Cynthia Nixon Defends Miranda’s ‘AJLT’ Romance With Che: ‘I Love That’

A brand new route. Loads of And Simply Like That viewers have expressed their dislike for Miranda’s current story strains, however the character’s arc has at the least one vocal supporter: Cynthia Nixon.

The Emmy winner, 55, who reprises her position as Miranda Hobbes within the Intercourse and the Metropolis revival, is a fan of the way in which the present’s writers have tailored the traditional characters for 2022. “I feel some persons are not loving seeing these characters perhaps off-kilter, however I like that,” the New York Metropolis native mentioned throughout a Wednesday, January 26, look on The Drew Barrymore Present.

Throughout the January 20 episode of the HBO collection, Miranda informed her husband, Steve (David Eigenberg), that she wished a divorce so she may pursue her romance with Che Diaz (Sara Ramírez). Although some viewers have been happy by the present’s inclusion of a nonbinary character, others have questioned whether or not Miranda would actually upend her life for an affair.

“Miranda is so overwhelmed by how attracted she is to Che and the way off-kilter that Che has thrown her that she turns into Charlotte and begins doing The Guidelines,” Nixon defined on Wednesday, referencing Charlotte’s (Kristin Davis) obsession with a self-help e-book from the Nineteen Nineties.

The Tony Award winner additionally famous that calling Miranda’s arc a “mid-life disaster” is placing a “detrimental spin” on one thing that’s really been a internet optimistic for her character. “Out of crises come actually productive issues,” she informed Drew Barrymore. “You’re not younger anymore, however you’re not outdated, both. And you continue to have time to guarantee that your life is the way in which you need it to be.”

Different followers have identified, nonetheless, that Miranda appears to have forgotten how indignant she was in the course of the first Intercourse and the Metropolis film when Steve cheated on her. As viewers bear in mind, the duo briefly break up earlier than deciding to present their marriage one other likelihood by reuniting on the Brooklyn Bridge. One widespread meme pairs a photograph of Miranda within the unique collection telling Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) she’s “residing in a fantasy” with a screenshot of AJLT Miranda saying she’s residing in a rom-com.

Even Seth Meyers couldn’t resist teasing Nixon concerning the discrepancy when the actress stopped by Late Night time later on Wednesday. “Steve’s not having a good time within the new present,” the Saturday Night time Reside alum, 48, joked. “You already know I like Steve. I really feel like I don’t know why you guys did him like that.”

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