Chris Noth is finally discussing the end of his friendship with Sarah Jessica Parker. The pair co-starred for years as Mr. Big and Carrie Bradshaw on Sex and the City, and reprized their roles in the Sex and the City movies and the HBO Max sequel series And Just Like That. North said on an upcoming episode of “Really Famous with Kara Meyer Robinson” (via People) that Parker’s reaction to the sexual assault allegations effectively ended their personal and professional relationship.
“We’re not friends, I think that’s clear,” North said. “The statement they put out was really nothing more than brand management, but I don’t know. It was sad, it was disappointing, and it surprised me, because you need to call me and hear my side of the story. You’ve known me for years, we’ve worked (together) for years.”
North was accused of sexual assault by two women in early December 2021. Three more women came forward with further charges in the weeks that followed. He was quickly fired by the management team at A3 Artist Agency and fired from his regular role on the CBS procedural The Equalizer. The scenes he filmed as Mr. Big in the season 1 finale of And Just Like That were also removed by HBO Max before airing in early 2022. North called the accusations “categorically false” in a December 2021 statement, adding: “It’s hard not to question the timing of these stories. I’m not sure why they’re coming to the surface now, but I do know this: I did not assault women.”
Shortly after the first accusations were made, Parker and his Sex and the City co-stars Cynthia Nixon and Kristin Davis released a joint statement saying, “We are deeply saddened to hear of the allegations against Chris Noth. We stand with the women who have come forward and shared their painful experiences. We know this is an extremely difficult thing to do, and we commend them for their work.”
North told Kara Meyer Robinson. “Okay, that’s more Hollywood than Hollywood. But before you make that statement, you should know me, you should have known me for years, so give me a call so I can give you the real scoop on this. And it didn’t happen, and that was too bad.”
“What we got is good,” the actor added. “People know where they stand, and they know who their real friends are and who aren’t. It’s important to know that. I just know that if it had been the other way around, I wouldn’t have done it… It hurt and it really affected everything.”
North and Parker’s rocky friendship recently made headlines after North showed support for an Instagram comment that referenced Parker’s initials: “Fuck SJP.” The actor later clarified that he had simply made an “off-the-cuff, slightly sarcastic” comment. He spoke about the allegations for the first time on record to USA Today in 2022.
“There’s nothing I can say to change people’s minds when you’re in a wave like that,” North said at the time. “I know that sounds defensive, but it’s not. There’s no criminal court. There’s no criminal trial. There’s no need for me to get on the stand and expose my story and gather witnesses. And then there’s the further absurdities that are completely ridiculous and have no basis in fact. And I don’t like to talk about it because as soon as I say it, either the Daily Mail will grab it or someone will grab a piece of it and run with it, and I don’t want my kids to see it.
