Kate Hudson’s Unplanned ‘Sex and the City’ Cameo Is the Most Delicious Story You’ll Hear All Week
Pop culture has long thrived on the kind of accidental, unscripted moments that no writer’s room could manufacture. That electric energy is exactly what Evan Ross Katz has built his career mining, and now he’s bringing his singular approach to entertainment conversation to the biggest streaming platform in the world.
Katz, a journalist and cultural commentator known for his sharp, meme-driven recaps and fan-beloved takes, is taking his GLAAD Media Award-nominated series ‘Shut Up Evan’ to Netflix. The video podcast launched on May 1, airing twice a week, with the intimate one-on-one segment “Deep in the DMs With…” dropping on Tuesdays and the panel-style “The Group Chat” landing on Fridays. The move marks a significant expansion for a show that began with Katz interviewing stars from his own studio apartment.
People exclusively revealed that Kate Hudson would feature as Katz’s first ever “Deep in the DMs With…” guest on the premiere episode. The booking itself came together in characteristically serendipitous fashion, rooted in the kind of Hollywood interconnectedness that Katz has turned into his professional superpower.
The story behind the story is what makes this premiere genuinely unmissable. On the morning of his interview with Hudson, Katz had been speaking with Kristin Davis, who urged him to ask the actress about the time Kate Hudson walked directly onto the ‘Sex and the City’ set while they were filming at Barney’s. It is the kind of offhand celebrity detail that lives in the memories of co-stars and crew, rarely making its way to the public, until a host plugged into exactly the right network draws it out.
Katz told People that the Davis tip ended up shaping the interview itself, describing his preparation method as a blend of archival research and knowing the right person who knows the right person. That philosophy, treating every degree of celebrity separation as a potential interview thread, is baked into the DNA of what makes ‘Shut Up Evan’ feel different from a standard press junket conversation.
Katz has been dubbed the “most valuable hypeman in the history of television” by Mike White, and “simply the best in the business” by Ryan Murphy, with his career resumé also including companion podcasts tied to ‘The White Lotus’, ‘The Comeback’, and ‘Love Story’. His podcast work expanding to Netflix is part of a broader slate of new video podcast ventures the streamer announced, alongside titles including ‘We’re Back! With Brian Williams’ and the true-crime series ‘The Rotten Files’.
Katz has cited ‘The Graham Norton Show’ and ‘Chelsea Lately’ as inspirations for his panel format, while his general pop culture roundup style draws from earlier touchstones like ‘Talk Soup’ and ‘Best Week Ever’. What he is building at Netflix, though, feels like something distinct from all of them, an interview show shaped as much by backstage gossip and mutual friendships as by a traditional research packet.
Drop your thoughts in the comments and let us know whether you think Kate Hudson crashed that ‘Sex and the City’ set on purpose or whether it was pure old-fashioned Hollywood chaos.
