Bobby Lee claims he was minimize from ‘And Simply Like That’ to take away wokeness

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Humorist Bobby Lee mentioned over the weekend that he believes he was minimize from the "Intercourse and the Metropolis" spin-off to take away wokeness from the collection.

In an interview with Leisure Weekly (EW) at San Diego Comedian-Con 2025, Lee theorized that he wasn’t introduced again for the third season of "And Simply Like That…" as a result of producers had been seeking to eliminate the present’s extra "woke components."

"A number of the woke components of the present, they removed, and I believe I used to be part of that. I believe Sara [Ramirez] did not come again and another folks," he mentioned, mentioning his collection co-star, who performed actress Cynthia Nixon’s non-binary love curiosity within the present.

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Comic Bobby Lee thinks he was not introduced again for season three of "And Simply Like That" as a result of the present was seeking to minimize "woke components." (James Devaney / Contributor)

"They tried to place minorities in, and — I do not know. I by no means noticed the present," he added.

Lee performed Jackie Nee, the co-host of Carrie Bradshaw’s podcast, for the primary two seasons of the HBO Max collection. On the finish of the second season, Bradshaw – performed by Sarah Jessica Parker – left her podcast to deal with writing her novel. Her workforce of coworkers didn't return for the follow-up season.

HBO director of media relations, Erin Tresco, disputed Lee's principle that he was a sufferer of woke cuts. She informed Fox Information Digital that the rationale Lee left the present was that "Carrie is now not internet hosting a podcast, and as a substitute targeted on her novel, the storyline of characters concerned within the podcast got here to a conclusion."

The comic had solely good issues to say about Parker and his former forged mates, telling EW, "Sarah Jessica Parker is the nicest particular person I've ever met. She made me really feel so comfortable. I like everybody on there. It was enjoyable. I by no means have unhealthy blood with anyone. You recognize what I imply? I'm good. I present up on time."

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HBO Max's "Intercourse and the Metropolis" spin-off "And Simply Like That..." stars Cynthia Nixon (left), Sarah Jessica Parker (heart) and Kristin Davis (proper). (HBO Max)

Lee, a former star of MADtv, slapstick comedian, and fashionable podcaster, informed EW he’s not fairly certain why he acquired the "And Simply Like That…" function within the first place.

"Primary, I do not even know why they requested," he mentioned. "And I used to be tremendous scared to do it. As a result of it wasn't my model, actually. You recognize what I imply? However I did it. I walked by the worry."

Critics identified the woke components of the "Intercourse and the Metropolis" follow-up when it debuted on the HBO streaming platform in 2021.

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On the time, The Guardian critic Lucy Mangan wrote that the present’s "onslaught of ‘woke’ teachings lends the present a smugly self-congratulatory somewhat than paradoxically self-aware air. This does nothing to make it sing like the unique, which – even when it was slender and elite – knew its world inside out and will permit the comedy and the drama to come up in ways in which felt easy."

The New York Instances additionally skewered the present’s woke themes, suggesting they had been pandering.

The outlet’s TV critic, James Poniewozik, wrote in 2021 that the collection’ numerous newcomers "do not move the racial Bechdel check; they exist solely in relation to the central trio, serving to problem or affirm them whereas reassuring them and us that they are attempting exhausting and imply nicely."