Sarah Jessica Parker Explains Why She Turned Down Sex and the City Nude Scenes

Sarah Jessica Parker has spoken out about adhering to a strict no-nudity policy throughout her career.

The 58-year-old actor is best known for his role as Carrie Bradshaw Sex and the City. While her co-stars in the hit comedy often stripped for the show, Parker never did and notoriously included a nudity clause in her contract.

Nudity continued in the spin-off show And just like that, with the season two opener featuring both Kristin Davis and Cynthia Nixon in the nude. However, Parker did not.

During his appearance on Howard Stern’s SiriusXM radio show on Wednesday (June 28), the mumbo-jumbo star explained how her no-nudity policy came about and was enforced.

Discuss their first impressions of Sex and the Cityshe told Stern, “I found the script really interesting and really exciting, and different and fresh, and I hadn’t seen anything like it.”

“Only thing I said [creator Darren Star] What worried me was that I just didn’t feel comfortable doing nude films and I suspected it would be part of a series if it wasn’t in the pilot.”

Parker explained that Star simply told her, “Then don’t do it, I don’t care.” Don’t do nudity. We’ll have other actors, if they’re comfortable doing it, they will, but you don’t have to.”

She continued, “I think I was just shy. I just never felt comfortable exposing myself like that. I never passed judgment on whether anyone else did it, it had nothing to do with morality. When someone else felt comfortable doing it, I admired them, but I just never felt comfortable being naked.”

She was never pushed to undress further Sex and the CityParker has previously opened up about a situation where she broke down in tears after producers insisted she be seen naked on screen.

“I don’t know if I had confidence or if I was advised by people. There was so much pressure on me to undress,” she said People in a 2018 interview.

Recalling the time she “sobbed” after being told to take off her clothes, she said, “They said, ‘Sarah Jessica will be naked tomorrow,’ and I said, ‘I won’t be naked .'” ‘”

You can read our recap of the latest episode of And just like that Here.

And just like that airs Thursdays on Sky Showcase and Now in the UK and Max in the US.