Fans go wild as SATC hunk Jason Lewis reunites with Kristin Davis

Sєx and The City hunk Jason Lewis enjoyed a shock reunion with his former co-star Kristin Davis this week – after making a surprise U-turn on his opinion of her former friend Kim Cattrall.

Jason Lewis, 54, melted hearts as the handsome and kind waiter-turned-actor Smith Jerrod on the show, and won plaudits for his chemistry with love interest Samantha Jones, played by Cattrall, 69. 

However in 2018, after Cattrall had a public falling out with Carrie Bradshaw star Sarah Jessica Parker, Lewis firmly took SJP’s side, lauding her as a ‘gracious lady’ and taking a sH๏τ at Cattrall with, ‘if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all.’

But just weeks after claiming Smith ‘was nothing without’ Samantha, Lewis gushed about the show to Charlotte York star Davis, 61, who has cut ties with Cattrall, on her podcast, Are You A Charlotte?

Reflecting on being cast as the character, Lewis revealed he had watched every episode to truly understand Smith’s arc across the show – before dishing on a painfully awkward ɴuᴅᴇ scene.

In the sixth season episode, Samantha drags her friends to Brooklyn to watch Smith in his play, Full Moon, which sees him strip naked on stage before performing a monologue. 

Sєx and the City hunk Jason Lewis enjoyed a shock reunion with his former co-star Kristin Davis this week – after making a surprise U-turn on his opinion of her former friend Kim Cattrall . Above, as Smith Jerrod in 2004

Lewis, 54, melted hearts as the handsome and kind waiter-turned-actor on the show, and won plaudits for his chemistry with love interest Samantha Jones, played by Cattrall, 69

Reflecting on being cast as the character, Lewis revealed he had watched every episode to truly understand Smith’s arc across the show – before dishing on a painfully awkward ɴuᴅᴇ scene

Davis said, ‘We come to the theater and Jesus!’ with Lewis responding, ‘I mean trial by fire, a whole theater full of people and full-frontal!’

She said, ‘a full theater and you’re completely naked and they make you bow. Give this poor guy a break! We come to see you and you’re naked!’

Davis added in the caption, ‘Thank you Jason for coming on the podcast and giving us a fascinating update on your new creative project and reminiscing about some of the shenanigans Smith Jerrod got into. So great to see you.’

SATC hunk Jason Lewis makes shock U-turn on Kim Cattrall after star’s feud with SJP

Davis has shown public allegiance with SJP amid the feud that blew up the hit show, saying about Cattrall’s decision not to join the reboot, And Just Like That ‘You have to respect people’s wishes.

‘I’m not gonna waste energy on it. I can’t change anybody. I do understand fans’ feelings – that they’re upset… I wish I could fix it, but I can’t, it’s not in my power.’

The podcast comes weeks after Lewis gushed about Cattrall to a fan on Instagram.

Promoting his new collaboration with Owl’s Brews in a video featuring several references to Smith and Samantha’s romance, one follower wrote, ‘that Samantha call back was EVERYTHINGGGGG!! He knows his base.’

Lewis responded, ‘Smith was nothing without her.’

Davis said, ‘We come to the theater and Jesus!’ with Lewis responding, ‘I mean trial by fire, a whole theater full of people and full-frontal!’- Lewis seen in an Absolut Vodka advert while on the show 

Davis has shown public allegiance with SJP amid the feud that blew up the hit show, saying about Cattrall’s decision not to join the reboot, And Just Like That ‘You have to respect people’s wishes. ‘I’m not gonna waste energy on it. I can’t change anybody’ – pictured 2000

Followers went into meltdown with one writing, ‘In an alternate reality smith and Samantha made it they were end game in my book.’ 

Lewis’s character on Sєx And The City was a young waiter and aspiring actor who was seduced by the series’ lead, played by Cattrall.

Samantha, who convinced him to change his name from Jerry Jerrod to Smith, used her PR connections to land him a major modeling gig, which led to a film role.

Their relationship, which started off as casual, later turned serious after he supported Samantha after she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

When the series ended in 2004, the couple were still together and in love. However, Jason played Smith again in 2008’s Sєx and the City: The Movie and the two characters broke up after Samantha moved to Los Angeles.

Lewis returned for the 2010 sequel Sєx And The City 2 and it appeared that Smith and Samantha were still on good terms as he invited her to be his date to his new action film’s premiere.

The actor sent shockwaves around SATC fans in 2018 when he said of Cattrall: ‘Mmhmm…if you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all. Listen, I have to say that Sarah was always just so lovely and such a consummate professional and I think that people should remember their graciousness and the things that have been given to them.

‘And I’m gonna stop there because I’ve got nothing good to say.’

In 2018, Lewis firmly took Parker’s side, lauding her as a ‘gracious lady’ and taking a sH๏τ at Cattrall with, ‘if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything at all’

Eight years on, Lewis’s opinion seems to have changed as he gushed about his co-star to a fan on Instagram. One follower wrote, ‘that Samantha call back was EVERYTHINGGGGG!! He knows his base.’ Lewis responded, ‘Smith was nothing without her.’

When asked if that meant he was on ‘team Sarah,’ he replied. ‘I might just have to say yeah…what a gracious lady. She was always so good to me.’

In 2021, Lewis said he would not appear in the SATC sequel …And Just Like That (AJLT).

In an interview with the Daily Front Row, the actor said he was asked if he had been approached to return to the HBO franchise. 

‘I have not, but I would be the last to know!’ the star said. He added, ‘As much as I appreciate the flattery, the conversation is about the girls.’ Filming for the revival is set to begin later this spring.

Cattrall was reportedly paid $1 million to briefly renew her role as PR mogul Samantha for a 70-second cameo in the season two finale of AJLT.

She agreed only after negotiating directly with HBO Max chairman and CEO Casey Bloys.

Rumors of jealousy and infighting on the set of the long-running HBO series have circulated for years, long after the show’s 2004 finale. 

Lewis as Smith and Cattrall as Samantha in the movie Sєx and the City 2 in 2008

The trio, comprising Cynthia Nixon, reunited without Cattrall for reboot, And Just Like That… – pictrue with Mario Cantone as Anthony Marantino

In 2017, Cattrall told Piers Morgan that Parker ‘could have been nicer’ to her during their time on the Sєx and the City TV series and two subsequent movies.

‘I don’t know what her issue is, I never have,’ said the actress.

She took aim at Parker in February 2018, after the actress publicly commiserated over the death of Cattrall’s brother.

‘My Mom asked me today, “When will that @sarahjessicaparker, that hypocrite, leave you alone?”‘ Cattrall, who also starred in Big Trouble in Little China, wrote on Instagram at the time.

‘Let me make this VERY clear. (If I haven’t already) You are not my family. You are not my friend. So I’m writing to tell you one last time to stop exploiting our tragedy in order to restore your “nice girl” persona’ she concluded in the savage takedown.