Sara Ramirez blasts interviewer for scathing article on their nonbinary And Just Like That character

And Just Like That star Sara Ramirez has hit back at an article that dissed their character on the Sex and the City spin-off.

And Just Like That stars Sara Ramirez and Cynthia Nixon. Picture: Binge

Sara Ramirez has hit back at an article that depicted their character on And Just Like That in a negative light.

The actor, who plays nonbinary stand-up comedian Che Diaz in the Sex and the City spin-off, was evidently stewing over a profile piece written about them by journalist Brock Colyar for New York Magazine’s digital site, The Cut. Ramirez is also nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns.

Although the article was written back in June, Ramirez only just responded today – the same day it was announced AJLT, which streams locally on Binge, will be renewed for Season 3.

In their scathing response posted to Instagram, Ramirez said they had been “thinking long and hard about how to respond” to Colyar’s piece, which they referred to as “The Hack Job’s article”.

And Just Like That star Sara Ramirez. Picture: Binge

Ramirez’s first criticism was that the article was written by a “white gen z non-binary person who asked me serious questions but expected a comedic response I guess (?).” Like Ramirez, Colyar uses they/them pronouns.

Colyar also appeared to call out Ramirez for saying they’re “not Che Diaz” in real life, yet their Instagram bio reads like their introduction on AJLT: “MexicanIrishNon-binaryHuman.” This line has since been deleted from Ramirez’s bio.

“Here’s the good news: I have a twisted sense of humour and a voice. And I am not afraid to use either,” Ramirez wrote in her post about Colyar’s views.

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Ramirez with Sarah Jessica Parker. Picture: Binge

“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 favour of TV show critiques that belonged elsewhere.”

The journalist then said Ramirez was an “over-the-top” version of nonbinary people on the show.

“There was plenty of eye-rolling from the (mostly younger) queer people I know, who found the character a hyperbolised, hypercringe representation of nonbinary identity” Colyar wrote, while adding that it’s possible the 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 plays Cynthia Nixon’s love interest on the show. Picture: Binge

Hitting back, Ramirez said they are not responsible for the writing on the show and the views expressed in any characters that they play – on AJLT and beyond – are not theirs in real life.

“I am not the fictional characters I have played, nor am I responsible for the things that are written for them to say,” they continued.

“I am a human being, an artist, an actor. And 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.”

And Just Like That has just been renewed for Season 3. Picture: Binge

Ramirez has previously told Colyar in article that “anybody who benefits from patriarchy is going to have a problem with Che Diaz”, adding that “that opinions about whether Che is representing an authentically queer person or not is not for me to answer.”

In her Instagram post, Ramirez then took aim at AJLT producer Michael Patrick King, who they believe should be in the firing line of Colyar’s questions.

“When a cis man is in charge and has ultimate control of dialogue actors say, and you have a valid problem with it, perhaps you should be interviewing him,” Ramirez shot back.

Colyar then ends their article by wondering why Ramirez did not want to smoke a joint with them when, like their character Che, they have a “habit … of lighting up in inappropriate places.”

Ramirez shrugged off this criticism, writing on Instagram that if the writer knew a “little more about me than a Google search provides, I would have happily smoked that joint with them.”