Long before Netflix's the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina starring Kiernan Shipka, the Archie Comics teenage witch reigned supreme on ABC's TGIF lineup in a family sitcom that starred Melissa Joan Hart.
However, the worst day of Melissa Joan Hart's life occurred while she was headlining the show and was set to attend the premiere of the 1999 romantic comedy Drive Me Crazy.
She confessed the details during the Pod Meets World podcast, which is hosted by Boy Meets World alums Danielle Fishel, Will Friedle, and Rider Strong.
Joan Hart co-starred in the film, which was headlined by Britney Spears, and revealed that on that particular rough day, she had just broken up with her boyfriend and was stuck waiting in a car to walk the red carpet for the Drive Me Crazy premiere.
"I had to wait on the red carpet. They wanted me to wait in my car for like an hour for Britney to show up so we could do photos together. And I was like, ‘Can I just go, start doing the press?’ [They were like,] ‘Nope, You’ve got to wait for Britney.'"
She didn't even get to stay for the premiere because she was supposed to fly out for a film role in Scary Movie but got the news on the way to the airport that she had been replaced by Carmen Electra.
"I was supposed to be the opening, vivacious, big-breasted one that’s like murdered or something in the beginning."
Hart then turned around and went to the afterparty for Drive Me Crazy, where her lawyer informed her that she was being sued by Archie Comics and fired from Sabrina the Teenage Witch because of a scantily-clad cover for the latest issue of Maxim.
"My lawyer shows up and goes, ‘You did a photo shoot for Maxim magazine?' I’m like: ‘Yes, I did.’ They’re like, ‘Well, you’re being sued and fired from your show, so don’t talk to the press, don’t do anything.'"
It turns out Hart had a clause in her contract with Archie Comics and the sitcom that stated that she couldn't appear nude in character as Sabrina, and the Maxim cover for her photoshoot read, "Sabrina, your favorite witch without a stitch."
The suit was eventually dropped once all parties determined that Hart couldn't be held liable for a headline that she had no control over.
Still, that's a rough 24 hours, to say the least.
However, the now 47-year-old actress looked back on the ordeal while laughing as she retold the story on the podcast.
Sabrina the Teenage Witch is a comic book series from Archie Comics and follows the adventures of Sabrina Spellman who first appeared in the publisher's books in 1962. The comic follows a teenage half-witch, who lives with her two aunts, who are also witches. The character frequently crosses over with the characters in the publisher's titular comic book, Archie.