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 Jonesβ (Kim Cattrall) mini-me heiress client in the Season 3 episode βHot Child in the City.β Spoiler alert: Jenny was hot and probably too sassy for her own good.
Now, imagine thisβKat, just a wee teenager, stepping into a world of cosmos, couture, and adult chaos. The kicker? She wasnβt even allowed to watch Sex and the City. Thatβs right. Baby Kat was over here guest-starring on a show she couldnβt legally vibe with.
In her words:
βWell, it was very interesting because, of course, I wasnβt allowed to watch Sex and the City as a child.β (Translation: My mom said no to spicy TV and yes to awkward childhood innocence.)
Oh, but waitβit gets better. Katβs family didnβt even have cable. (Gasp! No MTV, no Cartoon Network, no Nickelodeon marathonsβ¦ pure wilderness living.) So naturally, she had zero clue what Sex and the City was all about. βI auditioned for it. I was like, βWhat a weird show. What a weird title.ββ Because honestly, who names a show Sex and the City and expects a 14-year-old not to giggle?
But hereβs 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.
βAnd after I did that and I walked into, like, The Gap in Pennsylvania, people were like, βOh my God, itβs Jenny Brier! Like, give her the employee discount!ββ Yes, you heard that rightβGap employees handing over discounts like she was Carrie Bradshaw waltzing into a Manolo Blahnik store. Katβs response? Probably something along the lines of, βThanks, peasants!β (Okay, not really, but itβs 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 perksβlike discounted khakis.
Oh, and if you want to see Kat tell this story herself (because letβs face it, sheβs funnier than all of us), catch her explaining it all on The View. Itβs worth it.