Kim Cattrall \u201cliked\u201d an Instagram comment insinuating the much-maligned \u201cSex and the City\u201d spinoff, \u201cAnd Just Like That,\u201d failed because the actress wasn\u2019t involved with the series.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd Just Like that\u2026we all know it was Sam (Kim) who carried the entire franchise,\u201d a fan wrote on Cattrall\u2019s birthday post<\/a> on Thursday, to which Cattrall gave a thumbs up. <\/p>\n \u201cYou embodied everything that is the essence of a strong powerful and vulnerable woman. We love and respect you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The subtle shade comes a week after the controversial series suddenly ended after three seasons<\/a>.<\/p>\n Kim Cattrall \u201cliked\u201d a comment shading her \u201cSex and the City\u201d co-stars on her birthday post on Thursday. kimcattrall\/Instagram<\/p>\n \u201cWe all know it was Sam (Kim) who carried the entire franchise,\u201d the fan wrote, to which Cattrall gave a thumbs up. <\/p>\n Cattrall, 69, did not appear as a regular cast member in the HBO Max revival series, making just a brief cameo <\/a>at the conclusion of Season 2.<\/p>\n She famously starred as Samantha Jones in \u201cSex and the City\u201d opposite Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, and Kristin Davis, from 1998 to 2004. She also appeared alongside the original cast in two \u201cSex and the City\u201d movies.<\/p>\n News broke on Aug. 1 that \u201cAJLT\u201d would not be returning<\/a> for a fourth season, with show runner Michael Patrick King\u00a0making a surprise announcement via social media. <\/p>\n The subtle shade came a week after the end of the show\u2019s revival series \u201cAnd Just Like That,\u201d in which Cattrall only appeared in a brief cameo. HBO<\/p>\n Cattrall co-starred in \u201cSATC\u201d from 1998 to 2004. \u00a9New Line Cinema\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n King wrote that while he was writing the final episode of Season 3, \u201cit\u00a0became clear to me that this might be a wonderful place to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s with great gratitude that we thank all the viewers who have let these characters into their homes and their hearts over these many years,\u201d he concluded the statement.<\/p>\n The same day \u2014 as her former cast members expressed their sadness at the show\u2019s ending \u2014 Cattrall seemingly responded with a photo of a sunset<\/a> over a body of water, cryptically captioning it: \u201cIt\u2019s the end of a very long week \u2764\ufe0f\ud83d\udc8b.\u201d<\/p>\n Amid Cattrall\u2019s 69th trip around the sun, only one \u201cSex and the City\u201d alum publicly acknowledged her big day<\/a>. <\/p>\n The actress and Sarah Jessica Parker have been embroiled in a years long feud. Getty Images<\/p>\n In 2017, Cattrall said she\u2019s \u201cnever been friends\u201d with her \u201ccolleagues\u201d from the show. Getty Images<\/p>\n \u201cHappy Birthday Kim!\u201d Chris Noth, who played Carrie Bradshaw\u2019s love interest Mr. Big on both series, commented on her makeup-free birthday selfie. <\/p>\n