Rosie O’Donnell recalls filming her sex scene in And Just Like That… with Cynthia Nixon. The comedian appeared as a guest on the first episode of the third and final season of the Sex and the City spin-off show.
In that episode, O’Donnell’s character, Sister Mary, breaks her chastity and sleeps with Nixon’s Miranda Hobbes. During an appearance on Amy Poehler’s Good Hang podcast, the 64-year-old comedian said that filming the intimate scene was “horrifying.” It was purely because of how nervous she felt.
O’Donnell added, “The kissing wasn’t hard, but the laying in bed and the wanting us to act like we had just done it. I was like, ‘Uhh.’ But I’m a little immature when it comes to that.”
Moreover, when the comedian-actress received a call from Nixon about her guest cast, she immediately agreed to do the scene with her longtime friend. However, O’Donnell had no knowledge about the nature of the scene.
She continued, “I read it, and I’m in bed with just the sheets. I’m like, ‘Oh my God’. So I was nervous with Cynthia, and then Michael [Patrick King] said, ‘You guys can be a little bit more.’ And I’m thinking, ‘I can’t really.'”
Rosie O’Donnell’s Sister Mary finds herself breaking a lifelong vow
In the episode that aired on May 29, 2025, O’Donnell guest-starred as a nun visiting New York City. The nun runs into Miranda Hobbes at a lesbian bar, and she ends up losing her virginity, breaking her chastity vows.
The 64-year-old actress and talk show host’s role as Sister Mary was created after years of trying to fit a character for her, according to Nixon.
In a June 2025 interview with People, Nixon stated that the show’s writer had been trying to write a part for her friend every season; however, it never worked. At the start of the new season, the writer finally came up with a part as Sister Mary, which led to Nixon’s phone call to O’Donnell.
This article was originally reported by Christie D’silva on ComingSoon.
