‘And Just Like That’ Season 2 Talks Reportedly Halted Due to Chris Noth Allegations
The future of And Just Like That might be in jeopardy following the sexual assault allegations against Chris Noth, who reprised his role as Mr. Big in the HBO Max series.
According to Us Weekly, an unnamed source claims that discussions over further seasons of the Sex and the City revival have hit a brick wall amid the accusations. “There was talk about doing another season, but after the past few days, all those conversations have stopped,” the source said. “Everyone is raw.”
And Just Like That premiered on December 9 but was quickly surrounded by controversy when, just a week later, two women spoke to The Hollywood Reporter, accusing Noth of sexual assault. According to the two women, the assaults allegedly took place in 2004 and 2015.
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Noth released a statement denying the women’s claims, writing, “The accusations against me made by individuals I met years, even decades, ago are categorically false. These stories could’ve been from 30 years ago or 30 days ago — no always means no — that is a line I did not cross. The encounters were consensual.”
A further three women have accused Noth of sexual assault and misconduct in the days since. Zoe Lister-Jones, who worked with the Good Wife alum on Law & Order, accused Noth of behaving inappropriately on set, while the other two women alleged that the actor sexually groped and harassed them.
Last week, And Just Like That stars Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis released a joint statement addressing the allegations against Noth. “We are deeply saddened to hear the allegations against Chris Noth,” the three actresses wrote in a message posted to their Instagram Stories.
“We support the women who have come forward and shared their painful experiences,” the statement continued. “We know it must be a very difficult thing to do and we commend them for it.”
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Are any of you a woman over 50? Actually the show is real. They are addressing many of the issues many women over 50 face and question. Have my friends lost spouses? Yes. Are they showing how hard it is to mother teenagers? Yes. Are they showing women who question their marriages, lives and careers when they know they have already lived longer than they have left? Yes. It's real and that is the problem people have. This is what we face and it is not pretty and sometimes it's cringey and awkward. As for Chris Noth, he is no longer part of the show so who cares. A show with real 50 year old woman. The horror of it all. Make sure you cancel it right away.
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Finally. A comment worth reading. Nice to see some 50+res who aren’t grandmothers or villains
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Oh please this show is being cancelled because it’s awful Chris Noth is an excuse. I’m over 50 and was a massive fan of SATC and the reboot is embarrassing. I understand there are issues but I wish they would have addressed a couple of topics not all 32 of them in one episode.
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Hmmm........it appears that cancel culture works because as soon as someone makes a noise against an event, group, individual, event, a moment, anything.....that "thing" gets a backlash and equal support. Judging from the posts here, some people love it and some people hate it. So, the haters can post here, but they can also not watch the show. No reason to cancel it if they don't want to watch it. They have more than a million (or more) options to replace what they don't want to watch anymore.
A quick scan of the previous seasons present an number of subplots in each episode. For example, there are 4 friends. Each friend has a life. Then there's the spillover of each life into the others' lives....etc. AJLT is following the same formula. To those who believe that the characters can't possibly be doing the things they're depicted as doing - at the age they are today - should rewrite the show as they want it to be and move on. Those who enjoy watching the way it is being presented should watch. There are enough pro posts here to maintain continuity and a second season. Noth's predicaments should have no bearing on the show's future.
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So if you don’t like the new show, don’t comment?
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This boomer is over 55 and my jaw-dropped when I saw how the show picked up where the friends were today. Absolutely spot on. I can see the viewpoints of each character and their true responses to whatever was happening real time. Charlotte always lived in & out of fantasy land.....and the show depicted how she stepped back into reality (w/the handling of her kid's evolving into their own selves) etc.
The foundation of SatC was always about the friendships, and, peripherally, the characters in their lives. That remains the same.
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Actually, some techno screw up just occurred. OrangeBike didn't write "This boomer is over 55......" AbbyWrites wrote the post. I didn't thing that this kinda thing could happen. But, after 25+ years of online activity, I guess anything is possible.
