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Melissa Joan Hart Recalls Being FIRED From "Sabrina" | True Hollywood Story | E!
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[@eentertainment]

I love the Netflix show too, but it would be fun to see an older MJH Sabrina show too!

[@LifeLoveBeauty32]

I would be SO FREAKING EXCITED

[@Missmagazinebura]

Same

[@sheepdog5799]

The Netflix show sucks.

[@Missmagazinebura]

@@sheepdog5799 yea i prefer Sabrina the teenage witch

[@scottgilliam8185]

I'm dying for that to happen I was so hopefull she would do cameo in Netflix Sabrina but never happened 😭

[@feedbackaccepted3663]

She is a 90's icon. Nobody can take that away from her

[@lauralarrabee7870]

And she’s classy. When pressed about Britney she kept it classy and said, “I think she just got caught up in that scene.” Melissa is a true G

[@KanadeLapis]

@@lauralarrabee7870 She truly is classy, minds her own business, she never sold her soul or integrity to make it in hollywood and she's super talented and well spoken.

[@chrisez3188]

She also kept that funny, silly, comedic element in her other sitcom Melissa and Joey which also made some references to her time as Sabrina

[@lotusgrl444]

@@KanadeLapis makes her even more loveable

[@jessicaschoonmaker2073]

Clara explains it all

[@bvg83]

this show is one of the best of the 90s

[@carlossandoval7540]

Hell 2 the yes

[@linzyc4696]

@@carlossandoval7540 lmao

[@alexiere]

Yes the first few seasons were amazing, once she heads out on her own...

[@caligurl8770]

@bvg83 facts

[@romelgonzales2754]

Don't forget Kenan and Kell

[@MrMike77471]

The title of this clip is deceptive. MJH does NOT "detail" being fired from the show. They barely begin to touch on the subject and then the video ends. Very disappointing. I was wanting to hear the story.

[@jussydesiree]

@@witchingbrew3 you have a link?

[@btetschner]

I don't think she gets fired from her show.

[@tikdoe7563]

Exactly

[@Ambereigh]

@@witchingbrew3 this doesn’t change the fact that it’s click bait

[@danielhubley3335]

@@btetschner she didn’t get fired but the production company was very angry with her and I understand why. But I also understand that MJH was a 23/24 y/o living it up in LA in the 90’s early 00’s so like can you blame her?? The only reason what she did was considered bad was bc she portrayed such an innocent character on a family tv channel. She definitely wasn’t fired tho!

[@Texaslawhorn]

Melissa Joan Hart was such a big part of the '90s for those of us born in the late '70s and '80s (1982 here). I loved her on both "Clarissa Explains It All" and "Sabrina."

[@hilmir]

yes, her and Sarah Michelle Gellar. iconic.

[@KanadeLapis]

@@hilmir I always wanted something with those two together! fun fact: Melissa turned down the role of Julie in I know what you did last summer so it's too bad we could've seen them together on screen!

[@missys.3038]

Those of us from the early 90's too, I was born in 1990 and grew up watching Sabrina The Teenage Witch

[@KanadeLapis]

@@missys.3038 Same i was born in 96

[@MrMcgale22]

I was born in the 90s and I LOVED this show and ‘Clarissa explains it all’.

[@chrisez3188]

Kiernan Shipka’s depiction was definitely a more comically accurate Sabrina but Melissa’s Sabrina was just perfect for the time that depiction is timeless

[@gilbertflores3034]

I think it’s accurate to the more recent comics. The older comics weren’t dark like the Netflix series. They had the same vibe as Archie.

