John Corbett to Appear in Multiple Episodes as Aidan on "Sex and the City" Revival
by Matt Webb Mitovich
April 15, 2021


Carrie Bradshaw will get at least one blast from her romantic past when HBO Max’s "Sex and the City" revival rolls around.

John Corbett — who on the original HBO series made his debut as furniture-maker Aidan Shaw in Season 3, recurred until Season 6 and also popped up in the Sex and the City 2 motion picture — says that he will appear in the revival, which is titled "And Just Like That…".

“I’m going to do the show,” Corbett told the New York Post, adding: “I think I might be in quite a few [episodes].”

https://tvline.com/2021/04/15/sex-and-the-city-john-corbett-revival-aidan/

"And Just Like That..." Writers Explain Why We Didn't See John Corbett as Aidan
by Dave Nemetz
February 4, 2022


HBO Max’s revival "And Just Like That…" saw the return of plenty of familiar faces from "Sex and the City"… but one was conspicuously missing.

With the season now officially in the books, we realized that we never saw John Corbett reprise his role as Carrie’s former fiancé Aidan Shaw. Corbett himself said last April that he’d be appearing in the revival, and in multiple episodes, no less.




So what’s the explanation for Aidan’s absence?

Writer Julie Rottenberg tells TVLine that an Aidan return was actually “never in the works. That was one of these stories that came out, and HBO never confirmed it. I think their policy was they couldn’t keep confirming or denying every random theory that was thrown out. But no, that was never in the plan.”

She adds that it’s nothing personal: “We love John, and we love Aidan. It just wasn’t in the script.”

https://tvline.com/2022/02/04/and-just-like-that-aidan-john-corbett-returning/