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I’m over 50, and I feel stronger, sexier and more confident than ever. I understand and have experienced changes in my life, but life is just that, a series of changes. I think this is a depressing perspective on an otherwise potentially great time in life because the characters are portrayed as confused and grasping. Life is largely a matter of perspective. Yes, it’s imperative to be understood, but this is just a downer. Yet another instance in which we’re told to believe that midlife changes define us and that they should be traumatic, like an ending of sorts, something to grieve. Again, we’re all mortal, but biological and chronological age don’t have to be symbiotic. It’s just another angle on selling women on the concept of being “washed up”. It’s as though it’s trying to be empathetic, but in fact it’s depressing and insulting. These ladies [actors] have talent and need to move on; Sex and the City was a time and a place, and it’s over. Let’s not disrespect it with these sad shenanigans. Chris Noth is irrelevant.
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The show always dealt with current events and trends so why should that changed just because they have gotten older. The show wouldn't be interesting if they acted the same as when they were in their 30's. I happen to be the exact same ages as the actresses so the show seems like the next logical step and although it's not as glamerous or sparkly, it deals with age appropriate things with the same flare and humor. I vote yes to a second season!
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I was prepared to hate "And Just Like That" because I'm definitely part of team Samantha. However, I was hooked within the first few minutes of the new show, seeing the three besties as they are now - perfectly plausible. I think the show has a great future. The Chris Noth debacle was addressed and should not prevent the show from moving forward. Willie Garson's untimely death was a shocker, but his character's absence was handled beautifully within the show (and he'll be in our hearts forevermore though he moved half a world away).
I want to see what happens to Carrie as she handles her single status once again; Charlotte and her future responses to her daughter's "coming out", and Miranda's new sexual orientation. "And Just Like That" is both a comfortable ride and an exciting one. It's a ride that I want to be on for as long as possible. Any fallout regarding Noth's alleged unacceptable/bad behavior is no longer attached to the new launch since his character's death addressed his removal from it.
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Chris Noth guilty until proven innocent by the fascist Mee Too Movement. Thrown under the bus by his co stars.
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Please provide a link that shows the co-stars stating he is guilty. Doesn’t exist.
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People magazine published an interview with SJP and Cynthia saying they support the girls and commend them for coming forward. Nice!
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Keep going with the second season - the show is wonderful and it has nothing to do with Chris Nothing as a private person.
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‘The Golden Girls’ executed this idea better.
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I actually think that the SATC reboot is pretty good. I hated what they did with the movies but I loved the original show. I really hope they come up with a season 2.
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The show is awful. No reason for another season. Chris Noth was killed off in first show , so can't blame the sexual allegations as the reason the show will end
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Yup—they are using him as an excuse because it just a terrible show and they want to end it
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I think the show is great. They have handled sensitive subjects with grace and perfection. What I’m not happy about is everyone assuming that Chris Noth Is guilty as charged. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? I grew up in a very sexually permissive era. Men (and women) made inappropriate comments and gestures to one another and no one went crazy making ridiculous accusations. If there was a problem it should have been addressed at the time, not all these years later. Why don’t we just get on with the shell because it deserves many additional seasons.
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Agreed.
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The show revolves around three women, not one man and three women. It's new, and it's different. I'm in the ladies age group. I wasn't thrilled in the beginning, now I'm tuning in every week. And just like that I love the show, so I hope it's renewed. Not into it? Don't tune in; not every show is for you.
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I think that the show is using the Chris Noth scandal as an excuse, as this series is certainly lacking. They could have used this show as a platform to show how life is with women at a certain age, however, they has used it as a way to push controversial issues of the time down our throats. I loved Sex And The City, but this show is not as good as it could or should be.
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And just like that … just plain sucks! Horrible eps so far. Yes, I’m hate watching - it’s, to me, like watching a train wreck. Don’t want to watch but compelled to.
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Where would you place Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte today? I think we joined up to a perfectly plausible scenario, one that needs to go the distance. Looks like there's a group of loyal fans and a bunch that no longer enjoy the show. Let's move on from the bunch who looks to the past and continue on with those who want to embrace the future AJLT.
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You may like it and thats fine but don't act and treat people who don't like show current storyline like they aren't SATC fans and their criticisms don't have legitimacy
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Without a reason for calling AJLT "a train wreck" the person you are defending is a troll. He/she/they can orate freely, but if you're criticizing a show, explain why. I also asked "where would you place Carrie......today"? I opened up the possibility of a dialogue, rather than a challenge to a duel. Simply coming into a thread and declaring the new episodes as "a train wreck" is disruptive at best .... and worst.
