Aidan Shaw is back in Carrie Bradshaw's life but is possibly a very different man since the last time the shoe-loving singleton bumped into her ex-fiance.
Sarah Jessica Parker teased Aidan's return to the Sex and The City franchise earlier this month and now, John Corbett has been spotted filming scenes for the second series of And Just Like That - complete with a cigarette in his mouth!
John's character famously hated his on-off partner Carrie's love of Marlboro Lights during his time on Sex and the City, and even made the columnist quit her nicotine habit before continuing their relationship as he "couldn't date a smoker".
But thanks to footage shared on social media this week, fans of the long-running series suspect Aiden may have had a change of heart and even become a smoker himself!
In the clip shared on Instagram, Sarah and John can be seen filming in a shop together - laughing and waving to fans as people gathered on the street to watch the And Just Likes Scenes being filmed.
"And Just Like That... Carrie and Aiden reunite," Mickey Blank (@mickmicknyc), a NYC based content creator, known for her behind the scenes NYC filming sets videos captioned ther clip.
"The energy between the two actors on set was extremely friendly," Mickey told the Mirror when discussing the scenes. "They even gave each other a long warm hug before leaving the set. They surprised the fans waiting outside when each one of them used a different door to step out of the MTC Kitchen store."
But fans on Instagram were less interested in the two characters possibly rekindling their relationship and more intrigued by a cigarette in John's mouth as he hopped in a car outside the shop.
"Aidan would start smoking after the whole world decided it’s lame," one shocked fan quipped in the comments, as another added: "AIDAN IS SMOKING!? I REPEAT AIDAN IS SMOKING?!"
"Aidan is smoking?! after he made Carrie quit?! What a poser," one angry Instagram user fumed.
A third mused: "It’s gotta be a dream sequence. He’s never smoke and he’d never dress like that. Carrie is dreaming."
"I wonder if smoking is Aiden’s Peleton," another fan quipped - referring to the death of Carrie's husband Mr Big in the first series of And Just Like That.
It's thought John will be returning as Carrie's love interest Aiden 13 years after last appearing as the lovable furniture designer in the 2012 film Sex and The City 2.
The last time viewers saw Aidan was back when he and Carrie unexpectedly crossed paths in Abu Dhabi.
The two of them made plans to meet for dinner, however friend Charlotte York warned that Carrie was 'playing with fire '.
The pair then ended up sharing a kiss after flirting.
Fans of the show were left shocked when the previously loyal Aidan cheated on his wife Kathy who he had three children with.
Carrie ended up leaving Aidan at his hotel before telling her husband Big.
Big and Carrie clearly got over her infidelity as they appeared blissfully happy together during the opening episode of And Just Like That in December 2021.
But Big dying after an intense Peleton session at the end of the first ever episode of the reboot means Carrie is currently single and possibly free to reunite with her former fiance Aiden.
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