The Shady Side Of Sarah Jessica Parker

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Fans of “Sex and the City” have always adored the chemistry between the show’s four main characters: Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall), Charlotte (Kristin Davis), and Miranda (Cynthia Nixon). Of course, Parker’s Carrie remained the lead throughout the duration of “Sex and the City,” and this was allegedly reflected in their salaries. According to Us Weekly, Parker was reportedly earning as much as $3 million per episode, while her cast mates were allegedly taking home approximately $350,000.

Cattrall addressed the pay disparity while appearing on “Friday Night With Jonathan Ross” in December 2004, per E! News. “I felt after six years it was time for all of us to participate in the financial windfall of ‘Sex and The City,'” she explained. “When they didn’t seem keen on that I thought it was time to move on.” Understandably, Cattrall questioned why the cast members weren’t paid equitably for “Sex and the City.” Spin-off “And Just Like That…” sees Parker, Nixon, and Davis reportedly taking home $1 million per episode, proving that negotiations have moved on a lot since 2004.

During an appearance on the “Origins with James Andrew Miller” podcast, executive producer Michael Patrick King defended the disparity, saying, “The show doesn’t exist if Sarah Jessica wasn’t the blonde star of the show … I guess for Kim it didn’t matter how much the raise became if there was never parity, but there was never going to be parity.”