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I think the last SatC movie was godawful and should be removed from our collective memories. AJLT gets viewers right back into the lives of the 3 best friends and gave us a bit of comfort with Samantha responding to Carrie's text (after sending over a flower arrangement for Big's coffin). I actually find myself impatiently waiting each week for a new episode, something I'd swore I'd never I'd never do again. This show is of of my favorites now and I hope we get a second (and third) season to enjoy.
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I loved the movies too! It’s pure escapism and glamour..I love all of it 🥰
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Agree it’s an excuse.
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I am a 37 year old man. I fell in love with the SATC and characters when I was in a long term relationship with a woman who will be 50 this year. I was excited when I found out about AJLT a few weeks ago and caught up with the show. I have really been enjoying the nostalgia of it and also the new situations of the characters. I hope they keep it going and make a second season.
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I love this new chapter. It raw, real, and these situations happen in real life.
I'm really hoping for a second season. The show has more stories to tell.
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Everyone's trying to save face by trying to dump it all at Noth's feet. He deserves whatever he deserves but he's not responsible for the clunky, preachy writing that's anything but entertaining and that's driven what was a highly successful property into the ground.
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Not surprising, considering how much fans have completely decimated and panned this abomination. There shouldn't be another season.
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This should have been decided BEFORE these questionable allegations.
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So, you at mad about a cast member who is no longer on the show??? Find something real to be outraged about.
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It gave HBOmax the biggest ratings premiere of any show it’s ever produced. People are watching
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The crash of the Hindenburg had one of the biggest audiences in history too, but it was still a disaster.
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Most are hate watching it.
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Good, RIP.
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I like AJLT. At least this show has some diversity vs the Sex & the City original, which rarely showed any diversity. The story line is kinda drab, but the humor is still there. Also, the fact that Kim Cattrall left the group, that’s real life too. I’ve fallen out with two of my female friends. We had been “friends” 30+ years. 🥴🥴🥴
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I’ve had friends from high school for 40 years. But now our lives took such different directions that unfortunately we have nothing in common anymore.
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Why should it be canceled if he is no longer on the show since they killed him off?
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I think the show is great. They have handled sensitive subjects with perfection. What I’m not happy about is everyone assuming that Chris Noth is guilty as charged. Whatever happened to innocent until proven guilty? I grew up in a very sexually permissive era. Men (& women) made inappropriate comments and gestures to one another and no one went crazy making ridiculous accusations. If there was a problem, it should have been addressed at the time, not all these years later. Why don’t we just get on with the show because it deserves many additional seasons,
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Put this show out of its misery and pull it from the streaming platform NOW.
How could they even possibly think of a 2nd season?
They should've just stopped after the first movie, which was pretty bad in its own right.
SATC was great back in its day, but damn, stop beating a dead horse!
I'm so over this universe.
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The revival has been an absolute train wreck! Horrible writing. Michael Patrick King should have been removed from the franchise after the second film that was so cringe. Did executive producers SJP, Cynthia and Kristin think this was a quality show as they filmed it?
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The show is aimed at an age group outside the target demographic. Nowadays only the 18-49ers matter.
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Nowadays? It's always been like that... People age out of being the target demographic. That's life.
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Well if HBO can renew GIRLS for six seasons, I hope they can renew AJLT. Also, Emily in Paris was approved for season 3 and 4
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Yes yes yes please continue AJAT with a second, third, and etc seasons. Loving every minute of this show. These women are so talented, fun and beautiful. The clothes, the city, the dialogues and the shoes! Please keep it going!
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Wow, what a convenient scapegoat for a dismal, sad production. Enjoyed the original, loved the talent. But part of what I loved about the original was how progressive, empowering and inspiring it was for women. AJLT is dismal, depressing and frankly demeaning to women, portraying us as confused and washed up. Yes, there are adjustments, but there are lots of adjustments; that’s life and there are stages! Fortunately we now live in a time when we can be truly vigorous and healthy for a ridiculously long time. This is such a downer, and sad that it’s likely making many women feel pretty hopeless. Total opposite of what it originally perpetrated. Sad.
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I totally agree.
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The show is excellent. Its hits home on issues we face. I do some work at the UN and I deal with gender biases. Its important we understand that what they deal with all women wldeal with. And Chris Noth is innocent till proven guilty. As women we have a right to bring charges. But sometimes people are not always telling the full truth. Let it all play out on all sides to be fair.
