Kristin Davis Believes Polarizing Ex Trey MacDougal Was the 'Best Match' for Charlotte onSex and the City

Mar. 15, 2025

Kristin Davis and Kyle MacLachlan in ‘Sex and the City’ in the 2000s.Photo:Hbo/Darren Star Productions/Kobal/Shutterstock

Hbo/Darren Star Productions/Kobal/Shutterstock

Kristin DavisthinksKyle MacLachlan’s Trey MacDougal was the “best match” for herSex and the Citycharacter — apart from Charlotte’s husband Harry Goldenblatt (Evan Handler), of course.TheAnd Just Like That…star was well aware that she was wading into controversy on the latest episode of herAre You a Charlotte?podcast.“This is terrible what I’m about to say, but I’m gonna say Trey,” she said in response to a fan’s question about which of Charlotte’s many love interests was her best match besides Harry.“For me, you know, playing the part of Charlotte, obviously, for so long, it’s really hard to separate my own feelings from Charlotte’s experience,” Davis, 60, explained. “I loved working with Kyle MacLachlan so incredibly much.”Kyle MacLachlan and Kristin Davis in ‘Sex and the City’ in 2002.AlamyDavis recalled the “joy” of working with theTwin Peaksactor onSex and the City. “I only have a wonderful memory of Kyle,” she said, describing the actor as “goofy and silly.”Davis also revealed that theAnd Just Like That…writers had hoped to bring MacLachlan back for a guest appearance on theSex and the Cityreboot.“The thing that I love the most about this particular episode that did not happen is that, Charlotte tells the friends that she has not communicated at all with Trey, which is kind of shocking in a way,” she explained. “But I’ve never been married, and I’ve certainly never been divorced, so I don’t really know how that works. Do you communicate? Do you not communicate? Is it cool to be friends?”Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer​​, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.Kristin Davis and Kyle MacLachlan in 2024.Tiffany Rose/Getty; Mat Hayward/GettyDavis said the scrapped plot line would have seen Charlotte admitting that she felt there was something “unfinished” about her relationship with her ex-husband. “And I, Kristin, also feel that way,” she said. “So, I’m hoping that we can kind of revisit [that]. Maybe they run into each other, you know, just at an event or at a restaurant or something like that. I think it would be so amazing to have Kyle back on.”TheMelrose Placealumna said that she’d recently run into MacLachlan in real life and gave him “a hard time” about turning turning down the guest spot onAnd Just Like That.“Kyle and I had to talk about it because I was kinda mad at him,” she joked. “I said, ‘Why didn’t you come on? We wanted you to come on!’ ”“He explained his point of view, and I did understand it,” Davis continued. “I think he just didn’t want there to be kind of a sad note to the end. So, I get that.”

Kristin DavisthinksKyle MacLachlan’s Trey MacDougal was the “best match” for herSex and the Citycharacter — apart from Charlotte’s husband Harry Goldenblatt (Evan Handler), of course.

TheAnd Just Like That…star was well aware that she was wading into controversy on the latest episode of herAre You a Charlotte?podcast.

“This is terrible what I’m about to say, but I’m gonna say Trey,” she said in response to a fan’s question about which of Charlotte’s many love interests was her best match besides Harry.

“For me, you know, playing the part of Charlotte, obviously, for so long, it’s really hard to separate my own feelings from Charlotte’s experience,” Davis, 60, explained. “I loved working with Kyle MacLachlan so incredibly much.”

Kyle MacLachlan and Kristin Davis in ‘Sex and the City’ in 2002.Alamy

Alamy

Davis recalled the “joy” of working with theTwin Peaksactor onSex and the City. “I only have a wonderful memory of Kyle,” she said, describing the actor as “goofy and silly.”

Davis also revealed that theAnd Just Like That…writers had hoped to bring MacLachlan back for a guest appearance on theSex and the Cityreboot.

“The thing that I love the most about this particular episode that did not happen is that, Charlotte tells the friends that she has not communicated at all with Trey, which is kind of shocking in a way,” she explained. “But I’ve never been married, and I’ve certainly never been divorced, so I don’t really know how that works. Do you communicate? Do you not communicate? Is it cool to be friends?”

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Kristin Davis and Kyle MacLachlan in 2024.Tiffany Rose/Getty; Mat Hayward/Getty

Tiffany Rose/Getty; Mat Hayward/Getty

Davis said the scrapped plot line would have seen Charlotte admitting that she felt there was something “unfinished” about her relationship with her ex-husband. “And I, Kristin, also feel that way,” she said. “So, I’m hoping that we can kind of revisit [that]. Maybe they run into each other, you know, just at an event or at a restaurant or something like that. I think it would be so amazing to have Kyle back on.”

TheMelrose Placealumna said that she’d recently run into MacLachlan in real life and gave him “a hard time” about turning turning down the guest spot onAnd Just Like That.

“Kyle and I had to talk about it because I was kinda mad at him,” she joked. “I said, ‘Why didn’t you come on? We wanted you to come on!’ ”

“He explained his point of view, and I did understand it,” Davis continued. “I think he just didn’t want there to be kind of a sad note to the end. So, I get that.”

source: people.com