SJP goes over the line
(and no, SATC3 is not happening)
It all started with Sarah Jessica Parker displaying all her shoes (or at least many) on the steps of Carrie’s apartment at 66 Perry Street. Then she Instagrammed ‘Take your @sjpcollection shoes to work day. #longdayforCarrie #whewwthosesteps #runninginheels #taxi.
The speculation machine was set in motion. I was also immediately in a state of readiness and excitement because I have never found anything that satisfied me in terms of fashion, friendship, work, and love as much as SATC.
Then there was some Twitter banter between SJP and Kristin Davis. “Have you heard the news?” and “Can believe it, if this is true” and more of those provocative texts that really hinted at a third movie.
But then people suddenly started sharing the video where Sarah Jessica Parker is Ellen Degeneres sitting on the couch denying everything, EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING. How people came to that conclusion. “That remains one of the mysteries of all time.” I have often heard people deny something vehemently that later turned out to be quite true. I mention the pregnancy of Irene Moors, I mention Bill Clinton’s I Did Not Have Sex With That Woman, I mention Sylvie Meis who vehemently denied any issues with Raphael and said that all stories about a shaky marriage were Total Nonsense. It doesn’t matter, my point is that a denial doesn’t have to be the truth. And in the case of SAT3, I will continue to hope for a press release with an announcement.
That has not yet happened. However, there was news about Carrie’s brownstone apartment, which by the way would really be way too expensive for a Jimmy Choo’s obsessed columnist to pay, but anyway, there at 66 Perry Street.
What is the case? The residents of the building became so incredibly fed up with all those girls who had this building as the final destination of their SATC pilgrimage that they had an iron chain forged and hung it in front of the steps. A large sign with the subtle text ‘do NOT go on the stairs please’ was supposed to ensure that girls with a Starbucks latte on the left and a Marlboro light on the right would not take enormous Carrie selfies.
That sign apparently also applied to Sarah Jessica because, former ‘resident’ or not, she was not authorized to enter the stairs and should have asked for permission in advance to photograph her shoes there, on that famous step. Trouble with the neighbors, then. For SJP, it might be a good thing that the movie is not happening for now. Although I still quietly hope.
