- Cynthia Nixon was on “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen”Thursday
- Nixon responded to the criticisms she received about her portrayal of her husband on screen.
- “And Just Like That”In an interview with Vanity Fair in the past, writers defended the reboot’s storyline.
Cynthia Nixon stood by her “And Just Like That”After fans criticised the treatment of Steve Brady’s husband Miranda Hobbes, Miranda Hobbes was cast as Miranda Hobbes.
Nixon gave an interview on Thursday“Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen”Discuss the “Sex and the City”The reboot was done ahead of the finale of season one on February 3. Cohen asked Cohen if Nixon understood why some people were upset about how Steve (played by David Eigenberg) was treated in season 1.
“I do. I have to say that’s the thing about breakups,” Nixon, 55, said. “Oftentimes, there’s one person that is making the breakup happen and the other person who is reluctant.”
Nixon also added: “But I have to say, that person who’s reluctant is pretty miserable too, and they’re just not admitting it.”
Insider reached out to Cynthia Nixon representatives but they did not respond immediately.
After cheating on Steve, Miranda ended her marriage and fell for Che Diaz (played by “Grey’s Anatomy” star Sara Ramirez. As a result, some fans — including writer Roxanne Gay — questioned if the show’s writers “hate” Eigenberg’s Steve.
“On ‘And Just Like That,’ do they hate the actor who plays Steve? They have given his character not one good scene. He just walks around yelling uttering absolute nonsense. It’s bizarre. He was so lovely,”Gay wrote.
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In an interview published January 13, with reboot, he dispelled the speculation. Julie Miller, Vanity Fair. She claimed that criticism suggested that she was a “lopsided gender issue,”It is said that viewers feel the same way. “angry” at Miranda and “more protective”Because of that, Steve was inspired.
“Everyone on the show, every single person, loves David Eigenberg as a human being,”Zuritsky stated this to the outlet. “We love him as an actor. We love Steve. We are really invested in the Steve-ness of him. He’s so full of life, and the Steves out there are good guys.”
Julie Rottenberg also wrote for the original series, as well the reboot. In Vanity Fair’s interview, she echoed this sentiment and encouraged viewers see Miranda’s situation.
“Miranda’s journey is representing another reality out there, which a lot of people go through — the reevaluations and transitions in life,”She told the outlet. “Grown couples grow apart, and people come to epiphanies about what their spouse is or isn’t fulfilling for them.”