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Melissa Joan Hart Reflects on Devastating 1999 Career Setbacks

1/1/2026

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Melissa Joan Hart, actress, described January 1, 1999 as one of the worst days of her life.
At Drive Me Crazy premiere, she received a call that she had been fired from a film she would shoot in Canada.
Shortly after, she learned she was let go from Sabrina the Teenage Witch due to her Maxim magazine cover.
Hart continued in Sabrina the Teenage Witch until its conclusion in 2003.

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Story summary

Melissa Joan Hart, actress, described January 1, 1999 as one of the worst days of her life.
At Drive Me Crazy premiere, she received a call that she had been fired from a film she would shoot in Canada.
Shortly after, she learned she was let go from Sabrina the Teenage Witch due to her Maxim magazine cover.
Hart continued in Sabrina the Teenage Witch until its conclusion in 2003.