Melissa Joan Hart turned down Playboy to protect family after Maxim controversy: 'Thank God'
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Melissa Joan Hart turned down Playboy after seeing her family's reaction to her Maxim cover. The "Sabrina the Teenage Witch" actress is grateful she made that decision.
Although the issue was resolved after Hart wrote an apology letter, the actress says the situation led her to turn down Playboy magazine. It was a choice she made to protect her family. Caroline Thayer is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Follow Caroline Thayer on Twitter at @carolinejthayer. Story tips can be sent to caroline.thayer@fox.com.
"There's a good reason why I never did like Playboy or anything like that, because when Maxim came out, my brother, who at the time was a teenager, and my father were kind of tortured by people showing — shoving it in their faces," she told Fox News Digital.