Carrie’s gay bestie Stanford was a key part of HBO’s sex-com from the very beginning, but it wasn’t until Season 3 that Charlotte got her own companion in the form of fiery wedding planner Anthony, played by Mario Cantone.

His blunt, borderline rude manner of speaking made him the perfect pal to (loudly) stick up for meek little Charlotte, and even after her wedding, he kept hanging around to give Charlotte brutally honest advice and a tightly toned shoulder to cry on.

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