{"id":31262,"date":"2023-11-15T20:13:48","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T20:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/?p=31262"},"modified":"2023-11-15T20:13:48","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T20:13:48","slug":"sex-and-the-city-creator-praises-controversial-che-diaz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/celebrity\/sex-and-the-city-creator-praises-controversial-che-diaz\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex and the City creator praises controversial Che Diaz"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>EXCLUSIVE: Sex and the City creator Candace Bushnell praises controversial And Just Like That character Che Diaz for not wanting kids &#8211; despite being dubbed &#8216;worst character on television&#8217; by fans<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>The author fiercely\u00a0defended the non-binary character played by Sara Ramirez<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span>Speaking at Ludlow House in New York City, Candace described Che as &#8216;freeing&#8217;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0And Just Like That RENEWED for Season 3 at HBO&#8217;s Max\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Che Diaz faced a fierce backlash on joining\u00a0And Just Like That\u00a0&#8211; with viewers dubbing them the &#8216;worst character on television&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the outpouring of dislike, they have won the approval of Sex and the City creator Candace Bushnell, who applauded\u00a0the non-binary, queer stand-up comedian for not wanting to be a mom.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The acclaimed author, 64, who was behind the original HBO\u00a0series, spoke candidly about her views on Sara Ramirez&#8217;s divisive character during a fireside chat at Ludlow House, New York, on Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;A lot of things that bother other people don&#8217;t bother me,&#8217; she said. &#8216;Like Miranda&#8217;s storyline, I have no problem with it because I know women in real life have had that same storyline.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/10\/14\/77651507-12734687-image-m-14_1699627539446.jpg\" height=\"748\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Sex and the City creator Candace Bushnell has thrown her support behind the controversial And Just Like That character Che Diaz\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/10\/77651591-12734687-Che_played_by_Sara_Ram_rez_has_been_dubbed_the_worst_character_o-a-131_1699699092603.jpg\" height=\"657\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Che, played by Sara Ram\u00edrez, has been dubbed the &#8216;worst character on television&#8217; &#8211; pictured in character with Cynthia Nixon as Miranda Hobbes<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Maybe not with Che Diaz, but you know what, I like Che Diaz because Che Diaz is freeing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Here&#8217;s a character who doesn&#8217;t get the motherhood thing \u2013 I love that, that&#8217;s a breath of fresh air.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Che, a newcomer to the spin-off series, struck up a relationship with Cynthia Nixon&#8217;s Miranda Hobbs after she abandoned her marriage to husband Steve Brady.<\/p>\n<p>The character was accused of being the &#8216;worst&#8217; on the series, which saw Miranda reunited on screen with Carrie Bradshaw and Charlotte York, played by Sarah Jessica Parker and Kristin Davis, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Viewers found the character &#8216;cringe&#8217; and accused them of &#8216;[setting] back non-binary representation 70 years&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Candace, who was speaking at an event for matchmaking app Tawkify, previously opened up about\u00a0choosing a career over having children.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the Sunday Times in 2019<span>, she said: &#8216;When I was in my thirties and forties, I didn&#8217;t think about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Then when I got divorced and I was in my fifties, I started to see the impact of not having children and of truly being alone. I do see that people with children have an anchor in a way that people who have no kids don&#8217;t.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/10\/77651597-12734687-Che_famously_had_an_affair_with_Miranda_in_the_HBO_spin_off-a-133_1699699092609.jpg\" height=\"387\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Che famously had an affair with Miranda in the HBO spin-off<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/10\/77651513-12734687-Candace_applauded_the_character_for_their_take_on_not_wanting_to-a-132_1699699092604.jpg\" height=\"988\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Candace applauded the character for their take on not wanting to have a family\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>HBO&#8217;s Sex and the City, which also starred Kim Cattrall as Samantha Jones, was based on an anthology of columns that Candace wrote for The New York Observer.<\/p>\n<p>The column was an instant hit, and it wasn&#8217;t long before book publishers were lining up to publish an anthology of Candance&#8217;s racy column, that documented her singleton life in Manhattan.<\/p>\n<p>Last February, actor Sara defended their character Che, saying the stand-up comic is &#8216;not here to be liked.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to The New York Times about the intense reaction from fans, the Broadway star said: &#8216;I&#8217;m very aware of the hate that exists online, but I have to protect my own mental health and my own artistry.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/10\/77651585-12734687-And_Just_Like_That_premiered_on_HBO_in_2021_and_has_since_been_r-a-134_1699699092610.jpg\" height=\"749\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>And Just Like That premiered on HBO in 2021, and has since been renewed for a third season<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/11\/10\/77655835-12734687-Candace_gave_her_verdict_on_Sex_and_the_City_spin_off_And_Just_L-a-135_1699699092618.jpg\" height=\"916\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Candace gave her verdict on Sex and the City spin-off And Just Like That and described it as &#8216;great&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Talking about blocking out the negativity and concentrating on the character and show, Sara explained: &#8216;And that&#8217;s way more important to me because I&#8217;m a real human being.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;m really proud of the representation that we&#8217;ve created. We have built a character who is a human being, who is imperfect, who&#8217;s complex, who is not here to be liked, who&#8217;s not here for anybody&#8217;s approval. They&#8217;re here to be themselves.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The star also made a point of saying they are not in control of the writing on the show.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I welcome the passion that folks are bringing to the table around this representation. But in real life, there are a lot of different human beings who show up to the table, speaking truth to power in myriad ways.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And they all land differently with different people. And Che Diaz has their own audience that they speak to who really get a kick out of what they&#8217;re doing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-12734687\/Sex-City-Candace-Bushnell-controversial-Just-Like-Che-Diaz.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCLUSIVE: Sex and the City creator Candace Bushnell praises controversial And Just Like That character Che Diaz for not wanting kids &#8211; despite being dubbed &#8216;worst character on television&#8217; by fans The author fiercely\u00a0defended the non-binary character played by Sara Ramirez Speaking at Ludlow House in New York City, Candace described Che as &#8216;freeing&#8217;\u00a0 READ MORE:\u00a0And Just Like That RENEWED [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sex and the City creator praises controversial Che Diaz - onelidlesseye.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/onelidlesseye.com\/celebrity\/sex-and-the-city-creator-praises-controversial-che-diaz\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sex and the City creator praises controversial Che Diaz - onelidlesseye.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"EXCLUSIVE: Sex and the City creator Candace Bushnell praises controversial And Just Like That character Che Diaz for not wanting kids &#8211; 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