Sex and the City star reveals she was 'groped by an older man' while filming
Kristin Davis, 60, played Charlotte York in the HBO romantic comedy, starring alongside Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, and Cynthia Nixon, from its debut in 1998 until its finale in 2004.
Since then, she has gone on to reprise her role in two films, as well as the revival of the show And Just Like That in 2021, which recently left fans 'completely traumatised' over a bizarre phone sex scene.
However, while speaking on her podcast, Are You a Charlotte?, the 60-year-old actress recalled a 'humiliating' experience when her scene partner 'grabbed her a**' during the filming of season two's episode The Chicken Dance.
The 1999 episode shows Miranda Hobbes' friend Jeremy Fields (Stephen Barker Turner) visiting from London, who falls in love with her interior designer (Carrie Preston).
The four friends are later seen attending the couple's wedding after their whirlwind romance.
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Davis' character Charlotte then meets a man named Martin Healy (Mike Dooly) at the wedding.
After he asks her to meet his parents, she agrees, but when she ends up dancing with the father the director of the episode Victoria Hochberg reportedly was 'yelling' at the actor to grope Davis.
Discussing the moment, she said: 'My point of view is that number one, I have to dance with this older man who is going to feel my butt, which I'm mortified about. Okay. Number two, everyone is beyond exhausted.'
She went on to say how she felt like the director had a 'bullhorn' as she yelled: 'Hard, harder, bigger, grab her a**, grab her a**.'
'I'm just like, 'God, the humiliation factor is so high,' and there's like a close-up of him grabbing my butt.'
She went on to say how she showed her 'real mad face', adding: 'If you watch the show and the movies, you know my real mad face.
'I am mad because I'm mad that I had to do it. You know, I'm mad that this man grabbed my butt. It's like mortifying, you know.'
This comes after Davis recently revealed that she was pressured into a topless scene while filming Sex and the City.
Recalling filming a scene during season 5 where she 'flashed my boob', Kristin accused showrunner Michael Patrick King, now 70, of not giving her a choice in the matter.
'I didn't want to do it. Michael Patrick forced me to do it. And he kept telling me like 'it'll be fine, it'll be great,'' she said on another episode of her podcast. More Trending
'And it is. But we were in a restaurant. There were people everywhere.'
Speaking with Jenny Bicks, a writer on the show, Kristin admitted the story was 'not going to sound good' when the episode was released.
However, she added her former boss 'knows' about her feelings.
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