Bobby Lee thinks wokeness is responsible for his exit from “And Just Like That.”
The comic, 53, spoke to Leisure Weekly at San Diego Comedian-Con over the weekend about why he wasn’t requested to reprise his position as Jackie Nee, Carrie’s (Sarah Jessica Parker) podcast cohost, on the third season of the present.
“Some of the woke elements of the show, they got rid of, and I think I was a part of that,” Lee said.
“I think Sara [Ramirez] didn’t come back and some other people,” he added. “They tried to put minorities in, and — I don’t know. I never saw the show.”
The Put up has reached out to HBO for remark.
Lee departed “AJLT” between Seasons 2 and three, as did Ramirez, who performed Miranda’s (Cynthia Nixon) non-binary love curiosity Che Díaz, and Karen Pittman, who performed Dr. Nya Wallace.
Season 2 wrapped up Carrie’s podcast storyline, which allowed the present to write down off Lee and Ramirez.
“Number one, I don’t even know why they asked,” Lee instructed EW about being solid within the HBO Max collection. “And I was super scared to do it. Because it wasn’t my brand, really. You know what I mean? But I did it. I walked through the fear.”
Lee added that attending to work with Parker, 60, was a spotlight of the expertise.
“Sarah Jessica Parker is the nicest person I’ve ever met. She made me feel so at ease,” he shared. “I like everyone on there. It was fun. I never have bad blood with anybody. You know what I mean? I am nice. I show up on time.”
Lee beforehand revealed that engaged on the “Sex and the City” reboot pushed him to get sober.
“I was in Hawaii and I was blackout drunk and my agent called and said, ‘They need you in New York,’” he recalled on Rachel Bilson’s “Broad Ideas” podcast in 2023. “This is one of the reasons why I’m sober … On the plane, I thought, ‘I’m just gonna get s–t faced,’ so I was in a blackout when we landed in New York.”
Lee mentioned that he discovered he was anticipated to movie “AJLT” that day when he realized that his driver wasn’t taking him to his resort.
“I remember going and being so high and drunk,” Lee revealed. “When I was reading the script, I couldn’t even understand what the f–k it was even saying. It was a nightmare. I remember thinking, ‘This is never going to happen again — I have to get sober.’”
New episodes of “And Just Like That” stream Thursdays at 9 pm ET on HBO Max.
