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\nChris Noth has spoken out following his viral comment about his former costar, Sarah Jessica ParkerNoth, 71, said in a Jan. 14 Instagram post that his comment about Parker, 60, was “off-the-cuff”He also shared a headshot of himself in the post as he addressed the drama<\/p>\n
Chris Noth<\/a> has addressed his viral comment about Sex and the City costar,\u00a0Sarah Jessica Parker<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n The actor, 71, stirred up some drama when he replied to a fan comment on his Friday, Jan. 9 Instagram post that took a dig at his former costar.\n<\/p>\n Parker, 60, was honored with the\u00a0Golden Globes<\/a>‘ Carol Burnett Award on Tuesday, Jan. 6, and, under Noth’s post \u2014 a selfie from the gym with the caption “F— new years – LETS GO!!!!” \u2014 a fan wrote, “You mean f— sjp & her award right? lol.”\n<\/p>\n Noth responded to that comment and seemed to agree with the sentiment as he wrote, “Right.”\n<\/p>\n Now, he’s setting the record straight. In a Wednesday, Jan. 14 Instagram post<\/a>, he wrote, “My off-the-cuff slightly sarcastic response to a comment on the internet seems to have caused a tempest in a teapot.”<\/p>\n “It is not news. It is not worth all this discussion. It is a waste of time in a world there are more important things to worry about.”\n<\/p>\n Noth accompanied the statement with a headshot of himself.\n<\/p>\n Chris Noth in a Jan. 9 Instagram post.<\/p>\n Chris Noth\/Instagram<\/p>\n The dig at Parker, which the actor called “slightly sarcastic,” comes four years after a scene Noth filmed<\/a> for the\u00a0Sex and the City\u00a0revival,\u00a0And Just Like That…, was cut from the season 1 finale amid multiple allegations of sexual assault<\/a> against him.\n<\/p>\n His character, Mr. Big, had died<\/a>\u00a0in the show’s premiere episode, but he was slated to make a return in a scene with Parker’s Carrie Bradshaw. At the time, TV Line<\/a>\u00a0reported that while\u00a0Noth and Parker had filmed scenes together in Paris\u00a0for the episode, the footage would “not make it to air.”\n<\/p>\n Two women’s allegations against Noth, who has been\u00a0married to Tara Wilson<\/a>\u00a0since 2012, were shared by\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> in Dec. 2021. One woman claimed she met Noth when she was 22 in 2004, while the other said she met him in 2015 when she was 25.\n<\/p>\n He denied the allegations from two women that he raped them, calling the claims “categorically false” and said the “encounters were consensual.”\n<\/p>\n “These stories could’ve been from 30 years ago or 30 days ago \u2014 no always means no \u2014 that is a line I did not cross. It’s difficult not to question the timing of these stories coming out. I don’t know for certain why they are surfacing now, but I do know this: I did not assault these women,” Noth said at the time.<\/p>\n Chris Noth and Sarah Jessica Parker in ‘And Just Like That…’.<\/p>\n Craig Blankenhorn\/HBO Max<\/p>\n Never miss a story \u2014 sign up for PEOPLE’s free daily newsletter<\/a> to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer\u200b\u200b, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n A third woman then came forward and told\u00a0the\u00a0Daily Beast<\/a>\u00a0that\u00a0Noth had sexually assaulted her in 2010 when she was 18<\/a>, but he again denied the allegations.\n<\/p>\n “The story is a complete fabrication, and the alleged accounts detailed throughout read like a piece of bad fiction,” a rep for Noth said at the time. “As Chris stated yesterday, he has and would never cross that line.”<\/p>\n Noth has never been investigated or charged.\n<\/p>\n