Melissa Joan Hart: I was almost fired from ‘Sabrina’ for being too sexy

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show, based on the Archie Comics character of the same name, she was aching for more mature gigs as the ABC series progressed.

However, the now-47-year-old’s magical, squeaky-clean image was tarnished when she posed half-naked for the cover of Maxim magazine in 1999 — and she was accused of breaching her TV contract because of it.On top of that, she was nearly fired, too.She claimed she found out she was being sued by the network at the premiere of her 1999 rom-com “Drive Me Crazy” — calling it the “worst day” of her life on a recent episode of the “Boy Meets World” rewatch podcast “Pod Meets World.”She also revealed to hosts Danielle Fishel, Rider Strong and Will Friedle that, as a result of her sexy cover shoot, she was even almost booted from her role in the horror parody film “Scary Movie” — something that she allegedly also found out on the red carpet.The Long Island native, who appeared as Sabrina in a 1997 episode of “Boy Meets World,” said that she was waiting for a post-premiere car ride when she got the news.“I get a call in the limo,” she said. “They’re like: ‘You’ve been fired from the movie, you can go back to your party,’ because there was an [after]party at Planet Hollywood.“I was supposed to go and shoot the movie ‘Scary Movie’ in Vancouver.

I was supposed to be the opening, vivacious, big-breasted one that’s murdered or something in the beginning,” she went on.“Scary Movie” was released in 2000 and is a satire of the famed “Scream” franchise and was created by comedic brothers Marlon and Shawn Wayans.