Rosie O’Donnell is Joining Us for Season 3 of And Just Like That

Attention Sex and the City Fans, there’s a new girl in town Rosie O’Donnell joins the cast of And just like that.

“Here comes Mary #andjustlikethat @hbo,” O’Donnell, 62, wrote via Instagram on Wednesday, May 1, announcing her casting for the series’ third season.

The actress posted an image of the Season 3 Episode 1 script titled “Outlook Good” which was written and directed by Michael Patrick King. (The photo also confirmed this And just like that is officially in production.)

There was a nameplate above the script, which revealed that O’Donnell will play a woman named Mary when the series returns in 2025.

O’Donnell also shared a photo of herself with wavy gray hair that appeared to be from the same spreadsheet.

“Holy Moly ❤️,” one user wrote in the comments section. Another fan couldn’t contain his excitement at the news and wrote: “OMFG!!!!!!!!!!!! I have gay panic!!!!!!!!!”

Another user replied: “Wowwww! 🔥🔥🔥,” while a fourth fan commented, “Damn! You look amazing. I can’t wait to see you on the show 👏.”

O’Donnell’s casting follows Sarah Ramirez was reported to have left the show in January. That was back then Daily Mail reported that Ramirez, 48, would not be back for season three following her character Che Diaz’s split from Miranda Hobbes (Cynthia Nixon) during season 2.

HBO declined to comment Us weekly about Ramirez’s departure, but the network confirmed it in March Karen Pittman would not return as Nya Wallace, Miranda’s professor and friend at Columbia Law School. Pittman’s exit was due to scheduling conflicts with her commitments to AppleTV+ The Morning Show and Netflix Forever.

“It was a pleasure to have Karen Pittman play the clever and stunning Professor Nya Wallace in the first two seasons And just like that…” the network said in a statement. “Just as we thoroughly enjoyed working with this dynamic actress, so did others. Due to her involvement with two other streamer series, it has become apparent that it is not possible to film three shows at the same time. Due to production realities, we are disappointed to announce that scheduling conflicts will not allow us to continue with this character as part of the third season of And just like that… Karen and Nya will be missed, and their Max family and fans will all be cheering them on in their other endeavors.”

While season 3 will have new, original faces Sex and the City Stars Sarah Jessica Parker (Carrie), Kristin Davis (Charlotte) and Nixon (Miranda) will all be back for more NYC adventures.

Kim Cattrall, who played Samantha Jones in the HBO series and two films from 1998 to 2004, did not return for the sequel series. However, she filmed a cameo for the second season.

When it came to what Season 3 will be about, King teased that the Season 2 finale will star Carrie and Seema (Sarita Choudhury) going to Greece was a clue.

“There’s a little, tiny thread of what we think at the end, which is that Seema says, ‘Well, we ran to zero, and where did that get us?’ And she says, ‘I’ll wait five months and you wait five years.’ And Carrie says, ‘Well, maybe I’ll get time out for good behavior,'” King explained during an August 2023 episode of the AJLT podcast. “That would you can only say when you say: ‘It won’t take five years.’ She’s very sweet, but she goes on to say, ‘There will be others.'”