Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker, who played Samantha Jones and Carrie Bradshaw, respectively, is to
blame. “I don’t know why people are so desperate for them to be friends,” says Bushnell, proceeding to
compare the high-profile actors to regular colleagues. “At the end of the day, it’s just a frickin’ job, and these
are people who work in an office that might not look like yours or mine, but it’s still an office. Honestly, I
don’t know of any feud,” she adds, describing both women as “so nice”. “These are people who are at work
together and I just think they have different personalities. That’s all there is to it.” Does Bushnell keep in
touch with Parker? “I never was in touch with her,” she says, explaining that they had little in common.
“She was married the entire time we were filming. Her life is really the opposite of Carrie Bradshaw's,” says
Bushnell, who got married aged 43. “She’s always been with a guy and is very family-orientated. I see her at
parties and she’s very nice, but we have different circles.”
One person who Bushnell does keep in touch with is Chris Noth, the actor who played Mr Big. The two live
in the same building and Noth, 64, played matchmaker with the author’s current boyfriend, Jim Coleman,
57, whom she refers to in the memoir as “My New Boyfriend”. She says he’s quite similar to Big, the
playboy financier supposedly based on Bushnell’s ex, Ron Galotti, a former Conde Nast publisher. “He’s
never been married. But he’s a wonderful boyfriend,” she says of Coleman. “He’s a teddy bear Big.”
Bushnell has a busy year ahead. She’s currently working on a young adult book with author Katie Cotugno,
Rules for Being a Girl, and is developing a TV adaptation of Is There Still Sex and the City?, the rights of
which were snapped by Paramount Television prior to publication. Her net worth is estimated to be in the
$40m range. Why then, does Bushnell write in one part of her memoir that she sometimes feels
disappointed with her life? “I think I should’ve done more,” she sighs. “Why wasn’t I bigger? Why didn’t I
have more confidence?” Bushnell proceeds to tell me that her home is “falling apart” and she’s struggling to
sell her house in Connecticut. “I also think I should’ve fought harder to get what I want in terms of TV,” she
continues. “I had a lot of opportunities to do a reality show and I said no.” The idea was that she’d front her
own programme and give people an insight into the original Sex and the City lifestyle. But Bushnell was
worried it would step on the HBO programme’s toes, which, looking back, she regrets. “Being on TV is so
big and important now, I should’ve done it.” It’s not too late, surely? “Oh, it’s fine. Instagram TV is the new
TV anyway. I’m on Instagram all the time.”