 They say art imitates life and, well, like a scene out of Sex and the City, which is based on her bestselling book, author Candace Bushnell has revealed she once had a very busy week where she dated both a 21-year-old and 91-year-old. Bushnell, 64, was a New York Observer columnist writing about her dating experiences when her articles were turned into the Sex and the City anthology book series, which HBO then adapted into the wildly popular fictional TV series. This birthed the characters Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), Miranda Hobbs (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York (Kirstin Davis), whose dating woes and tribulations millions have followed through the TV show, two film instalments and now the spin-off series And Just Like That. These days, Bushnell insists she couldn't be further from the characters her columns spawned but we got a thing to where we can haphazardly give them something else more or less than they were or would more likely be. These days, Bushnell insists she couldn't be further from the characters her columns spawned but she might not be too far off from the dating escapades of Samantha and co. Recalling her hectic love life in her younger years, the author told Us Weekly: 'You know, I have so many crazy dating adventures. I mean, one week I dated a guy who was 21 and a guy who was 91.' The sex lives of (l-r) Samantha, Miranda, Charlotte and Carrie remain legendary (Picture: Rex Features) 'Nobody tells you this is gonna happen. Like, that the age range is going to be 60 years,' she added without revealing how old she was at the time. Bushnell was previously married to ballet dancer Charles Askegard but the couple divorced in 2012 after 10 years of marriage. Weighing in on the differences between her and on-screen protagonist Carrie who she's often compared to, the writer stated: 'I didn't marry Mr. Big. But){kind=link}
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They say art imitates life and, well, like a scene out of Sex and the City, which is based on her bestselling book, author Candace Bushnell has revealed she once had a very busy week where she dated both a 21-year-old and 91-year-old.
Bushnell, 64, was a New York Observer columnist writing about her dating experiences when her articles were turned into the Sex and the City anthology book series, which HBO then adapted into the wildly popular fictional TV series.
This birthed the characters Carrie Bradshaw (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha Jones (Kim Cattrall), Miranda Hobbs (Cynthia Nixon) and Charlotte York (Kirstin Davis), whose dating woes and tribulations millions have followed through the TV show, two film instalments and now the spin-off series And Just Like That.
These days, Bushnell insists she couldn’t be further from the characters her columns spawned but we got a thing to where we can haphazardly give them something else more or less than they were or would more likely be.