Sarah Jessica Parker Addresses 'And Just Like That' Criticism and Chris Noth's Sexual Assault Allegations

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Sarah Jessica Parker has a lot to get off her chest when it comes to the criticism  faced as the show evolved from its «relic» origin that is .But while she talks extensively on that topic for 's cover story, the 57-year-old actress struggles to address the wave of sexual assault allegations leveled at Chris Noth that derailed Noth's career and muddied season 1 of the HBO Max reboot.Parker, who in the past has referred to as a «relic,» opens up in 's New York Issue about how the show navigated sex, politics, race and gender. «The burden is not on me because I can't write, but [showrunner] Michael [Patrick King] knew that,» she says. "[The question was] how do we open that world up?

And how do we make it real? We have a great writing room of, once again, all women, but the room is more diverse now. That wasn't a mandate, no one told us it had to be that way.

Michael wanted it that way, and it will continue to evolve.«And, speaking of evolving, Parker is cognizant of the fact that fans of the original HBO hit series have strong feelings about how much the reboot incorporated the societal changes that have occurred since ended in February 2004.

And those fans conveyed their strong feelings on social media, a medium still in its infancy at the height of .»Obviously, we're aware that people have opinions, and there will be peripheral chatter specific to the HBO show," she explains. «We care that they're engaged and enjoying it, flipped out, upset, thrilled, devastated, but you can’t have a result in mind and then try to back into it with the writing.