Kat Dennings, the queen of sarcasm and snark from Two Broke Girls, took a stroll down memory lane on The View and unearthed the time she waltzed into our TV screens as a 14-year-old boss babe on Sex and the City. Yes, back in the year 2000, when Y2K panic was a thing, Kat made her debut as Jenny Brier, Samantha Jonesโ (Kim Cattrall) mini-me heiress client in the Season 3 episode โHot Child in the City.โ Spoiler alert: Jenny was hot and probably too sassy for her own good.
Now, imagine thisโKat, just a wee teenager, stepping into a world of cosmos, couture, and adult chaos. The kicker? She wasnโt even allowed to watch Sex and the City. Thatโs right. Baby Kat was over here guest-starring on a show she couldnโt legally vibe with.
In her words:
โWell, it was very interesting because, of course, I wasnโt allowed to watch Sex and the City as a child.โ (Translation: My mom said no to spicy TV and yes to awkward childhood innocence.)
Oh, but waitโit gets better. Katโs family didnโt even have cable. (Gasp! No MTV, no Cartoon Network, no Nickelodeon marathonsโฆ pure wilderness living.) So naturally, she had zero clue what Sex and the City was all about. โI auditioned for it. I was like, โWhat a weird show. What a weird title.โโ Because honestly, who names a show Sex and the City and expects a 14-year-old not to giggle?
But hereโs the scene-stealer: after nailing the role, Kat and her family spotted a Sex and the City billboard plastered across an entire building during a train ride home. And that was her initiation into the Big Leagues. The cherry on top? Instant Gap-level fame.
โAnd after I did that and I walked into, like, The Gap in Pennsylvania, people were like, โOh my God, itโs Jenny Brier! Like, give her the employee discount!โโ Yes, you heard that rightโGap employees handing over discounts like she was Carrie Bradshaw waltzing into a Manolo Blahnik store. Katโs response? Probably something along the lines of, โThanks, peasants!โ (Okay, not really, but itโs fun to imagine.)
The moral of the story: even at 14, Kat Dennings was already out there living her best heiress life, proving that fame comes with perksโlike discounted khakis.
Oh, and if you want to see Kat tell this story herself (because letโs face it, sheโs funnier than all of us), catch her explaining it all on The View. Itโs worth it.