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Ahead of the release of Sex and the City follow-up And Just Like That<\/a>, one of the key talking points was how the show would deal with the absence of key character Samantha Jones.<\/p>\n Whereas Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis have all returned to play their characters from the original, Kim Cattrall chose not to reprise the role, and so it was always clear that her character would be written out of the series.<\/p>\n And Samantha\u2019s absence has now been addressed in the first episode of the new series \u2013 which is now available on Sky Comedy and NOW \u2013 with the remaining characters explaining that she is no longer speaking to her friends.<\/p>\n It is revealed that Samantha had ended her friendship with Carrie after she stopped working as her publicist and has now relocated from New York to London, with the trio discussing the matter in one of the very first scenes of the premiere.<\/p>\n Carrie says: \u201cIt\u2019s kind of like she\u2019s dead, we never talk about her, she stopped returning my calls,\u201d before Miranda adds: \u201cHer pride got damaged.\u201d<\/p>\n Carrie then expands: \u201cI thought I was more to her than an ATM,\u201d with Miranda and Charlotte revealing that Samantha had failed to reply to their texts and messages as well.<\/p>\n \u201cI guess that\u2019s all we could do,\u201d says Miranda, with Carrie adding: \u201cI always thought the four of us would be friends forever.\u201d<\/p> Speaking about Cattrall\u2019s absence after the reboot had been announced, Parker wrote on Instagram: \u201cSamantha isn\u2019t part of this story. But she will always be part of us. No matter where we are or what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n By Patrick Cremona Published: Thursday, 09 December 2021 at 12:00 am Ahead of the release of Sex and the City follow-up And Just Like That, one of the key talking points was how the show would deal with the absence of key character Samantha Jones. Whereas Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis have […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":8451,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/and-just-like-that-addresses-samanthas-absence-in-first-episode.jpg",620,413,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/and-just-like-that-addresses-samanthas-absence-in-first-episode-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/and-just-like-that-addresses-samanthas-absence-in-first-episode-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/and-just-like-that-addresses-samanthas-absence-in-first-episode.jpg",620,413,false],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/and-just-like-that-addresses-samanthas-absence-in-first-episode.jpg",620,413,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/and-just-like-that-addresses-samanthas-absence-in-first-episode.jpg",620,413,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2021\/12\/and-just-like-that-addresses-samanthas-absence-in-first-episode.jpg",620,413,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Patrick Cremona Published: Thursday, 09 December 2021 at 12:00 am Ahead of the release of Sex and the City follow-up And Just Like That, one of the key talking points was how the show would deal with the absence of key character Samantha Jones. Whereas Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis have…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/8450"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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