Cynthia Nixon has fond memories of her time on Sex and the City. But she admits one scene from the film version left her pretty disappointed.
Cynthia Nixon may just be the fierce embodiment of her Sex and the City character Miranda Hobbes, since she’s currently running for governor of New York and turning insults into campaign merchandise. Still, Nixon has not forgotten her TV roots or her time on the iconic HBO show Sex and the City.
While taking her campaign trail to The Wendy Williams Show, the Democratic candidate revealed some Sex and the City gossip. Apparently, there was a specific scene from the film Sex and the City that Nixon was not in favor of.
Us Weekly shared a sneak peek of Nixon’s appearance, where she discussed attending the 2010 London premiere for the movie. She remembered how the audience clapped during the climactic when Mr. Big (Chris Noth) surprises Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) with a huge closet in their penthouse apartment, one he’d built for the fashion-obsessed writer.
"I was a little devastated. It seemed to me that the show was so much about female empowerment and about women making their own choices and women standing up for what they wanted and supporting themselves. So, to me, to have this [scene] be a climax of the film, that your very wealthy husband built you a really nice closet for your clothes, I thought, ‘Wow, that’s not really what you love about the show, is it?’ Cause that’s not what we were making it for."
Sex and the City was easily a show that covers love, life and lots of expensive brand names. Thus Nixon’s critique is a bit of a shock. She quickly noted that she and the cast still loved all the clothes, but how the film wrapped everything up was not ideal.
Nixon went on to discuss what matters most to her now — not fashion or showing off her shoes for Williams’ “shoe cam” — but her candidacy for governor of New York. Nixon explained her motivation to run against Democrat and incumbent Governor Andrew Cuomo came from President Donald Trump’s election. She saw it as a “real wake-up call” and knew it was time to take a stand herself.
“If we don’t like the direction our government is going in, we have to step up,” Nixon said. “We have to get involved like never before, so that’s what I’m doing.”
Nixon’s made recent headlines for her support to legalize marijuana, noting there is “such an appetite for real progressive change in New York state.”
If elected governor, Nixon would be the first female and first openly gay governor of New York.
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To view more of Nixon’s interview, check your local listings for The Wendy Williams Show, which airs on weekdays.