were ‘horrified’
Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes in And Just Like That (HBO)
Cynthia Nixon has defended Miranda Hobbes’ much-criticised And Just Like That arc, saying she “loved” that some viewers were “so horrified” by the character’s awkward attempts to become “woke”.
In a New York Times interview, Nixon said viewers “were so horrified by [Miranda’s] sadness and alcoholism and awkwardness at trying to become a woke person at this advanced age,” before adding: “I loved that.”
For many fans, one of the biggest flashpoints in Miranda’s reboot storyline was her relationship with non-binary and queer comedian Che Diaz, portrayed by Sara Ramirez, which led her to leave her husband Steve Brady in season one. In the original Sex and the City run, Miranda met Steve in season two.
Why Cynthia Nixon returned for And Just Like That
Nixon also explained why she agreed to return to the role, saying the sequel series felt like a chance to take bigger swings than the original.
“I became convinced that we could really do interesting, dangerous things,” she said. “And that we could make up for some of our past mistakes, the chief one being that it was such an overwhelmingly white show.”
Miranda’s “woke” scenes have been a lightning rod since the reboot began. When the racially awkward moments first sparked backlash, Nixon defended the writing in 2021, as viewers complained the once razor-sharp lawyer had been rewritten as a bumbling mess.
‘I was not at all ready’ for the show to end
Nixon said she was caught off guard when she learned And Just Like That would not be returning for a fourth season.
“I was not at all ready,” she said. “Not at all.”
She also reflected on how strongly Miranda still defines her career, saying the character “seems to eclipse everything else” she has done, even 22 years after Sex and the City finished airing in 2004.