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Not sure what Chris Noth has to do with the conversation around whether AJLT will get a second season. He was killed off on the first episode. 🤷🏽♀️
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I think such BS. The show is weak, a third cousin to the first iteration, completely missing the arc of current concerns and mores but fortunately a candidate arose just in time as an under-the-bus-throwee so the conceited flakes that put this show together get to point elsewhere as the reason Season 2 gets blown up. Nice!
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This show isn't canceled because of Chris Noth. It was canceled because the critics completely panned it and the ratings are in the hopper. The writing is terrible and they completely destroyed these characters. These women who were savvy in the 80s seem to have lived in a vault for 25 years and emerged as complete nincompoops. The worst assassination was Miranda, a formerly intelligent attorney, who now is clueless and is terminally nasty to everyone. What a loser this series is...so let's not blame it on Chris Noth and his former "me, too" issues.
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I sure hope there will not be another season… The men are reduced to clowns and the stories are dull and don’t flow… it is mediocre at best!
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What a total crock of Shitz ..They want to be so right with the socially politically correct that’s gone way over the top, now they are going to throw Chris Noth under the bus. How sad, the show is awful. Own it, it’s just bad.
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Big is dead and the women are dealing with lifetime realities. I say another season!
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My only problem is with the texting portion...I can't read it...so that gets annoying.
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Agree.
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Agree!
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Oh could not agree more especially Miranda's affair with Che. Where was the moral indignation when she cheated as there was when Steve cheated? And him being ok with it while she was ready to divorce him. Sickening double standard of men cheating bad women cheating ok. Cancel it before it gets worse.
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Exactly.
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LOL good one.
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No diversity????? Your kidding right.
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Agree.
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So agree with your comment.
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Waste of time watching nonsense.
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Think they should do a second season.
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I wasn't sure what to expect with the new series Just like that. I am such a huge fan of satc & couldn't comprehend what a new series with these 3 aging woman would be like. Halfway through the 1st episode I felt disappointed. But by the end of that episode I was hooked! I look forward to every episode & am truly upset at the allegations against Chris Noth. He is someone I have always loved watching in any show. I believe in being innocent until proven guilty & don't understand why they have put the brakes on a season 2. Chris's character is done & he has nothing to do with the show any longer, so why put a new season on hold. This show is a huge hit & is definitely leaving many with wanting more. So please don't keep us all waiting too long.
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I absolutely love this show! I am the same age group as the girls and was a massive fan of SATC, I thought I’d miss Samantha, and was ready to give this new show a miss..but you know what…it’s like she was never there! I am totally hooked…please continue with more seasons, us die hard fans love it! 🥰💕
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I love it! It's fresh and the women are more in touch with reality.
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The show, while not perfect, is enjoyable and since Big is dead, I see no reason why Nothing’s offstage antics should be a reason to cancel it. Cancel culture can go too far. He’s lost his other job (and likely his marriage and livelihood), and now has to face the music about his alleged sexual harassment. I don’t feel sorry for him one bit, but as he is no longer part of the show, why put all those crew and cast members out of work? Will The Equalizer be canceled? I doubt it.
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Hahaha... Using Chris Noth's "scandal" as an excuse for AJLT cancellation 😀
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Why would this impact season 2? One...even though it's looking like the accusations may have some weight to them...he hasn't been charged with anything yet. And two...his character is dead...he's not even a part of the show anymore.
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Big was killed off in the first episode so he doesn’t have anything to do with it. I happen to like it. I can do without the homosexuality..but other than than it’s cool. I was a huge fan of the show..and with everything that’s going on in the world honestly, this show is a much needed distraction. I’m happy to see them all. I wish Samantha would change her mind and join the show..I miss her.
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Word of the day is diversity. You actually don’t have to watch.
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Why is homosexuality a problem for you?
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Because it’s their constitutional and human right to not have to subscribe to what other people subscribe to. Doesn’t mean we are ever allowed to treat ANYONE with hate or disrespect. But we can absolutely, respectfully, not be required to be comfortable with all things in the world
If they had said they weren’t comfortable with religion instead of homosexuality, nobody would’ve said a damn thing about that. And it’s anyones right to not subscribe to religion, either. But, the same principles apply. We are not required, nor should anyone feel bullied, to subscribe to every single thing on the planet.
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