[@anthonyL1995]

Eh... Yes and no. The Spellman name comes from the sitcom itself. The concept of Salem being a black cat is also from the sitcom. Zelda being the more stern aunt and Hilda being a more free spirit is also a concept of the 90's sitcom. The parents names are also from the sitcom. Sabrina in the original comic was a creation from Hilda (the more put together one) and Zelda (the more compassionate one) in a power puff girls like manner of being created from a potion. Salem is a non-talking orange tabby-cat. I don't think that Greendale was a concept until the 90's and Sabrina attended Riverdale high with the Archie gang up until that point and I think the main reason for the disconnect was because they wanted Sabrina to have adventures in line with what the TV counter-part would go through and omited her from the Riverdale gang. At one point even she goes back in time and looks like her 90's Animated series counterpart for a long period of time.

[@emy8414]

not really. caos isnt even accurate to the comic series its based off of

[@SmileyTrenton]

@@emy8414 Actually it is very accurate to the comics its based of, thats why the show was made. To honor it’s comic run and bring in more sales

[@Maatjuhhh]

I just don't think of accurate. I just think of Melissa's Sabrina as on the comedy side and Kiernan's Sabrina on the dark side. Just their take on it. Both are equally wonderful. Melissa's Sabrina got a good, fitting ending whereas Kiernan's Sabrina didn't (damn you Netflix).

[@linzyc4696]

“It’s always fun to have a talking cat around” I love this guy

[@baxatakbaxatak2014]

“Moi?”

[@carinarosales6899]

I know I love Salem

[@travis2333]

She didn’t end up getting fired, thankfully! The show went until like 2003, and ended nicely, in my opinion. I love that show lol

[@DB-ub3wx]

She did get fired lol it ended in 2000

[@travis2333]

@@DB-ub3wx Could have sworn I replied to this, but you are wrong. The last episode aired April 24, 2003; you can look it up on IMDb.

[@DB-ub3wx]

@@travis2333 yes it got picked up by another network , but my point was she still got fired 😂

[@travis2333]

@@DB-ub3wx Oh! Ok, that's what you meant, yeah it went to The WB. However, it didn't end in 2000. Just moved lol

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@travis2333 Actually ABC dropped the show because of a negotiation despute with Viacom Productions and the network wanted to renew the show for season 5 but weren't willing to pay a reported 1.5 million an episode! The WB then picked up the show for a mere $675,000, per episode but agreed to 66 episodes!

[@chris-tinav4852]

I wanted to be Sabrina! That show was everything growing up in the 90s.

[@spongebob03]

I loved watching this, followed by Clueless! Or was it vice versa? It lost me during the later seasons.

[@griffinjames4585]

I’d die for a Sabrina reboot with the og cast 😭

[@tatianarodriguez9504]

You and me both !!

[@carinarosales6899]

I totally agree with that

[@neonnknightt7246]

We still binge this show every so often! Love MJH!

[@joshuaa1605]

She's an icon. Clarissa and Sabrina! 2 iconic roles.

[@tyreebracey9345]

I was born in 2001 and I literally remember growing up watching this as the first version of Sabrina the teenage witch. So she was apart of my childhood

[@missaforabbey]

Me too

[@cluman1]

"Apart" is wrong. "A part" is the correct spelling. Apart means the opposite of what you were trying to convey.

[@cakepudding3220]

Born in 1994 and this, Kenan & Kel, Taina, Drake and Josh, The Amanda Show was the ish for me 😂

[@sirkingpinmonroe4439]

I was worn in 1999 so I mostly grew up with the animated one but then I saw the live action one afterwards.

[@kldc2156]

Born in 81 (yes I’m very old) there was Saved by the bell, Sister Sister, Blossom, Clarissa explains it all, Sabrina the teenage witch, good memories!

[@MrParodyMovies]

key to these 90s/early2000s shows and movies was mixing the real reality of life with the supernatural fantasy world. we need to return back to this!!

[@HowCaseySeesIt]

Yes!! It’s my favorite genre!

[@KendiaMarie]

Yes! That's why shows back then last more than 2 seasons.

[@FieryShongie]

I like her she said “I went to the playboy mansion & it was an epic party.” Casting an adult for a teen role then getting mad when the adult is doing typical things every young adult does at that age 😒 What did they expect ?

