{"id":2122697,"date":"2025-10-29T14:20:06","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2122697"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:20:06","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:20:06","slug":"john-corbett-reacts-to-and-just-like-that-cancellation-and-reveals-his-true-feelings-about-carrie-and-aidan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/john-corbett-reacts-to-and-just-like-that-cancellation-and-reveals-his-true-feelings-about-carrie-and-aidan\/","title":{"rendered":"John Corbett reacts to &#8216;And Just Like That&#8217; cancellation \u2014 and reveals his true feelings about Carrie and Aidan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2025%2F10%2F114417520.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>John Corbett was blindsided by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/01\/entertainment\/and-just-like-that-ending-after-3-seasons-of-cast-drama-backlash\/\">\u201cAnd Just Like That\u201d being canceled.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was as shocked as anybody that the show ended because when I finished my work on it, there was two or three episodes left to go that I didn\u2019t get the scripts for them,\u201d Corbett, who played Carrie\u2019s beau Aidan Shaw in \u201cSex and the City\u201d and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/01\/entertainment\/kim-cattrall-reacts-to-and-just-like-that-ending-after-3-seasons\/\">its sequel series<\/a>, told The Post while promoting his new film, \u201cSoul on Fire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I didn\u2019t know what the story was going to be,\u201d the actor, 64, added. \u201cSo I watched them with joy. I\u2019m just such a fan of everybody on that show. I loved watching it.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>John Corbett as Aidan in \u201cAnd Just Like That.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">HBO MAX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Corbett noted that he\u2019s \u201csad\u201d the series isn\u2019t continuing, especially because he feels close to all his former co-stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just love them all, My \u2018Sex and the City\u2019\/\u2019And Just Like That\u2019 family so much,\u201d he said. \u201cBut I was as shocked as anybody when, no one calls me up and says, \u2018Hey, we\u2019re going to not pick it up.\u2019 I found out just like everybody else. And I was bummed out that it\u2019s not going to continue.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sarah Jessica Parker, John Corbett in \u201cAnd Just Like That.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Craig Blankenhorn\/Max<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cSoul on Fire\u201d stars John Corbett and Joel Courtney in their interview with The Post. <span class=\"credit\">celebrity.land<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Corbett joined the \u201cALT\u201d cast in Season 2 when Aidan and Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) got back together. He made his last appearance on the show three episodes before the series finale when <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/07\/25\/entertainment\/and-just-like-that-fans-thrilled-that-carrie-aidan-split\/\">Carrie finally breaks up with Aidan<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/15\/entertainment\/and-just-like-that-showrunner-defends-bizarre-finale-toilet-scene\/\">chooses the single life.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo I think Aidan and Carrie should have ended up together? I got a feeling that they\u2026 just like the old 25 years ago Aidan and Carrie\u2019s story, I think that there\u2019s probably a better fit for Carrie in the New York lifestyle than that,\u201d Corbett told The Post. \u201cThey gave it the old college try.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo I think that was the right way to go with it,\u201d Corbett added.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Sarah Jessica Parker and John Corbett in \u201cAnd Just Like That.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">HBO MAX<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>John Corbett as Aidan, Sarah Jessica Parker as Carrie. <span class=\"credit\">Craig Blankenhorn\/Max<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cAnd Just Like That,\u201d which premiered on HBO Max in 2021, was controversial from the start, as it began by killing off\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/12\/09\/and-just-like-that-blasted-for-killing-off-major-character\/\">Carrie\u2019s longtime love, Big (Chris Noth),<\/a>\u00a0attempted to be woke with cringey storylines and introduced new characters such as\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/13\/why-che-diaz-from-and-just-like-that-is-tvs-most-hated-character\/\">Che Diaz (Sara Ramirez), who was unpopular among fans.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two weeks before the Season 3 finale, HBO and showrunner Michael Patrick King announced the series <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/08\/01\/entertainment\/and-just-like-that-ending-after-3-seasons-of-cast-drama-backlash\/\">was calling it quits. <\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Cynthia Nixon, Sarah Jessica Parker in \u201cAnd Just Like That\u2026\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Photograph by Craig Blankenhorn\/Max<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While his time on \u201cAJLT\u201d is done, Corbett is staying busy starring in \u201cSoul on Fire,\u201d a new biopic about St. Louis native John O\u2019Leary (Joel Courtney) who survived fire burns which covered his entire body. Corbett plays John\u2019s father, Dennis O\u2019Leary.<\/p>\n<p>Corbett told The Post if he gave Courtney, 29, any advice on the set of the film.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is my 40th year in show business. I got my SAG card in 1985,\u201d he said. \u201cI genuinely don\u2019t have any advice because I find then it\u2019s a different relationship if I\u2019m trying to [give advice]. So I\u2019m figuring it out too.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>John Corbett in \u201cSoul on Fire.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>John Corbett, Stephanie Szostak in \u201cSoul on Fire.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9Sony Pictures\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEvery project I ever do, there\u2019s a lot to be learned,\u201d the \u201cRaising Helen\u201d actor continued. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m generally not working back to back. I might have a year off, and when I get on set, I realize how much I\u2019ve forgotten in a year and how complicated this \u2018easy<em> <\/em>job\u2019 of just memorizing some things and standing in front of a camera can be. There\u2019s so much more to it than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSoul on Fire\u201d is in theaters now. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\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 celebrity.land \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Corbett was blindsided by \u201cAnd Just Like That\u201d being canceled. \u201cI was as shocked as anybody that the show ended because when I finished my work on it, there was two or three episodes left to go that I didn\u2019t get the scripts for them,\u201d Corbett, who played Carrie\u2019s beau Aidan Shaw in \u201cSex [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2122698,"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":[25174],"tags":[315568,21741,25404,21917,392653,37922,22205,21913],"class_list":["post-2122697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gossip","tag-carrie-bradshaw","tag-entertainment","tag-exclusive","tag-hbo","tag-john-corbett","tag-sex-and-the-city","tag-television","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/John-Corbett-reacts-to-And-Just-Like-That-cancellation-\u2014.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122697","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=2122697"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2122699,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2122697\/revisions\/2122699"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2122698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2122697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2122697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2122697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}