From 'Sex and the City' to 'And Just Like That': Look Back at Carrie Bradshaw and Aidan Shaw's Romance

Hailey Bieber may be a little late to the game, but she’s finally gotten around to catching up on the adventures of Carrie Bradshaw.

Aramide Tinubu SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers from “There Goes The Neighborhood,” the ninth episode of Season 2 of “And Just Like That,” now streaming on Max. Like most devout “Sex and the City” fans, I’ve tuned in to “And Just Like That” for every episode since it first debuted in 2021 — despite Samantha Jones’ absence. My girlfriends and I are now the same age Carrie Bradshaw and her crew were when the original series premiered in 1998.

Spoiler alert! If you haven’t seen this week’s episode of “And Just Like That”, proceed with caution. 

Welcome back to another week of Carrie and Aidan's Love-A-Palooza, where time is a construct and real-life problems don't exist. On this week's episode of the Max spinoff series,, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) and Aidan Shaw (John Corbett) are still riding the midnight train to Virginia like it ain't no thang.

And Just Like That, Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) stunned some fans when she seemed to be questioning her marriage to the late John Preston aka Mr. Big (Chris Noth).

A TikToker’s bold outfit choices have sparked a viral style debate. 

Spoiler alert! If you haven’t seen this week’s episode of “And Just Like That…” proceed with caution. 

And we couldn't help but wonder, did Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) just alienate half the fanbase?In the latest installment of the Max spin-off series,, Carrie is deep into her love bubble with her ex-fiancé, Aidan Shaw (John Corbett). The two wake up in each other's arms, twisted in sheets, bargaining over who has to close the blinds to keep that pesky sunshine from hitting them.

is just a number with the revelation she once dated a 21-year-old and a 91-year-old in the same week.The “Sex and the City” scribe dished the eyebrow-raising detail during an interview with Us Weekly Monday, confirming a Page Six report about her colorful love life that ran in May 2022. “You know, I have so many crazy dating adventures. I mean, one week I dated a guy who was 21 and a guy who was 91,” Bushnell said.

It’s no wonder Candace Bushnell is the inspiration behind Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw — her real-life romantic escapades are just as entertaining. 

After seven episodes into “And Just Like That” season 2, fans finally witnessed Aidan Shaw’s (John Corbett) anticipated return to the “Sex and the City” franchise.

is back in the “Sex and the City” universe.John Corbett made his grand return as the furniture buyer and past love interest of Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker) in Thursday’s episode of “And Just Like That.”However, in order for Corbett, 62, to come back as the character in Max’s “SATC” sequel, he had to get a major upgrade.On a recent episode of the podcast “And Just Like That… The Writers Room,” creator Michael Patrick King wanted Aidan to be “different” by giving “John a makeover.”“We cut his hair, we took the turquoise jewelry away. We told him he had to be rock hard when he came back,” King said.The showrunner added that the “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” star was shocked when he was told he would have to change up his style to portray the character again.“He was eating fried chicken when I told him, and he dropped the fried chicken on the plate and fell down in the booth that we were sitting in and said, ‘I knew I was a fatty,'” King laughed.

Drew Barrymore made a surprising — and solid — defense for one of Carrie Bradshaw’s exes while filming her appearance on And Just Like That.  

Aidan has returned!

revealed to Variety she’s ready for her own steamy scene.“I have pretty tits,” insisted Halston, who plays wealthy socialite Bitsy von Muffling.“If [showrunner Michael Patrick King] said, ‘Hey, you wanna show your tits?’ I’d be like, ‘Uh, yeah!’ But they’d have to give me a little bit of advance notice so that I could pump up the arms a little bit. Even if it’s not a super sexy scene, it would be nice to see a big make-out scene or a big heavy romance.”“And Just Like That” follows Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon), and Charlotte York-Goldenblatt (Kristin Davis) as they navigate life, friendship, dating — and yes, sex — in their 50s.

Spoiler alert! If you haven’t seen season 2, episode 7 of “And Just Like That”, proceed with caution. 

long-awaited reunion with — drumroll, please — Aidan Shaw (John Corbett). But, in classic Carrie fashion, she makes a few wrong turns along the way. When Aidan asks her to Valentine’s Day dinner, Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte dissect his email (a la Nora Ephron) for clues as to whether Carrie’s former fiancé is flying solo these days.

And Just Like ThatWe hold these truths to be self-evident — that Carrie Bradshaw doesn't know how to quit a man and that Lily York Goldenblatt is the central villain in the franchise. Thursday's latest installment of the Max spinoff series,, featured the long-anticipated return of one Mr.

long-awaited reunion — drumroll, please — with Aidan Shaw (John Corbett). But, in classic Carrie fashion, she makes a few wrong turns along the way. When Aidan asks her to Valentine’s Day dinner, Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte dissect his e-mail (à la Nora Ephron) for clues as to whether Carrie’s former fiancé is flying solo these days.

Sarah Jessica Parker wasn't a fan of Carrie Bradshaw's signature drink. During an appearance on iHeartPodcast's, the 58-year-old star revealed that she wasn't always a fan of a cosmopolitan, her character's cocktail of choice.«The ones on the show were that kind of cosmopolitan that you later learn are not the good ones.