[@Logan_Baron]

It was more about talking about it, promoting it than doing it. I mean I'm still not for getting fired over it, but that's the reason, promotion of the image as a role model.

[@snicker576]

I might sound kind of conservative, but I really think that it's amazing that the corporations profiting off of Sabrina actually put their morals above profit, and fired Melissa. I just have a lot of respect for them fir doing that

[@simonhollad5511]

Yeah typical adult stuff. I was an the playboy mansion last weekend...

[@shayla106]

@@simonhollad5511 For a celebrity, normal for an adult celebrity.

[@shayla106]

@@snicker576 I don’t, because these companies are hypocrites. These same companies are usually the ones to work real child celebrities to the point of exhaustion and self-destructions. They love having a squeaky clean image but will knowingly hire racists, pedos and sexual abusers.

[@america5108]

oh wow I loved the show growing up and had absolutely no idea there was a scandal and that she was even fired!!!!! dang. that’s terrible.

[@AlmostHeaven89]

She MADE that TGIF lineup and that’s cute that the network tried to pretend she didn’t.

[@WithoutRemorse12]

No it was Full House and Family matters. They were desperately trying to keep alive at end of the 90s and early 00s.

[@DaringDanielletravels]

I LOVED Sabrina the Teenage witch when I was growing up! Had no idea MJH was out partying like that.

[@SugerSprinkledFun]

You mean like being a normal young adult? She wasn't shooting up hard drugs for God's sake.

[@carinarosales6899]

​@@SugerSprinkledFunI know right

[@TheChristyto]

I’d understand if she was fired for being underage and drinking, but she wasn’t. That’s so unfair.

[@tyronzasmith3735]

I think it was because teenagers were looking up to her as a role model and the show didn't want to have that effect the show or the teens. Teens are impressionable some of their behavior stems from celebrities.

[@Logan_Baron]

It was about the image projected. She fell into the group of young actors that the network was projecting as an image themselves. I'm sure most of them were drinking and partying or who knows what, but kept it quiet, out of view. Her talking about it in interviews was the issue, breaking the image. Note that I am not saying it is right, and I'm glad that she ended up not being fired. Don't want them to fire people for that "Image", but just pointing out why. It's similar to the way Disney channel still tries to promote an image of young actors, until they get out of the Disney roles. There used to even be clauses in contracts about things like being seen smoking and such.

[@plutofreak2003]

It for all practicality was a Disney Show without having the Mouse Emblem emblazoned on the show title card.

[@tymeburglar86]

She probably had a morality clause, which disney and other kid-friendly networks use, that she was in violation of. So it's not necessarily the drinking but just her lifestyle & image she was projecting.

[@sagehawk12]

She got the britney spears treatment.

[@TobiLotta]

REBOOOT PLEASE! we need that 90s Sabrina vibe again!

[@angeo3830]

She’s always going to be one my favorite actresses

[@carinarosales6899]

I know right her and Natalie Portman

[@brotherfecil4092]

Her, Kenan & kel & saved by the bell are responsible for some of my happiest moments as a kid

[@thelonelyghosts9004]

Thank god Clarissa is finally explaining…it all.

[@MaleOrderBride]

I love Melissa because she is so down-to-earth and natural looking. She isn't all Hollywood with botox and big fake lips or butt. She looks like a girl next door!

[@phily8093]

She's had a lot of work done. A lot!

[@KanadeLapis]

@@phily8093 She has always looked the same, we watched her grow up so nice try!

[@phily8093]

@@KanadeLapis she really doesn't. She looks like she's had plastic surgery ... which she has.

[@tigerlilly9038]

in the 90s...it were breasts and eyebrow lifts raging.

[@carinarosales6899]

​@@phily8093I know like the Kim Kardashian

[@lingeringquestions519]

She was an adult and didn't hurt anyone. She should have been allowed to keep her job.

[@DavidKen878]

People like you clearly don't understand how brands and companies work.

[@lingeringquestions519]

@@DavidKen878 I've heard of Morality clauses, but she didn't hurt anyone.

