Hart explained why she cried in a photo with the “Drive Me Crazy” singer after producers of “Sabrina the Teenage Witch” threatened to sue and fire her over sexual scenes in “Maxim.”
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during his appearance on Pod meets world podcast, the 47-year-old actress revealed that it was her decision pose in Wisdom – an aphorism magazine In 1999, it almost led to her expulsion from her famous TV show, Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
Hart was attending her movie premiere Drives me crazy When she received a phone call from her lawyer and had what she described as “the worst day of my life”.
“My lawyer shows up and says, ‘I took a picture of’.” Wisdom – an aphorism “A magazine?” she remembered. “I’m like, ‘Yeah, I did.'” They say, ‘Well, you were sued and kicked off your show.’ So don’t talk to the press. Don’t do anything.”
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The actress shared that she answered another phone call from her mother and her producer who started questioning her after they found out she was receiving It was booted from the sitcom after appearing in her underwear.
In a series of unfortunate events, Hart claimed that the producers responsible for her film “turned around” and let her go. Crying and confused, she found comfort in her father who hugged her even though he wasn’t usually “warm and cuddly”.
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Caroline Rhea (left) with Melissa Joan Hart (center) and Beth Broderick in “Sabrina the Teenage Witch”
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“He lived in New York while I lived in LA, so he wasn’t really there for the emotional stuff, and he came up to me and said, ‘Are you okay?’ I was like, ‘No! ‘,” she recalled.
And she continued, “I feel like crying even more because my father is hugging me.” “I got fired from my show. I just got fired from a movie. I just broke up with my boyfriend.”
At one point during the chaos, Hart posed with Spears, 41, for a photo. And Spears attended the event because she sang her song “(You Drive Me) Crazy” on the movie’s soundtrack.
despite the hype surrounding it Wisdom – an aphorism Photo session, the actress continued to star Sabrina the Teenage Witch.
“Nothing happened,” she explained on the podcast. “But of course, at that moment, I didn’t know what was going on.”
play hart Honorary character in Sabrina the Teenage Witch from 1996 to 2003. The series followed a teenage girl named Sabrina who learns about her magical lineage and awakens with magical powers on her sixteenth birthday.
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Melissa Joan Hart, Sabrina the Teenage Witch
on Pod meets worldthe Melissa and Joey The star explained that threats to fire her from the show were quickly dropped after the production “legally had no basis to stand on”.
As it turned out, the magazine had used Archie’s name on the cover instead of Hart’s actual name without consent, creating a mess.
“What happened was the magazine said, ‘Sabrina, your favorite witch without a (stitch)…” she explained. “I’ve never heard of someone on a magazine cover not using their name, they used Sabrina.”
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She added, “In my contract with Archie Comics, the contract stated that I would never play the character (Sabrina) naked, so they thought I was in violation because I was playing the character.” “I was supposed to be promoting my movie, it wasn’t supposed to be personal. I had no control over what they wrote on the cover.
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