Sarah Jessica Parker recently revealed her surprise at discovering that unexpected audiences, such as NBA players and NYPD officers, watch her show And Just Like That…
In a conversation with PEOPLE magazine, the 60-year-old American actress and television producer admitted that she has been consistently surprised over the years by some of the viewers of both And Just Like That… and S* and the City*.
During a Q&A session hosted by Threads, Parker shared, “I encounter people like that all the time.”
Recalling a specific event, she said, “I was at a CNN event, and all these legendary basketball players were saying, ‘Oh my God! I have to take a picture with you and send this home,’ and I never expected that they would know who I was. I certainly knew who they were.”
The Hocus Pocus star added that the show’s fans also include “New York City police officers or first responders. It’s just a whole variety of people, and it’s really very moving.”
Parker also recounted a fan interaction that made her feel she had “made it” and truly understood the sheer size of the S* and the City* audience.
She humorously shared, “I remember being at the luggage carousel at an airport, and a man came over and said to me, ‘You were on that show, right?’ And I said, ‘Yes.’ And he sort of basically confessed that he didn’t think he was meant to be watching the show, and maybe he’d been pulled into it reluctantly by a girlfriend or a wife or a daughter.”
Sarah Jessica Parker concluded, “So it’s been really interesting to see who that audience is and how they’ve changed, and how we’ve changed, and who they’ve brought along with them. It’s been really extraordinary.”
