Kristin Davis Says She Was Once Ghosted After Lending a Now-Successful Actor $5,000: 'Horrible Mistake'

Kristin Davis is recounting the doubly frustrating experience of being ghosted by a man she was dating — after lending him money which he never paid back.

On the Jan. 20 episode of her Are You a Charlotte? podcast, Davis, 59, chatted with fellow actress Sarah Wynter, who was the very first person to appear onscreen in Sex and the City in the show's 1998 pilot episode, which addressed the concept of ghosting years before there was even a term for it.

After Wynter, 51, opened up about her experience filming the pilot — which saw her journalist character Elizabeth have a whirlwind romance and get engaged to an investment banker, only to have him suddenly stop returning her phone calls — Davis then revealed her own regrettable brush with ghosting. She said she had to "have a think back," as the incident was "a long time ago."

"I did one time date this out-of-work actor [in the mid-'90s]," she said. "He's now very successful. He was very talented."

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Davis described how the man appeared to be struggling financially at the time. "I was at his house, and he had all of these, like, your electricity is gonna be turned off. Like, all those notices that you get when you can't pay your bills. They were all just all over his house," she told Wynter.

She also recalled that he had wrecked his motorcycle, and had no way to get to his acting auditions. So, wanting to help, she asked him, "Can I lend you some money?"

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Unfortunately, it turned out to be a "horrible mistake," she said. "Anyone listening, do not lend anyone money that you are dating. Okay? Do not do it!" Davis urged. "It doesn't end well."

The And Just Like That star said that after she lent the man money, it "changed the dynamic [of their relationship] in a horrible way."

"And it was a kind of a casual thing. Right? So I probably should have known better," she noted. "But I just felt like, I should help this guy. He's so talented. Lend him money. I think it was all of $5,000."

The man promptly stopped calling after taking her money. "And I'm like, what the heck?" Davis continued. "So I remember going over to his apartment, like, banging on the door, and his dog was in there. And I could hear his dog, but I was like, is he in there pretending that he is not in there?"

She told Wynter he later called her, asking if she came to his home and pounded on the door. At first, she said she felt embarrassed because it was such a "messy" situation. "But then I was like, 'Well, you remember how I lent you the money?' " she recalled, explaining to Wynter that the man is now "a successful actor."

Wynter then joked, "You know what? Let's add up [what he owes you] — with interest," prompting Davis to laugh and reply, "I just would love some acknowledgment or whatever, which is kind of a fantasy."

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While David was content to brush it off as a "funny" ghosting story, Wynter was ready to take action.

"Where does he live? Let's go. Let's knock on his door," she said.

"The country," Davis replied, "and he's married with some children, so I don't think I wanna show up there."

After Wynter assured Davis that "you live and learn" from these unfortunate experiences, the Melrose Place alum agreed, "You do learn," but admitted, "I can't say that's the last time that I did it, though."

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