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Who Was The Real "Mean Girl" Of Sex And The City?

Mar 17, 2026
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Although the friendship between Carrie and Samantha looked iconic on Sex and the City, tension reportedly existed off-screen between Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker over salary gaps and on-set behavior. The conflict carried into the films and contributed to a canceled third movie when Cattrall refused to return. Years later she publicly said the cast were never friends and accused Parker of fostering a toxic environment, which resurfaced again after a public exchange following the death of Cattrall’s brother.