And just like that, Sarah Jessica Parker found out what the fandom really thought.
The “Sex and the City” alum, 60, who reprised her role as the iconic Carrie Bradshaw in the show’s spinoff “And Just Like That…” revealed she was “shocked” to find out the audience didn’t like Sara Ramirez’s character Che Diaz.
“A friend of mine brought it up to me, and it’s like: ‘What are you talking about?’” Parker said in an interview with The Guardian on Friday. “And he said: ‘Yeah, there’s all this conversation.’”
Ramirez, 49, originated the character in 2021 during season one before becoming Miranda’s (Cynthia Nixon) love interest in season two. They left the show after the second season wrapped.
Parker explained to the outlet that she doesn’t listen to backlash against projects she stars in.
“I’ve been an actor for 50 years, and I’ve almost never paid attention to peripheral chatter,” the “Hocus Pocus” star added, noting that when it came to Ramirez she “Ioved working with them.”
During Ramirez’s run, fans took to social media to share their dislike of the stand up comedian.
One viewer wrote on X, “Stop subjecting us to che, they are making it really hard to get into and just like that…. Well, them, and all the other annoying things that have ruined a perfectly good cupcake of a show.”
A second social media user wrote, “I’ve started to skip the Che Diaz scenes in And Just Like That but now the episodes are like two minutes long.”
Rounding out the annoyance, a third watcher said: “Trigger warning for this week’s episode of And Just Like That: it opens with Che doing stand up again.”
Before Ramirez concluded their run on the spinoff, the “Grey’s Anatomy” alum wrote on Instagram, “I am not the fictional characters I have played, nor am I responsible for the things that are written for them to say.”
“I am a human being, an artist, an actor. And we are living in a world that has become increasingly hostile toward anyone who dares to free themselves from the gender binary, or disrupt the mainstream.”
Ramirez also told Entertainment Weekly that they’re “actually nothing like” the person they portrayed on the HBO show.
“It was absolutely exhausting to bring this person to life,” they confessed. “I had to stay in a bit of an extroverted mode in order to do that. So the efforts that it took to bring this character forth makes me feel really proud of what I’ve been able to deliver.”
Although Ramirez was thrilled to see their character evoke chatter.
“I love that people have passionate opinions, that Che struck a nerve,” they said. “I think it’s really interesting to play a person who elicits such strong reactions and who can start much-needed conversations. If the storylines created major watercooler moments after each episode, then we did our job.”
In May, Nixon, 59, divulged that she thinks “And Just Like That…” works best when the core group of characters aren’t in long term romances.
“I think our show is always at its most quintessential when as many of us as possible are single and dating and failing at it,” the actress stated in a conversation with Entertainment Weekly at the time.
Now, with season three of the drama, which also stars Kristin Davis, Nicole Ari Parker, Sarita Choudhury and John Corbett, in full swing, viewers are in store for a whole new slew of relationships.
So far, Rosie O’Donnell guest starred as a virgin nun who slept with Miranda during the premiere episode.
“Rosie and I have known each other for a long time,” Nixon told the outlet. “I was like, ‘Shall I text her?’ And [showrunner Michael Patrick King] was like, ‘Sure!’ And she was wonderfully excited about the prospect, so we had a great time.”
Season 3, Episode 1, titled “Outlook Good,” saw O’Donnell, 63, take on the role of Mary, who meets Miranda a lesbian bar.
The two then headed back to Mary’s hotel room where they then have sex.
“One of the things that it meant was that Miranda was single again,” Nixon told E! News last month about Miranda’s breakup from Che. “And that the tensions between Miranda and Che—and also Miranda and Steve—had been quelled and quieted.”
“Just speaking for Miranda,” Nixon explained, “it meant that she was setting out on this new dating world having decided she wanted to date women and nonbinary people, but not really quite knowing how to go about that.”
Also set to guest star is “Law & Order” vet Mehcad Brooks.
“The part of my personality that will do anything for a laugh that has no place on ‘Law & Order,’ I get to do it [on this show],” the 44-year-old gushed to The Post in May.
“One of the highlights of my career is that I get to act across from Nicole Ari Parker,” Brooks added. I’ve known her for 20 years, we’ve worked together before – but never in this way.She’s just a joy to be around, I’m learning so much.”
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