Sarah Jessica Parker thinks politics would be better served offline. The And Just Like That star recently sat down with Nicolle Wallace on MSNBC’s The Best People podcast and opened up about why she tries to avoid social media when it comes to talking about politics and how she decides when to share her take on things.
“I often don’t talk on social media because I don’t think it’s a place that’s deserving of any real complicated conversation. I’m not interested in quick little snippets when it’s dealing with conflict or even elections sometimes,” said Parker. “I really was so thoughtful about how I wanted to talk about the election because I think it turns into a distraction from a campaign. It turns into fodder. It’s misunderstood. You have no control over it.”
She added that there are “so many ways to work toward a more civil society” and that “FDR was elected without social media.” Emphasizing her point, she said: “Many things happened, right and left, Republicans and Democrats for many, many, many, many years — many generations were elected without someone having to say something on Instagram.”
Parker shared that although people will urge her to “be vocal,” she has been, just in the the ways that she feels “comfortable being vocal.” She continued, “I’m not going to talk about stuff that I don’t feel educated on. I’m not going to jump in on really complex areas that I feel are deserving of far more thought, consideration, nuance — which I know no one’s interested in. And I just feel like I want to be helpful. I don’t want to hurt something that matters to me.”
When trying to decipher the political landscape for herself, Parker said that on top of reading a lot, she tries to understand “what is scary and what is dangerous.” She added, “What’s the difference between something being said and the reality of it happening?”
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While the Sex and the City icon may be more deliberate than others before deciding to share her political opinions, she has been a staunch supporter of her beliefs. Parker endorsed Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz during the in the 2024 election.
“For the love of my country, for our public schools, for books, for common sense gun laws, for a living wage, for opportunity, for women, for voting rights,” she wrote in an Instagram caption at the time.