Sarah Jessica: Always & Forever
Good Housekeeping South Africa|September 2017

Few actresses carve a permanent place in our hearts, but SARAH JESSICA PARKER is one of them. From Sex And The City to Divorce, she can do no wrong, says Annabel Meggeson

Annabel Meggeson
Sarah Jessica: Always & Forever
Sarah Jessica Parker is trying to resist sending an e-mail. It’s a reminder to her husband, Matthew Broderick, to make sure a school form has been signed and returned, and that their son, James Wilkie, 14, needs to clear out his backpack tomorrow, as he does every Wednesday.

‘There’s a file under his desk and all his papers from the week – whether it’s Latin or history – have to go in.’

Despite being 5 600km away from her Manhattan home (Sarah is in London to promote her unisex perfume Stash SJP. ‘Now I can say I’ve made a fragrance for humans!’ she says of the black-pepper-and-patchouli-laced perfume, which I happen to think is her best to date), she’s struggling to loosen her grip on the details of daily life chez Parker-Broderick.

‘I do a lot, because I’m controlling,’ she says, when I ask if she and Matthew share domestic duties. ‘I’m a person who’s fastidious and exacting, and so I do a huge amount. What is surprising is how much [my husband] can do and does in my absence. Everybody gets where they need to be. But still, he’s not going to put everything away at night. When I come home, I can see the path.’

Ah, yes, the notorious man trail. In our house we have ‘Annabel clean’ and ‘Jason clean’, I tell her. ‘Oh, that’s so great! I’m going to use that from now on. Is it SJ clean or Matthew clean?!’

In the end, she doesn’t send the e-mail. ‘They really must do it their way,’ she concedes. But which working mother doesn’t understand the conflict between wanting a man to share in the duties, then immediately jumping in to make sure it’s done a certain way?

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