If you’ve read any stories about Melissa Joan Hart this week you probably think that she was a reckless, wild, drug addicted teenage star.
While it’s true that the former Nickelodeon actress experimented with drugs during her Sabrina The Teenage Witch years, Joan Hart says that she wasn’t out of control.
The actress wrote on Twitter: “I’m cracking up right now at how ridiculously wrong some “journalists” can get a story. Oh well!”
But Joan Hart is the only person to blame for the rumors. The actress writes in her new memoir, cleverly titled Melissa Joan Hart Explains It All, that she experimented with weed and ecstasy in her 20s. The actress writes about several other aspects of her life but when it came time to promote the memoir some journalists chose to go with the drug stories .
And why not? That’s pretty much how everyone sells memoirs these days.
Still, Joan Hart thought it was necessary to clear some things up on Twitter.
The actress writes: And by the way, my “party life” is one chapter in a book about my entire life!! For the record,I’m not denying my mistakes; I wrote it them my book #melissaexplainsitall.But the details have been messed with!
From a marketing standpoint, this little misunderstanding actually works in Melissa Joan Hart’s favor.
A juicy story about drugs got into the news. The actress claims that it’s exaggerated. And now Melissa Joan Hart fans can find out the truth. You know, if they decide to buy her book.
Joan Hart writes: “Whatever you may read about me these next few weeks,keep in mind the outlet that is reporting. Also remember, I was 20 when Sabrina started!”