How ‘And Just Like That’ turned Chris Noth’s scandal into Carrie’s ‘Big mistake’

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the eighth episode of the second season of “And Just Like That” that made you go “And just like what?!”That was when a sweater-coated Carrie — after confessing to a bemused Miranda that she’s been having the best orgasms of her life with renewed love Aidan — drops an even bigger bomb.Stopping mid-stroll, Carrie takes a beat before admitting, “I’ve been asking myself, ‘Was Big a big mistake?’ ”Just like Miranda, we were speechless.

Where did all that Big love go?Of course, Big — that’s John James Preston, as we found out in the first “Sex and the City” movie — was the man who Carrie chased around Manhattan in her Manolos for six seasons in the original show.

After falling for Big — right along with those condoms — in the very first episode, she got her happy ending with him in the 2004 series finale.But shortly after Big’s death-by-Peloton in the 2021 premiere of “And Just Like That,” Chris Noth — the actor who became as synonymous with his character as Sarah Jessica Parker did with Carrie — was hit with allegations of sexual misconduct.Parker, Cynthia Nixon (Miranda) and Kristin Davis (Charlotte) — the stars and executive producers of “And Just Like That” — swiftly put out a joint statement in complete support of the women who came forward with the accusations.And just like that … Big — even the ghost of Big — was problematic.To many, Noth — who has denied the allegations — was Big.

And for the lead character of a show about female bonding that empowered women all over the world to have chased a man whose portrayer was now being called a “sexual predator” undoubtedly tainted the “SATC” legacy.That is why the recent reunion of Carrie and Aidan — who she controversially cheated on with Big — feels like a course correction,.