This SATC Theory Is Totally Bizarre (but SJP Believes It)

Sarah Jessica Parker might have just changed your entire view of Sex and the City. In a new podcast with Nerdist, Parker reveals a crazy theory about Carrie Bradshaw's friends: that they were simply made-up characters in her column.
"I used to wonder if Samantha, Charlotte, and Miranda were real," Parker says in the podcast. "That that wasn't just her column. They're such perfectly archetypal characters. So you're writing a column about sexual politics and observations of female/male, primarily, heterosexual relationships, so you're picking one type … and then you complicate it more, like any good writer does. So I'm not entirely sure they're actually real."
How's that for a mind-blowing revelation? Not that you really needed an excuse, but it's officially time to rewatch the all six seasons of the cult show, to see if you agree with her theory.
Scroll down to see our favorite stylish moments with Carrie, Miranda, Samantha, and Charlotte!
Do you agree with SJP's theory? Tell us in the comments below, and then buy the entire Sex and the City DVD collection to walk down memory lane!

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