[@DavidKen878]

@@lingeringquestions519 If you've heard of morality causes then you should know hurting someone doesn't matter. A violation is a violation. Are you saying a person must hurt someone before action can be taken?

[@danielkim7841]

They fired her for drinking tequila shots? And posing on maxim? Sounds very harsh to be honest... morality clauses seem so draconian and strict

[@lingeringquestions519]

@@DavidKen878 I meant that I think morality clauses are not needed for everyone. The show was growing with her, although not this much, so I feel like it's not that bad.

[@drsaarahnisajuman9135]

best show ever. still binge it on amazon prime

[@carinarosales6899]

It also comes out in on rewind tv

[@Flore-162]

the talking cat was everything

[@tiffanyprobus6363]

Nick Bakay is awesome!!

[@m56214]

@@tiffanyprobus6363 Norbert

[@AddieMoore-South]

Best part of the 90's in my book. Still binge watch to this day.

[@maryammure5151]

I remember her maxim cover being too controversial. She almost got fired over that back in 1999 but they gave her an okay cuz she was the star of the show. But she was also high on the cover, she later admitted she was high on weed and mushrooms and ecstacy during that time. I don't know how she got away with that. Wow. Lol

[@Adriana-mw9ut]

Lmao what! 😂

[@maryammure5151]

@@Adriana-mw9ut yeah you didn't know that. She admitted back then. Google Melissa Joan Hart Maxim high. I ain't lying. Lol

[@maryammure5151]

@@Adriana-mw9ut girl Melissa wasn't the good girl y'all thought she was. No no lol

[@Adriana-mw9ut]

@@maryammure5151 well i know she used to mention how she had to sneak Britney out to go party with her , but i didn’t know she was that kind of partier 😂 hey everyone has their college phase.

[@maryammure5151]

@@Adriana-mw9ut she also did mushrooms. Wild girl lol. But yeah you right everyone has a past she def changed when she met her hubby and had kids. Good for her.

[@starsigngirl9789]

Omg this is my favourite show still of all time xxx even at 29 I listen to it to help me sleep xx lol

[@nefariousmarak5922]

I loved this show and I loved all her outfitsss

[@mariahsmith1964]

The cat took me out 😂

[@criticalhard]

She will always be an icon, I remember watching clarissa when I was a little kid and still remember very vivid how great it was omg

[@prettyguyd138]

I'm not surprised this happened . This is the world we live in. Where THEY give u something good one moment then THEY taking it away when u do one thing wrong or something THEY find not right about . Its a cut throat business

[@Jill_of_trades]

Although I loved the show I understand why the TV company didn't want her around any more; MJH went to a party associated with debauchery, openly admitted to doing things the TV company didn't want young people to revel in (thinking they would see MJH outside of the show thus come to know of her habits thus delve in them and become in trouble as inhebriated/pregnant people too early to become pregnant). When you are a celebrity you will be an influence for those who follow you (in the 90s it was really non-online media which was publicly around in the west) whether you like it or not.

[@FCLaney]

That’s definitely true but she was portraying a teenager in school to millions daily, then at the same time on the cover of Maxim! That wasn’t smart on her behalf, she should’ve known better but maybe she was that party girl!

[@ambriaashley3383]

@@Jill_of_trades young people make mistakes, they push boundaries. She wasnt hurting anyone. Wanting TV stars to have squeaky clean reputations is unrealistic. Also hypocritical, bc Hollywood execs who run the show have done FAR worse than take shots & attend a few parties. We hold young women to an impossible "Disney" standard but she was an ADULT at the time, who made adult choices. This couldve lead to an important conversation for the public/young fans to hear. Yes, you may wantto drink when you turn 21. Here's what I did that worked/didn't work.

[@scovyaporsha777]

@@FCLaney I agree

[@treco2583]

@@ambriaashley3383 she made adult choices, and she got adult consequences. The show had an “image” to uphold. Hollywood execs don’t have images to uphold. It’s a business. If you tarnish the brand, you’re out. Does it suck? I think so, but that’s just my opinion, but their money, their decision.

[@Medellin1823]

I get really tired of news leaving people a cliffhanger at the end. The whole video was about her getting fired, and then as soon as she mentions she got fired they end the video. We need real news that won't cut it as the end.

[@unicornzrreal1985]

Melissa was, and always will be Sabrina ♡ she is irreplaceable ♡

[@Imonamf]

Lovvvvved this show!!!

[@twentysvn]

Are we bringing back E THS?!?!!?!! Finally!!

[@BC-bt7hu]

I would watch this again, yesterday!

[@kencoleman5007]

I loved that this was a lighthearted "slice of life" live action "magic girl" series Sabrina, and that manga/anime genre drawing from Bewitched.

[@iHeartsNostalgiaPit]

you know it's funny I actually said somewhere else that it's a shame that Elizabeth Montgomery didn't hold on awhile longer she could have made an appearance on the show (she died a year before Sabrina premiered)

[@kencoleman5007]

@@iHeartsNostalgiaPit she played a bit part in Batman: the Animated Series (which makes a great series greater), but I would've loved to see Montgomery on Sabrina. Maybe as the voice of reason on the Witches Council.

[@diaryofseresha]

The original sabrina😍😍😍😍 i grewup reading all sabrina novels with her photo on cover. So imagined sabrina with her face

[@samcortez420]

Clarissa Explains It All and Sabrina the Teenage Witch were two of my favorite shows growing up.

[@e.p5109]

Women deserve more, like I didn’t see men being judged like this

[@itsyourboyyy]

Then you clearly know nothing about sports.

[@wazburg]

Does anyone know where I can watch the full version online in Australia, even if I have to pay?

[@amberschannel4709]

Where is the rest of this interview????

[@duchess2412]

How do you FIRE Sabrina?!

[@NubianQueen100]

Yoo this was my shooooowwww🥰

[@thebluefox_rech5704]

I remember this tv show when I was a kid.

[@hatingontruth9118]

She wasn't fired.. She was ALMOST fired. the shoot happened in 1999.. I still have that Maxim issue.. and the show ran until 2003. I remember hearing how she got into trouble.. It was not just the party that was the issue. She referenced the show in the Maxim shoot and talked about taking a shot of liquor whenever the cat talked.. Ya, it's a family show.. and she was being too edgy for them.. but not too edgy for me!!

[@dustin628]

Why did this video just cut off? Is there a part 2? Get it together E!

[@Taniere]

This is my favorite show!! I was such a huge fan. I did not know she was fired 😡.

[@MissyASTB]

Where is the full interview?

[@Missmagazinebura]

How can she be fired ? Sabrina lasted long after the drive me crazy movie came out .

[@starfire9214]

Because Warner brothers pick it up and put it on channel eleven

[@TimothyRichard12345]

Drive Me Crazy’s release coincided with season four, which was also the last season that it aired on ABC. The show got picked up by another network (the WB) for three additional seasons. Had they not picked it up then Sabrina would have just been over.

[@nancykerrigan]

@@starfire9214 she still starred the show though

[@EdwardRock1]

Craaaaazy

[@LettingGoTV]

@@nancykerrigan Yeah, NEW NETWORK picked it up. ABC ended the show (firing her), but another network picked it up and kept her.

[@MrMcgale22]

Where’s the rest of the interview?

[@metalgypsy4]

She is still my fave 💓💓💓

[@sabirinmoha4456]

be patient and move forward

[@xinderellalee]

Would love to see an Future older version of Sabrina the Teenage Witch season 8

[@michellexlawless]

Someone once told me she was in rehab with her and she was really annoying lol

[@Cantetinza17]

I love that show. I hate when Hollywood tries to keep you too young. Dang let her speak on being grown a bit.

[@DavidKen878]

That's not what happens.

