
As a '90s icon, Melissa Joan Hart has had an impact on multiple generations through her work on Sabrina the Teenage Witch as well as Nickelodeon's Clarissa Explains It All. Gen Z and Alpha still talk about the impact of the Clarissa and Sabrina characters on social media. However, some Gen X and Millennial fans are now wigging out after Hart played a grandmother in a Lifetime movie. As a result of the buzz, the actress herself made some pitch-perfect jokes involving her past work.
The Sabrina the Teenage Witch star went viral unexpectedly after fans couldn’t believe she portrayed a grandmother in the Lifetime movie Would You Kill for Me? The Mary Bailey Story. Though the film premiered months ago, the trailer only recently seemed to catch social media users' attention. As disbelief swept the internet, the TV icon took to her Instagram account to address the uproar. She expressed how flattered she was by fans’ response while also sharing witty twists on her classic shows, saying: