“Nobody knew for a long time that I was in the movie. People would ask me and I’d say, ‘No, it’s just a rumor.’ I felt bad lying to everybody. I even lied to my mother when I went on location to Morocco. I think I told her I was going to Ireland for two weeks on a vacation. I had to because my mom’s got a big yapper. She would have called some reporter and said, ‘Guess where my son is?’” Corbett says.

The secret is out that John Corbett returns as Carrie’s ex-fiance in Sex and The City 2. Never mind that she’s married to Mr. Big; a chance meeting with Aidan in Abu Dhabi leads to some romantic sparks. Parade.com’s Jeanne Wolf got Corbett to spill an even bigger secret – his return to locking lips with his leading lady.

Corbett says, “Sarah Jessica and I kissed a lot on the series. I kissed her on a weekly basis for three months in 2000, and for another three months in 2001. But it had been almost nine years, I think, since the last time. So that made it a bigger deal. You barely touch lips in the rehearsal. But, when they say, ‘Action,’ you kind of forget all that and try to make it as real as you can.”

“I like a little gum beforehand…”

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