Cynthia Nixon breaks her silence on Sara Ramirez’s ‘And Just Like That’ exit

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Variety published Thursday, Nixon said that both Ramírez and the series’ director Michael Patrick King “felt that that character had run its course.”During the first two seasons of the show, Che – a queer nonbinary podcaster comedian – prompted Miranda to divorce Steve (David Eigenberg) while the two shared a steamy romance. “They created such an amazing character — such a controversial character, but such an amazing character,” Nixon said about Ramirez.

Nixon added, “They came in and shook everything up, and then the arc was completed.”Che Diaz wasn’t popular among fans when they debuted on the show in 2022.

One fan told The Post that he’s watched the show every week with his friends. Their major takeaway? “All of us had something to say about how annoying Che Diaz is in it.”Another fan said that Che’s stand-up routine in the third episode of Season 1 was particularly painful to watch. “The entire routine felt like an AI generated monologue for a queer person.”In the episode “Tragically Hip,” Miranda is helping Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker) following a hip surgery, when Che visits, ringing the buzzer and proclaiming, “Hey, it’s Che Diaz.” Che and Miranda then have an intimate encounter in the kitchen – leaving a recovering Carrie to struggle when she needs help using the bathroom.

Ryan Bailey, a podcast host and fan of the show, told The Post that he was horrified.“What did I just see?” he said of the hot-and-heavy sequence. “To have somebody [get intimate with] a character that we grew up with, in front of Carrie … is just so extreme.