[@Levi-gr3jf]

Didn't the show end because it started to suck so badly ? I didn't like it the moment she went to college in season 4 or 5 but when they replaced both aunts with Amber and Roxie, they killed the show . Also she went to work as a journalist which in 90s-00s seems to the job of a main character in every sitcom, Like charmed.

[@danakscully64]

Morgan and Roxie were here college roommates. It was soooo bad the last few seasons. Every time I rewatch the series, I cringe at how terrible the character Morgan was. High pitched voice, very ditzy, not funny. The whole dynamic was bad. The first 3 seasons were great, but the casting and writing was bad after that.

[@NK-it4um]

I got to meet MJH at a comic con in Chicago in 2019. She was very friendly and down to earth. Definitely meet again.

[@edwinbetancourt7301]

MJH was not fired from Sabrina. Her mother was the show’s creator and producer lol. The show ended because people lost interest. Once the Aunts left and they added Punky, Amber and that weirdo guy no one cared anymore.

[@bernadinechetty7152]

Yip, that's when I lost interest as well.

[@xiahkixiri]

The only good thing about those later seasons was Harvey and Salem becoming bros.

[@MissyASTB]

This show was amazing

[@ioslugs]

iconic show

[@evfan8936]

Best show

[@PeterZeeke]

wheres the rest!?

[@Adriana-mw9ut]

Wait i never knew this, Sabrina the teenage witch my fave show as a kid, loved drive me crazy too & watching trl with her and Britney hosting.

[@juliannedispain1637]

I love this show.

[@MRJLS15]

Omg they bringing the series e true Hollywood story???!!!! Omg 😃 I grew up loving these behind the scenes

[@edannerowe-taylor3152]

They been back since last year x

[@jailaprimm1687]

I didn't know she got fired

[@springlady8337]

It’s okay cause a different network picked up the show and it kept going.

[@Whitneypyant]

What they mean was Sabrina going to be canceled after season 4. The WB picked it up.

[@bitwawesome5136]

Wow .

[@jessica-zd4gi]

Aww I love her

[@Catman1798]

Never seen the show till I saw a rerun on fuse channel months ago and saw a talking black cat. Now I’m hooked, obviously. I didn’t know she was fired? The show lasted a while didn’t it?

[@liltoaster4397]

I love Sabrina I've been binging it with my family

[@JIMBO8472]

our sweet heart xxx

[@venkat6229]

Loved her in Melissa & Joey.

[@derrickkhroun]

I rememebered that i still in love with Sabrina hahahaha🤣

[@alyssascott1601]

I absolutely loved Melissa Joan Hart!!! When I was young I couldnt wait for Friday's TGIF so i could watch Sabrina it was my favorite show!! And when Britney spears was featured in Sabrina a couple times i loved her even more!!! And i loved her "Drive me Crazy" movie!!

[@EethrEatr]

Clarissa explains it allllll, I love Melissa Joan Hart!

[@sheridan7475]

Insane that they took that from her for being a free woman enjoying her life. Makes me sick

[@englishatheart]

Oh freaking stop. 🙄

[@sandiego2380]

Oh shut up with you woman card.

[@seygra20]

Where the rest of the story?

[@bitwawesome1]

Wow

[@elsaa1386]

My fav teen show and I watch be which and Dream of Jeannie. Because I not have enough Magic 🪄 lol

[@dw8840]

She was my crush as a teen in the 90's

[@d00med74]

🙌

[@unapologeticallyme8513]

There is no Sabrina without MJH ♡ and Salem of course lol

[@juniorsutereo]

Melissa Joan Hart wasnt fired from Sabrina The Teenage Witch after the MAXIM photoshoot. The series got two more seasons after that.

[@JasmineSurrealVideos]

But then what happened? Obviously she didn't get fired, they must have worked things out, but it would have been interesting to find out how they got from firing her to keeping her on in the best TV show there's ever been. I don't understand why they don't make a reboot of it, not a dark gothy one like has been done, I mean one like the original, perhaps with Sabrina with a magical son, and Harvey gets magic powers, and Salem of course.

