Melissa Joan Hart's Sexy Filming "Maxim" triggered threats to be "prosecuted and dismissed" by Teen Show

The Sabrina star The Teenage Witch obviously broke his contract by appearing in the magazine.


In the fall of 1999, Melissa Joan Hart was one of Hollywood's busiest young stars. She had played in the television series Sabrina the teenage witch Since 1996, has been about to see his Rom-Com Go crazy struck the rooms and had appeared in the video for "(you drive me) Crazy" " Britney Spears' Song for the soundtrack of the film. However, even with all this professional success, the star recently admitted that the day of Go crazy The first was "the worst day of [his] life".

During a recent appearance on the Boy meets the world Rewatch Podcast Pod meets the world , Hart revealed that not only had she crossed a brutal break that day, but it was also told that her future to Sabrina was in danger. The 47 -year -old said that her lawyer told her that she was in danger of being dismissed from the show and also continued, everywhere in a provocative photo session for which she had done for Maxim review. Continue reading to learn more.

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Hart was going through the night of the first a lot.

Melissa Joan Hart and Britney Spears at the
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Hart was a guest Pod meets the world Due to her links with the other program for adolescents: she appeared in an episode and had a brief relationship with the host and the star of the series Will Friedle as adolescents. In addition, Sabrina And Boy meets the world both part of the TGIF range of ABC.

On the podcast, Hart was invited to remember a photo of her posing with spears at Go crazy First in 1999.

"If you look at my eyes and how red they are, I was crying all evening," said the actor. She explained that she had just broken up with someone she saw, was "standing for 4 am" making a press for the film and had to wait for the red carpet for an hour until the arrival of spears so that they can take photos together.

Then, instead of watching the film with the rest of the participants in the first, it was taken to the airport to start working on the horror parody HOTER MOVIE in Vancouvr. On the way, she received a call according to which her role had been cut. Unfortunately for Hart, it was not the latest news of the day.

She was told that she would be dismissed Sabrina .

Britney Spears and Melissa Joan Hart at a Planet Hollywood party for
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After being let go of HOTER MOVIE , Hart returned to the Go crazy First after-part. It was there that her lawyer approached her to talk about the repercussions of the photos for which she had recently posed. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"My lawyer presents himself and says: 'You have done a photo shoot for Maxim Magazine? "" The actor said. "I say to myself" yes, I did it. "They are like:" Well, you are prosecuted and dismissed from your show, so don't talk to the press, do nothing. ""

Hart then heard of his mom, Paula Hart , who was the executive producer of the show. "So, I receive a phone call on my mother's mobile phone, my producer, who says:" What did you do? "" Said Hart. "And I said to myself: 'I don't know, whatever my publicist told me to do during the photo shoot. I did a photo shoot for Maxim . It is Maxim , of course, you're going to be underwear! ""

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She was told that she was selling her contract.

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On her Maxim blanket, Hart wears underwear And holding a leaf up to cover your chest. The title on the cover is read as follows: "Sabrina: your favorite witch without point!" The actor, who was 23 years old at the time, said that this phrasing was what caused the potential legal problem. She explained that her contract with Archie Comics, on which the Sabrina The show was based, forbidden Hart to always appear as the naked or slightly dressed character. Despite the title, the idol Teen did not "play" Sabrina in the Maxim Pictures; She had posed as herself.

Hart continued saying on the podcast that "nothing came to it" and that Achie Comics "had no land to stand up" to dismiss her. She wrote a letter of apologies, but the company did not take up the question. She stayed on Sabrina Until it ended in 2003 after seven seasons.

In relation: The former star of the child Danielle Fishel says that the executive told him that he had a photo of her in her room .

She thinks that the Archie comics should have continued Maxim instead.

Melissa Joan Hart at the 2019 HBO Post-Emmy Awards Reception
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Hart talked about " huge scandal "It was her Maxim draw in 2019 on People now .

"I had a contract with Archie Comics to say that I would never play Sabrina in her underwear, I would never be sexy Sabrina. And and Maxim The magazine, for any reason, put "Sabrina" in big letters below, instead of "Melissa" ... So they wrote: "Sabrina, your favorite witch without point". And it went against my contract. "She added:" Honestly, they should have continued Maxim . ""

Hart said she thought her "career was over" at the time. She continued: "It was very frightening. Now, looking back, the controversy was: am I allowed to be sexy at 23 while promoting a film? Today, is it like Who was not sexy by promoting a film at 12? "

She also admitted to having celebrated before filming.

Melissa Joan Hart at the
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Hart also opened on the day of Maxim Photo session, which she admitted to having attended after an evening.

"The night before going to my house First evening of Manoir Playboy . It was the [Dream] evening of the summer night, when you are in underwear, "said Hart in a 2014 E interview!, And go to a limousine to my first Playboy manor celebration."

The actor explained that she had left the party until very late, which made a duration of the next day. "I think I rolled until Maxim Photo session, entry and was like, "ok, so we will do this thing and go home?" And they say to themselves: "Oh no, girl, you are there during, like, 10 hours." "She recalls.


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