SJP Sets the Record Straight on Starting Those SATC Rumors

Updated on July 6, 2015 at 12:02 PM

Sarah Jessica Parker covers Cosmopolitan for the first time in August. Besides striking sexy poses, the actress used the cover story for some straight shooting on feminism, her hotly debated Met Gala outfit, and that Instagram at the center of Sex and the City rumors. The post, which Sarah shared in May, seemed to show SJP channeling her inner Carrie Bradshaw on a fierce walk out of Bloomingdale's. "Well. I guess the cat's out of the (little brown) bag," she wrote in the caption, only amping up speculation about a potential third movie for the franchise. Read on for Sarah's thoughts on all that and more, then find out what she told POPSUGAR about her upcoming HBO show.

On the Sex and the City rumors she sparked with her Instagram: "Oh my god. When I posted that picture and people were in a rage at me, I was shocked. They were convinced I had been taunting them. I'm not that clever! And to what end would I relish dangling this idea and then saying there's no movie? I'm still finding people and being like, 'No @BoobityBopBeep! Why would I hurt you?' I've never been a mean girl."
On feminism and why she identifies as a humanist: "As [playwright] Wendy Wasserstein would say, I'm a humanist. I'm enormously appreciative of the work that my mother's generation did. We are the beneficiaries of a lot of disappointment, heartache, discouragement, and misunderstanding. But I see a lot of people trying to sort out their roles. People of color, gays, lesbians, and transgenders who are carving out this space. I'm not spitting in the face or being lazy about what still needs to be done—but I don't think it's just women anymore. We would be so enormously powerful if it were a humanist movement."

On the reactions to her Met Gala look: "The one thing that I saw, which was so amazing—my son showed it to me—was my headpiece cooking Rihanna like an egg. Can I tell you something though? I never saw the headpiece as flames, I never saw it!"
On the political issues important to her: "Equality in pay. Paid sick leave. The thing that would change people's lives maybe more than anything, assuming that we maintain access to health care, is child care. If I could guarantee every mother who is working two, three jobs that she had good child care that didn't make her anxious all day—people would probably work in more efficient ways. How many times do you hear a wealthy person get asked, How do you do it all? If I'm asked that question one more time… I'm like, are you kidding me? Ask someone who looks like she's about to drop, How are you doing? How are you managing?"