[@SamanthaSweets]

Omg yesss

[@princealex6826]

When Melissa signed on to be Sabrina, she wasn’t just under ABC’s control, she was also under Archie Comics’ (the actual makers of Sabrina The Teenage Witch) control. And when she signed on to not only be the face for Sabrina on behalf of the TV show, but also comic books and merchandise wise, she was strictly prohibited from ever posing naked as Sabrina, along with a couple of other stuff on both Archie and ABC’s guidelines. And because the magazine cover said “SABRINA” instead of “MELISSA” she got in trouble with Archie. And with all of the 18+ topics she was discussing in the magazine, she got in trouble with ABC. In the end; she didn’t get fired because both companies agreed she had a pretty big fanbase and was doing both, the network and the Sabrina comics very well. So it would’ve been dumb to get rid of her anyway.

[@ScribblebytesWorldwide]

@@princealex6826 Thank you. Whoever is running thus channel needs to pay you a cheque for actually giving us the True Hollywood Story. Thank you.

[@TimothyRichard12345]

@@princealex6826 Also, not entirely true. Archie Comics decided not to terminate their contract with her, however, ABC did. Drive Me Crazy’s release coincided with season four, which was also the last season that it aired on ABC. The show got picked up by another network (the WB) for three additional seasons. Had they not picked it up then Sabrina would have just been over.

[@princealex6826]

@@TimothyRichard12345 See now that part i did not know and it finally solves my question of why ABC chose to cancel Sabrina on season 4 and leave it on a cliffhanger before The WB picked it up. Thank you! I originally thought they just wanted to cancel it for the same reason they cancelled Clueless due to budget/views.

[@supachaloopa3611]

When you are enslaved with a contract to Hollywood, you must obey their every request/demand. That is common knowledge. You don't work for a network and go out and booze it up knowing full well there will be public pictures showing your exploits. Especially if you are someone playing a character in a "family sitcom". That's just common sense. And thirdly.... you don't EVER go to the Playboy Mansion and sit anywhere. No sitting. You'll end up pregnant. Everyone knows that.

[@honeydew1678]

you sound brainwashed by hollywood. you should be able to be a human and have fun without those restrictions when you’re a full blown adult.

[@crystala7x182]

@@honeydew1678 I think it is you who’s brainwashed. The way you say “full blown adult” sounds like you are not an adult yet or still immature. Whatever job you are working for (famous or not), if you go against the company ideals, you risk getting fired. It’s as simple as that. Sometimes it’s unfair, which in that case you can fight for. In other times, it’s completely justified. When you have a job, you have a responsibility.

[@carinarosales6899]

@@crystala7x182 I still think you should have fun and enjoy because work is hard

[@jennyelsie]

Kind of a weird place to cut off the clip.

[@amaterasu_silk]

do you know where can I watch it these days?

[@msbien521]

Hulu!

[@amaterasu_silk]

@@msbien521 omg thanks!

[@carinarosales6899]

On rewind channel 5

[@PinkCakesandTea]

It's sold on DVD.

[@LindseyRaelle]

The biggest cliff hanger dont exi…. 😐 1:52

[@suhjakeydg]

damn, i used to watch that show. i never knew about this.

[@sel3248]

Melissa was the reason I watched

[@sandiego2380]

Lol for me it was Salem and the aunts. Never cared too much for Sabrina herself.

[@timothyc93]

What is this from

[@trillxfizzy]

Wait so they fired her for drinking?

[@EagleTalons1]

I remember having a crush on Sabrina in the 90's, really the only reason I watched the show, lol

[@carinarosales6899]

I grew up on Sabrina the teenage witch definitely one of the best shows of the 90's

[@djcruiselover3827]

The show didn’t end for three more years after that it just changed networks

[@Moviefan2k4]

Stories like this are warnings to young actors, not to go too far too quickly. Melissa stepped out of bounds of her role, and it almost cost her the job.