Chris Noth defends Sarah Jessica Parker against Kim Cattrall's past criticisms: 'I feel very protective of her'

Chris Noth and Sarah Jessica Parker are bonded beyond their enduring on-screen Sex and the City love as Mr. Big and Carrie Bradshaw, respectively.

Noth was recently asked about the absence of Kim Cattrall, who played Samantha Jones for the entirety of Sex and the City's six-season HBO run as well as the two spinoff feature-length films, in the HBO Max limited series revival And Just Like That..., due to premiere its first two episodes Thursday (Dec. 9). 

"I have to tell you, I have absolutely no idea what her thinking is, or her emotions," Noth, 67, told The Guardian, answering why he believes Cattrall refused to participate in AJLT. "I do know that I’m very close with SJ and [Cattrall’s] descriptions of her don’t even come close. I liked her, I thought she was marvelous in the show and some people move on for their own reasons. I don’t know what hers were. I just wish that whole thing had never happened because it was sad and uncomfortable."

He added: "I just don’t like to see anyone talking down about SJ because she’s a target and people can be nasty. I feel very protective of her and I was not happy about that. That’s all I’ll say about that."

Cattrall has publicly slammed SJP over the years—including this aggressive Instagram post from February 2018, posted after Parker expressed her condolences for Cattrall's brother was found dead.