Wheel of Fortune’s celebrity tournament has just made actress Melissa Joan Hart, and her chosen charity, a very happy witch.
The Sabrina the Teenaged Witch star was playing for the nonprofit Youth Villages when she became only the fourth winner in the show’s four decade history to win a million dollars.
The 45 year old candy store owner was competing against Mean Girls star, Lacey Chabert and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt star, Tituss Burgess. Melissa managed to beat them both out by wining $39, 000 in the regular puzzle play. She then selected Food and Drink for the final puzzle and solved correctly: “BRAN MUFFINS”.
Wheel of Fortune: Melissa Joan Hart $1 Million in Celebrity Tournament
Hart claims bran muffins are now her favorite food…and it is likely that of Youth Villages staffers, too.
The private non-profit organization works to find solutions using proven treatment models that strengthen the child’s family and support systems for children and young people across the United States who face a wide range of emotional, mental and behavioral problems. Their aim is to dramatically improve the long-term success of the young people they help.
This year, