He added, “We wrote the most hilarious comic, tragic arc for Stanford.

And he’s just looking at me.

Then he took a turn for the worst.

Willie Garson smiling in trademark Stanford Blatch glasses

I really thought we could get through the season.

When he took a turn, we had to talk about the fact that he couldn’t make it.

And we had to adjust [storylines].”

Willie Garson and SJP film “Sex and the City”

It’s too sad.

And it’s too tragic.

It’s not a fictional death.

Michael Patrick King at “AJLT” premiere

It’s a real death."

But we had to wonder what Stanford’s storyline was going to be before his health heartbreakingly declined.

It was going to be Carrie and him, feeling the shifts.

Anthony and him were probably going to have split anyway" (viaPeople).

But there was a series of really fun, flirty, hilarious confidante scenes with Carrie that I loved.

Sadly, fans will not get to see those scenes.

There was no way I could write myself out of that in any charming, cute way."