Sex and the City star’s family heartbreak
Sex and the City star Kim Cattrall has taken to social media to announce that she has lost her mother.
She revealed to fans with a touching series of throwback images on Instagram that Shane Cattrall has died at an amazing 93 years of age.
Cattrall, 66, shared the heartfelt post along with the caption: "Shane Cattrall 1929 - 2022. Rest in peace Mum."
The photos included selfies of Shane and Kim together, and a sweet photo of the pair together on Kim's graduation day.
There were also some older black-and-white photos of Shane, and a sweet one of a school-aged Kim with her mum.
Plenty of friends and fans have shared their condolences, including British talk show host Alan Carr.
Kim, who appears on the TV show Queer As Folk, also saw her show co-stars send their love.
So far Kim's Sex and the City castmates Kristin Davis, Cynthia Nixon and Sarah Jessica Parker are yet to comment.
It's unlikely Parker will comment given she and Kim's falling out over the years, and how Cattrall reacted the last time Parker tried to reach out to her after a family tragedy.
In 2018, after Kim's brother Chris was found dead after going missing, Parker reached out privately to her, but Kim wasn't so thrilled about the support.
The actress took to social media to share a damning response to Parker: "I don't need your love or support at this tragic time @sarahjessicaparker," she wrote.
It was followed by an even more fiery caption, which even referenced her late mum:
"My Mom asked me today 'When will that @sarahjessicaparker, that hypocrite, leave you alone?'," Kim wrote in the caption. "Your continuous reaching out is a painful reminder of how cruel you really were then and now.
"Let me make this VERY clear. (If I haven't already) You are not my family. You are not my friend. So I'm writing to tell you one last time to stop exploiting our tragedy in order to restore your 'nice girl' persona."
Parker never responded to the post, later telling Harper's Bazaar, "So there was no fight; it was completely fabricated because I actually never responded. And I won't, because she needed to say what she needed to say, and that is her privilege."
Image: Instagram