Because it’s a continuation of Sex and the City, MAX‘s And Just Like That… occasionally has the good sense to bring one of that original HBO hit’s fun supporting characters back. Luckily for us, And Just Like That… Season 3 Episode 6 “Silent Mode” marks the return of one of the great comic queens of the franchise.
Daffy socialite Bitsy von Muffling (Julie Halston) drops by not one, but two scenes this week, and every moment with her was a divine treat as always…
**Spoilers for And Just Like That… Season 3 Episode 6 “Silent Mode,” now streaming on MAX**
Charlotte (Kristin Davis) first runs into Bitsy outside Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in And Just Like That… Season 3 Episode 6. Charlotte, of course, is there to see Harry (Evan Handler), but has been sworn to absolute secrecy about his prostate cancer diagnosis. So when the gossip-loving Bitsy assumes that Char is there to see someone with the “Big C,” our sweet Mrs. Goldenblatt has to straight up lie, pleading she’s just there to volunteer.
To placate Bitsy even more, Charlotte mentions she’ll be seeing her at an upcoming tea party at Tiffany’s. Bitsy is furious because she doesn’t know anything about this influencer event. “I may not be an influencer, but I was the first person to buy a Schlumberger parrot brooch after the Beyoncé ad came out,” she huffs. (It turns out Bitsy’s invite was in her spam folder.)
As a Sex and the City super nerd, I was stoked to see Bitsy pop up, but who exactly is she in the context of Sex and the City and And Just Like That…? Why is she such a fun character and who plays her? Here’s everything you need to know about Bitsy von Muffling on And Just Like That…
Bitsy von Muffling is a socialite we first met all the way back in Sex and the City Season 5 finale. She and her fiancé, cabaret singer Bobby Fine (Nathan Lane), invite Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Charlotte, Miranda (Cynthia Nixon), and Samantha (Kim Cattrall) to their Hamptons wedding. While the girls gossip about the strange match — they all presumed Bobby was gay — they happily attend. During the wedding, Carrie rekindles a connection with Jack Berger (Rob Livingston) and Charlotte confesses to Harry that she’s falling in love with him.
A heavily pregnant Bitsy returns in Sex and the City Season 6 to encourage Charlotte to try acupuncture to solve her fertility woes. The joke is even an older bride and her gay (?) husband can get pregnant.
Bitsy gets a little cameo in the Sex and the City film, but she gets a bigger role to play in the first season of And Just Like That… She’s there for the recently-widowed Carrie, offering her support as a fellow widow — Bobby passed away after contracting COVID-19 — and lifting the curtain on her strange match. In a hilarious moment, Bitsy admits that Bobby was in fact gay and that’s what made him so great.
Bitsy von Muffling has always been played by Julie Halston, a New York City-based actress and comedian. Halston first garnered notice as part of a group of performers who worked with writer, performer, and drag queen Charles Busch to uplift 1980s Off-Broadway with their original comic productions.
Over the years, she’s received four Drama Desk nominations and the Isabelle Stevenson Award, which honors philanthropic efforts in the New York theater community, at the 74th Tony Awards.
You can follow Halston on Instagram @actressjuliehalston.