“. . . And as I sat at my laptop, amazed to hear that the guy who played Smith Jerrod on Sex and the City might actually be siding with Sarah Jessica Parker over Kim Cattrall, I couldn’t help but wonder: was the Absolut Hunk really an absolute punk?”
That’s right: actor Jason Lewis, who played Samantha Jones’s model-turned-movie-star boyfriend on the HBO series and its film adaptations, has officially been sucked into the scuffle that’s been tearing the Sex and the City fandom apart. When asked recently about Parker and Cattrall’s feud—which has been making news practically since Parker announced last fall that the planned third S.A.T.C. movie was dead in the water—Lewis initially tried to play coy: “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all,” he told KTLA 5.
When pressed, though, Lewis added this: “Listen, I would have to say that Sarah was always just so lovely and such a consummate professional, and I think that people should remember their graciousness and the things that have been given to them, and I’m going to stop there because I’ve got nothing good to say.”
Given all that, it sure sounds like Smith is Team Sarah, suggested anchor Sam Rubin. Is he? “I might just have to say yeah,” Lewis responded. “What a gracious lady; she was always so good to me.” And what about everyone else? “Sarah,” Lewis replied carefully, “was amazing.” Man. You’d think covering your body in sushi for a man would win you some loyalty.
For those who need a refresher: rumors that Cattrall and Parker feuded on the set of the S.A.T.C. TV series and the two feature films that followed have dogged the actresses for years—and for a long time, both denied that the whispers were true. S.J.P. even sent Cattrall a celebratory Instagram on her 60th birthday two years ago, without incident. But animosity bubbled up again last year, when Cattrall made it very clear that she has no intention of making any more Sex and the City projects ever. Cattrall punctuated her declaration by specifically slamming Parker: “I don’t know what her issue is. I never have.”
Earlier this month, following the untimely death of her brother, Cattrall issued an even more vitriolic note to Parker on Instagram, after her former co-star offered condolences: “I don’t need your love and support at this tragic time . . . Your continuous reaching out is a painful reminder of how cruel you really were then and now. Let me make this VERY clear. (If I haven’t already) You are not my family. You are not my friend. So I’m writing to tell you one last time to stop exploiting our tragedy in order to restore your ‘nice girl’ persona.” Sarah Jessica Parker, meanwhile, has continued to insist they’re actually not fighting. You know, kind of like how Carrie repeatedly denied falling back in love with Big—even though her friends were pretty sure they knew better.
