Kristin Davis Shares She Was Set Up to Date Matthew Perry
And just like that, Kristin Davis is righting a wrong.
The Sex and the City alum issued a mea culpa to Bridget Moynahan—who played Natasha, the wife of Chris Noth‘s Mr. Big character, in the long-running HBO series and its recent revival And Just Like That—for initially snubbing her on set.
“Normally, what I would do for guest star people—which were usually men—I would go and try to proactively be friendly,” Kristin, 60, explained to Bridget, 54, on the Oct. 6 episode of iHeartRadio’s Are You a Charlotte podcast, “because it is such a scary situation.”
However, since Bridget played the so-called “nemesis” to Sarah Jessica Parker‘s Carrie character, Kristin admitted that she had unintentionally “internalized Charlotte’s worldview.”
“I don’t think I was that nice to you,” Kristin told the Coyote Ugly alum. “I feel really bad about that, Bridget.”
But for Bridget, it’s all water under the bridge.
“It’s OK now,” she said with a laugh. “Don’t worry.”
Besides, the two have since struck up an IRL friendship.
“We would run into each other at the gym all the time,” Bridget noted, recalling how she was at first confused as to why Kristin was “being so nice.”
Her response? “By then, we weren’t in our characters anymore,” Kristin explained, “and I could just be a normal person.”
Looking back, the former Melrose Place star said that she felt “so silly” that her onscreen persona had seeped into real life.
“I was less forgiving if you were somebody that I felt like was threatening my friend,” Kristin explained, adding that “time and distance” helped her learn how to separate her work from her personal life.
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But Kristin wasn’t the only one who subconsciously blurred the lines between Bridget and her SATC character. After all, some fans have also taken Natasha’s storyline to heart.
“Because they all love Big and Carrie together and somehow I was in the way,” Bridget explained. “I actually said out loud sometimes, ‘No, she was having an affair with my husband. Let’s break this down.'”
For E! News’ ranking of all the Sex and the City relationships, read on.
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16. Samantha and Richard
Ugh, what an a–hole.
Best moment: N/A.
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15. Carrie and Berger
It’s hard to remember the couple’s early banter-filled, cute moments after all the horrible, passive-aggressive crap the writer pulled later on. HE BROKE UP WITH HER ON A POST-IT.
Best moment: None are coming to mind at the moment, Berger. We’re sorry, we can’t. Don’t hate us.
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14. Samantha and Maria
No one believed this relationship would last, right? Still, Samantha gave it the ol’ college try.
Best moment: After a night out with Carrie and her new beau, during which Samantha told Big to “back off,” Maria told Samantha she couldn’t be just friends.
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13. Miranda and Che
Not on fans’ bingo cards when they tuned into Max’s revival series And Just Like That…? Miranda ending her marriage and following a standup comedian across the country!
Best Moment: For the pure comedy of it all, it has to be Che and Miranda hooking up in Carrie’s kitchen while a recovering-from-hip-surgery Carrie peed herself in bed.
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12. Carrie and Petrovsky
Oh, the Russian. Their relationship started off too romantic to be true…and it was. He didn’t get along with her friends and Carrie’s impulsive move to Paris proved to be a disaster.
Best moment: After too many grand romantic gestures, Carrie literally swooned. So naturally, Petrovsky took her, in her dream ball gown, to McDonald’s, where they slow-danced while waiting for fries. We literally swooned.
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11. Charlotte and Trey
On paper, Trey was the perfect guy for Charlotte. But, the cracks began to show (overbearing mother, “Trey can’t get it up,” not wanting kids, etc.) soon after their wedding. Also: he gave her a cardboard cut-out baby. Who does that?!
Best moment: When Trey took Charlotte to Tiffany’s so she could pick out her dream ring to make up for the infamous “Alrighty!” comment.
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10. Samantha and James
The first relationship Samantha had that wasn’t based on sex came to an end because of, well, sex. Or James’ small penis, to be exact.
Best moment: When Samantha told James she loved him. A huge (no pun intended) moment for her.
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9. Miranda and Skipper
Poor, poor Skipper. He was kind of like a Steve-lite, and Miranda was able to walk all over him.
Best moment: When he calls her “luminous” during their chance meeting at a bodega.
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8. Anthony and Stanford
Sure, it came out of nowhere in the movies that Carrie’s BFF and Charlotte’s wedding planner-turned-bestie would get together, but it kind of works for us.
Best moment: In their wedding vows, when Anthony said, “It wasn’t love at first sight, but it turns out it was love. You are the first man to accept me for the man that I actually am.”
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7. Carrie and Aidan
Let’s face it, Aidan was a great guy but he wasn’t The Guy for Carrie…no matter how hard they both tried to convince themselves that he was. However, season two of And Just Like That… may just prove that second chances are the hottest trend this summer. (Yes, we are refusing to acknowledge their dalliance in Sex and the City 2.)
Best moment: Is it weird that we loved their breakup scene—the second one—where they slept on the floor of the apartment they would never live in together?
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6. Miranda and Robert
Talk about a catch. Robert was almost perfect: he was a hot doctor for the New York Knicks who watched the same soaps as Miranda. His one flaw? He just wasn’t Steve.
Best moment: Their first kiss at their “lockers,” (i.e.: mailboxes). Or her taking a personal day for the first time ever for him. OR THE CHICKEN POX.
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5. Samantha and Smith
Of all the guys on SATC, Smith Jerrod might just be the best. He was so patient and so giving with the wild Samantha, who fought tooth and nail not to fall in love with the model-turned-superstar.
Best moment: Who doesn’t tear up just thinking about Smith shaving his golden locks for Samantha when she lost her hair while undergoing chemo?
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4. Carrie and Big
Absof–kinglutely. (Curse you, Peloton!)
Best moment: Come on, how can we not choose Big going to Paris to finally tell Carrie she’s the one? (Although the fart-in-bed/whoopee cushion prank still makes us smile.)
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3. Miranda and Steve
Just as Miranda’s feelings for Steve snuck up on her, our love for this couple hit us like a ton of bricks—just like their split in And Just Like That…‘s first season. Justice for Steve!
Best moment: If any moment perfectly represents SATC‘s most low-maintenance couple, it was Miranda’s out-of-nowhere proposal and their super low-key wedding in the park. So them. So perfect.
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2. Charlotte and Harry
They say love often finds you when you least expect it…like when your sweaty putz of a divorce lawyer turns out to be the man of your dreams and the best father to your children you could’ve imagined.
Best moment: Their mess-filled, imperfectly perfect nuptials. From the beginning of the series, Charlotte wanted the fairy tale wedding, but what she got was the fairy tale marriage.
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1. The Girls
“The most important thing in life is your family. There are days you love them and others you don’t, but in the end they’re the people you always come home to. Sometimes it’s the family you’re born into. And sometimes it’s the one you make for yourself.”
Best moment: We were SO tempted to choose Carrie walking Miranda down the aisle at her mother’s funeral, but we thought a moment with all four girls was appropriate. Our choice? When Miranda doesn’t give two shits about her wedding after hearing about Samantha’s breast cancer diagnosis, with all four girls tuning out the celebration to just be together. Because that’s what friendship is: putting others before yourself.
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