Sarah Jessica Parker and Chris Noth gave viewers one of the most iconic TV romances ever as Carrie Bradshaw and Mr. Big, respectively, on Sex and the City. The two were reportedly extremely close friends off screen for many years, with Noth publicly coming to Parker's defense when she fell out with their Sex and the City costar Kim Cattrall. "I just don't like to see anyone talking down about SJ because she's a target and people can be nasty," Noth told The Guardian in December 2021. Days after Noth made those statements, he was accused of sexual misconduct by multiple women. Although Noth - who had just been killed off SATC spinoff And Just Like That - dismissed the allegations as "categorically false," Parker publicly distanced herself from him at the time. A new wrinkle developed in January 2026 when Noth seemingly agreed with an Instagram commenter who wrote "F*** SJP" in response to one of his Instagram posts. 'Sex and the City' Drama Through the Years: A Timeline Keep scrolling for a timeline of how Noth and Parker's friendship. Chris Noth Admitted He Was Annoyed By 'Sex and the City' Success at 1st Before landing the role of Mr. Big, Chris Noth was best known for playing NYPD Detective Mike Logan on Law & Order in the early 1990s. While Logan was one of the most popular characters in the early years of the NBC procedural, Noth left Law & Order early enough to avoid being typecast in cop roles. (Noth spent five seasons on Law & Order. He later returned for the 1998 TV movie Exiled and the spinoff show Law & Order: Criminal Intent.) Sex and the City creator Darren Star initially considered Alec Baldwin as Carrie Bradshaw's lover Mr. Big when casting the HBO series before eventually settling on Noth. The series rocketed Noth and the entire cast of Sex and the City to new levels of stardom - which Noth wasn't necessarily comfortable with. Sarah Jessica Parker, as Carrie Bradshaw, and Chris Noth, as Mr. Big, on "Sex and the City." HBO/Getty Images "Initially, when the show became a cultural phenomenon, I was really annoyed by it, because I don't like to be called a character's name on the street and actors don't like [characters] sticking to them," he confessed to The Guardian in December 2021. "But eventually I thought: 'Just stop resisting this because it's not going away. People, for some reason, will always relate you to that part, so just let what you resist persist.' And if I can be a small part of what people think of as New York City, that's a really lovely thing." Chris Noth Once Called Carrie Bradshaw a 'Whore' Chris Noth raised eyebrows in an October 2014 interview with News.co.au when he disparaged Sarah Jessica Parker's Sex and the City character Carrie Bradshaw. Noth complained about the way viewers differentiated between Mr. Big and Carrie's sex lives. "Big was powerful because he had a lot of money and he seemed to have the upper hand in the relationship, but emotionally he was a wreck," he insisted. "Actually, no - he was what he was. One of the things I tell people is that he never tried to pretend he was anything other than what he was." Noth insisted Carrie Bradshaw "tried to pretend [Big] was something he wasn't" during their many breakups and reconciliations throughout Sex and the City. "[Big] was always honest about himself - he never cheated on her," Noth argued. "The relationship just didn't work, and he went on to get married while she went on to... how many boyfriends did she have? She was such a whore! [laughs] There's a misconception that Carrie was a victim of him, and that's not the case - she was a strong, smart woman." Amid a backlash from Sex and the City fans, Noth insisted he'd only been joking when he called Carrie a "whore." Chris Noth Defended Sarah Jessica Parker During Her Feud With Kim Cattrall Sex and the City fandom was divided forever when Kim Cattrall aired her grievances with Sarah Jessica Parker during a 2017 appearance on Piers Morgan's Life Stories. Cattrall complained that Parker "could have been nicer" during the making of Sex and the City and clarified she was never close with any of the core cast members. The feud simmered on for years, with Noth taking Parker's side during a December 2021 interview with The Guardian. "I have to tell you, I have absolutely no idea what [Kim] thinking is, or her emotions," he insisted. "I do know that I'm very close with SJ and [Cattrall's] descriptions of her don't even come close. I liked her, I thought she was marvelous in the show and some people move on for their own reasons. I don't know what hers were. I just wish that whole thing had never happened because it was sad and uncomfortable." Noth said he took personal offense to "anyone talking down about SJ" because of their close friendship. "She's a target and people can be nasty," he added. "I feel very protective of her and I was not happy about that. That's all I'll say about that." Sarah Jessica Parker Publicly Distanced Herself from Chris Noth Amid Sexual Misco