Sara UmFt XJleg== Responds To "Sex And The City" Sequel Criticisms, Says World Is "Hostile" To Anyone Outside "Gender Binary"

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“And Just Like That” star Sara Ramírez spoke out against criticisms lobbied
at the controversial character Che Diaz on the “Sex and the City” spinoff
show.

The actor and singer, who formerly starred in “Grey’s Anatomy” and identifies
as non-binary, posted a statement on social media in response to a review
published on The Cut, which the Instagram post referred to as “The Hack Job.”

Ramírez admitted to having “been thinking long and hard” about how to respond
to The Cut’s June profile, which the star said was “‘written by a white gen z
non-binary person who asked me serious questions, but expected a comedic
response I guess (?).”

“I am not the fictional characters I have played, nor am I responsible for
the things that are written for them to say. I am a human being, an artist,
an actor,” Ramírez continued in the post.

“We are living in a world that has become increasingly hostile toward anyone
who dares to free themselves from the gender binary, or disrupt the
mainstream.”

The profile in question was written by Brock Colyar, who also identifies as
non-binary.

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The lengthy critique said, in part, that Che inspired “eye-rolling from the
(mostly younger) queer people I know, who found the character a hyperbolized,
hypercringe representation of nonbinary identity.” The writer goes on to ask
if the Max show “was just being cheeky and trolling us all about how self-
serious we get over the politics of representation on a fizzy sitcom.”

Ramirez responds to the criticism in Colyar’s piece by saying, “Anybody who
benefits from patriarchy is going to have a problem with Che Diaz,” and later
wrote, “Opinions about whether Che is representing an authentically queer
person or not is not for me to answer.”

The “And Just Like That” star also said of the profile, “I trust that those
of you who matter, who are not petulant children, who are smart enough to
catch on to what was actually going on there, can perceive it for what it is:
an attempt to mock my thoughtfulness and softness, while dismissing a valid
existence and real human being in favor of tv show critiques that belonged
elsewhere.”

“I have a dry sense of humor and a voice. And I am not afraid to use either,”
Ramírez said.

Che has divided TV audiences since season one. Ramírez defended the character
back then when Che was dubbed “the indisputable worst character on
television” by The Daily Beast.

“I’m very aware of the hate that exists online, but I have to protect my own
mental health and my own artistry,” the star said. “And that’s way more
important to me because I’m a real human being. I’m really proud of the
representation that we’ve created. We have built a character who is a human
being, who is imperfect, who’s complex, who is not here to be liked, who’s
not here for anybody’s approval. They’re here to be themselves.”

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