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Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City <\/p>\n
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\u201cOriginally Carrie Bradshaw was basically me, and that’s one of the things that’s a big part of the show, it\u2019s about Sex and the City, how I created Sex in the City, how hard I worked to get there, and why I invented Carrie Bradshaw,\u201d the author, 67, says.<\/p>\n
The writer reveals thats she used to be a lot closer to Carrie Bradshaw, who on-screen is played by Sarah Jessica Parker.\u00a0\u201cCarrie Bradshaw is the character that it was based on me, probably closer at the beginning of the series, and then it takes on a life of its own, which is fantastic because you want that to happen,\u201d Bushnell explains.<\/p>\n
One of the things that surprises most audiences is how close her life was to Carrie’s. However, one big difference is that ultimately, Bushnell didn\u2019t end up with Mr. Big like Carrie did.\u00a0\u201cI didn’t end up with my Mr. Big. I do tell that story about our breakup. The day that he broke up with me was the day that I got the galleys to the book, Sex and the City,\u201d Bushnell reveals.<\/p>\n
Like on the series when Mr. Big marries Natasha, Bushnell says her real-life Mr. Big married to someone else. But he\u2019s been married for around 30 years and now lives in Vermont.<\/p>\n
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Candace Bushnell <\/p>\n
Fadil Berisha<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things that struck me was how much my Mr. Big, he was looking to get married, and how much I was not,” Bushnell recalls. “That was something that I realized when I read the book, because at the time, I thought, like, ‘Oh, I just wanna be him!’ But everything that I did and said made it clear that I did not. I did not want to get married and have a conventional life.\u201d<\/p>\n