{"id":1955222,"date":"2025-08-12T03:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T03:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1955222"},"modified":"2025-08-12T03:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T03:21:15","slug":"sex-and-the-city-star-kristin-davis-says-fans-would-comment-on-her-body-in-person-youre-not-fat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/sex-and-the-city-star-kristin-davis-says-fans-would-comment-on-her-body-in-person-youre-not-fat\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSex and the City\u201d star Kristin Davis says fans would comment on her body in person: &#8216;You&#8217;re not fat&#8217;\u201c\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">While playing Charlotte on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/sex-and-the-city\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sex and the City;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Sex and the City<\/em><\/a> back in the day, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/kristin-davis\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kristin Davis;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kristin Davis<\/a> struggled with her body image.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;There was a good number of years when we were on the old school, in your televisions, HBO proper, And when people would see me on the street here or in New York, they would say, \u2018Oh, but you&#8217;re not fat,'&#8221; Davis said on Monday&#8217;s edition of iHeartRadio&#8217;s <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/podcast\/1119-are-you-a-charlotte-247668155\/episode\/hot-diggity-dog-with-benito-skinner-289166727\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Are You a Charlotte? podcast;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Are You a Charlotte?<\/em> podcast<\/a>. &#8220;I know they know they didn&#8217;t mean anything bad. They mean it as a compliment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"relative mb-4\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><button aria-label=\"View larger image\" class=\"group absolute bottom-3 right-3 size-10 md:size-[50px] lg:inset-0 lg:size-full lg:bg-transparent\" data-ylk=\"elm:expand;itc:1;sec:image-lightbox;slk:lightbox-open;\"><span class=\"absolute bottom-0 right-0 rounded-full bg-white p-3 opacity-100 shadow-elevation-3 transition-opacity duration-300 group-hover:block group-hover:opacity-100 md:p-[17px] lg:bottom-6 lg:right-6 lg:bg-white\/90 lg:p-5 lg:opacity-0 lg:shadow-none\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 22\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"size-4 lg:size-6\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\"><path d=\"M12.372.92c0-.506.41-.916.915-.916L21 0l-.004 7.712a.917.917 0 0 1-1.832 0V3.183l-6.827 6.828-1.349-1.348 6.828-6.828h-4.529a.915.915 0 0 1-.915-.915M1.835 17.816l6.828-6.828 1.349 1.349-6.829 6.827h4.529a.915.915 0 0 1 0 1.831L0 21l.004-7.713a.916.916 0 0 1 1.831 0z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/button><dialog aria-label=\"Modal Dialog\" aria-modal=\"true\" class=\"fixed inset-0 z-4 size-full max-h-none max-w-none bg-white hidden\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"relative text-sm mt-1 pr-2.5\">\n<div style=\"max-height:none;overflow:visible\">\n<p>HBO\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n<p> Kristin Davis and Sarah Jessica Parker star in a 1998 &#8216;Sex and the City&#8217; episode<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">But it affected Davis, who played Charlotte York on the HBO series that originally aired for six seasons, from 1998 to 2004.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Charlotte was one of four (initially) single women making their way in Manhattan on the Emmy winner. Carrie Bradshaw (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/sarah-jessica-parker\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Sarah Jessica Parker;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Sarah Jessica Parker<\/a>), Miranda Hobbes (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/cynthia-nixon\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cynthia Nixon;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Cynthia Nixon<\/a>), and Samantha Jones (<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/person\/kim-cattrall\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Kim Cattrall;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Kim Cattrall<\/a>) were her closest friends. Davis, Parker, and Nixon have remained close in real life, too, and costar on sequel series <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/and-just-like-that\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:And Just Like That;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>And Just Like That<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;There were times when Sarah Jessica would be like, &#8216;You have body dysmorphia.&#8217; I&#8217;d be like, &#8216;I don&#8217;t think I do,&#8217; because the world is literally telling me daily that I am pear-shaped,&#8221; Davis said. &#8220;So much to the point where you can&#8217;t think straight. But then, you also have disordered eating. You&#8217;re starving yourself. I remember fainting in a parking lot one time, because I was on some crazy diet.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The actress recalled in February that, on her previous show <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/melrose-place-tv-show\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Melrose Place;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"><em>Melrose Place<\/em><\/a>, she was flat-out told not to gain any weight by a line producer after hearing from costar, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/melrose-place-star-thomas-calabro-regrets-missing-2012-ew-reunion-8724729\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Thomas Calabro;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Thomas Calabro<\/a> that he thought she looked great. (And she did!)<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong><em>Sign up for <\/em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/ew-tv-inline-offer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.dotdashmeredith.com\/ew-tv-inline-offer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:'s free daily newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">&#8216;s free daily newsletter<\/a> to get breaking TV news, exclusive first looks, recaps, reviews, interviews with your favorite stars, and more.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He didn&#8217;t understand why producers were &#8220;really stressed&#8221; by her appearance, she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/kristin-davis-was-told-not-to-gain-weight-while-on-melrose-place-exclusive-8786502\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:told PEOPLE;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">told PEOPLE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">At that time, she had said, &#8220;If you had hips, it was a situation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Still, Davis has heartfelt memories of her time with Charlotte, as she noted when it was announced earlier this month that<em> And Just Like That<\/em> will <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/and-just-like-that-ending-season-3-11783400\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:end with its current season 3;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">end with its current season 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;I am profoundly sad,&#8221; she wrote on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/accounts\/login\/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fp%2FDM0dIu3xoQc%2F%3Fhl%3Den&amp;is_from_rle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Instagram;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Instagram<\/a>. &#8220;I love our whole beautiful cast and crew. 400 artisans working so hard on our show with deep love. And to our loyal fans, we love you forever and ever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Listen to the full episode of <em>Are You a Charlotte?<\/em> above.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Read the original article on <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/ew.com\/kristin-davis-says-sex-and-the-city-fans-surprised-she-was-not-fat-11789184\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Entertainment Weekly;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Entertainment Weekly<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While playing Charlotte on Sex and the City back in the day, Kristin Davis struggled with her body image. &#8220;There was a good number of years when we were on the old school, in your televisions, HBO proper, And when people would see me on the street here or in New York, they would say, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1955223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[305207,342999,338134,21917,309216,343000,343001,304796,37922],"class_list":["post-1955222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-charlotte","tag-charlotte-york","tag-cynthia-nixon","tag-hbo","tag-kristin-davis","tag-miranda-hobbes","tag-samantha-jones","tag-sarah-jessica-parker","tag-sex-and-the-city"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Sex-and-the-City-star-Kristin-Davis-says-fans-would.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1955222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1955222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1955223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1955222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1955222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1955222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}