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Kristen Johnston embraces the love for her iconic Sex and the City character.
Johnston made a one-time appearance on the beloved series, but it was an impactful one that fans have never forgotten. The actress, 57, played socialite Lexi Featherston, an old friend Carrie Bradshaw bumps into at a party during season 6’s episode 18, aptly titled “Splat.”
“It probably will go on my gravestone, that quote of ‘New York is over,’ ” Johnston shared with Page Six as she discussed her upcoming series, Leanne.
“And you know what? I’m totally okay with that, if that is my legacy, Lexi Featherston.”
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Lexi has her unforgettable moment in the middle of a packed penthouse party. After being told not to smoke indoors, she stands near a cracked floor-to-ceiling window and smokes a cigarette.
“When did everybody stop smoking? When did everybody pair off? This used to be the most exciting city in the world,” she vents.
Lexi continues to smoke as she finishes her rant, “New York is over. O-V-E-R. Over. No one’s fun anymore. Whatever happened to fun? God, I’m so bored, I could die.”
It’s at that moment that Lexi twists her ankle in her heels and falls back. She quickly tries to grab the curtains, but they’re ripped down as she falls out the window, to the horror of everyone attending the event.
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In a 2021 interview with Today, Johnston explained that she’d tried to appear on the show a number of times, having been asked by longtime friend Sarah Jessica Parker. The timing didn’t work out for many years, but when it did, it was like lightning in a bottle.
“When it aired, I was living in New York. I mean, I was like, ‘Oh my God, this must be like what really being famous is like,’ ” she recalled.
“Because the next day, I live in the Village, and it was like, everybody was shouting, ‘Hey queen! Can you do my outgoing message?’ This is back when we had voicemail. They were like, ‘Can you be my outgoing message and say New York is over!’ ”
