Talk show host Bonnie Hunt invited Melissa Joan Hart to “The Bonnie Hunt Show,” to discuss today’s teen stars and getting rejected by both “Dancing with the Stars” and “The Dog Whisperer."
Having grown up in the media spotlight due to her roles in “Clarissa Explains it All” and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” Melissa voices her concerns to Bonnie about the new age of teenage stardom and what she witnessed working with Britney Spears and says, “These kids are like franchises right now. They are not just acting and singing. As soon as you have a tv show or a hit song, all of a sudden you have to have a clothing line, a fragrance, you’ve to got put out a country album…are you kidding me? I don’t know how they do it. No wonder they crash at the age of 23.”
She also blames the limelight-loving mothers of these young stars who are having trouble dealing with their newfound fame, “I think that is the number one problem. A lot of these moms are living out their dreams through their kids and it’s apparent when they are getting reality shows.”
Hart is also very vocal about being rejected by the hit series “Dancing with the Stars,” and being replaced by Heather Mills and tells Bonnie that after she had to decline being on the show due to her pregnancies, “We were kind of looking into it but I was bumped for a lady…I am not going to mention her name…a little British chippy. I think she took my spot, I’m not sure, but I have a little beef with her.”
Hart goes on to tell Bonnie that she also got turned down by Cesar Milan “The Dog Whisperer.” She explains that they came over to her house and told her that her dogs weren’t bad enough. Hart told them, “Ok...so the dog chewed his way through the screen of the window, broke into my house and pooped on the floor and that’s not bad enough for ya?”
Bonnie laughs and warns Melissa, “You think ‘Dancing with the Stars’ is mad at you, wait ‘til that dog whisperer comes after you!”
