And Just Like That team blasts John Corbett for lying about returning as Aidan Shaw on continuation

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The team behind HBO Max's And Just Like That were none too thrilled last April when John Corbett falsely claimed to Page Six that he was 'going to do the show' and 'might be in quite a few' episodes as Aidan Shaw.'John Corbett should be writing personal apology notes,' writer Julie Rottenberg told Deadline on Thursday. 'We didn't say anything.'Executive producer Michael Patrick King was also mystified by the 60-year-old Emmy nominee's little white lie: 'The fact of the matter is, we never said anything about Aidan.' Bizarre: The team behind HBO Max's And Just Like That were none too thrilled last April when John Corbett (pictured in 2020) falsely claimed to Page Six that he was 'going to do the show' and 'might be in quite a few' episodes as Aidan Shaw'We always try to be very restrained and look at the reality of what people are experiencing and it has nothing to do with Aidan coming or not coming,' the 67-year-old showrunner added.'It really just felt like this was a lot for Carrie.

This season was a lot. We wanted to get her through this and into the light - the last episode is called, "Seeing the Light." We wanted to get her out. [Aidan's return] is a big storyline that everybody at home wrote that we had never intended.' John famously portrayed Carrie Bradshaw's (Sarah Jessica Parker) passive-aggressive furniture-designing former fiancé who appears in seasons three, four, and six of the original HBO series Sex and the City.But there were always undertones of control and distrust plaguing Carrie and Aidan, who clashed over her smoking, cheating, abortion, fashion, and commitment as well as his chattiness and rustic Suffern, NY cabin.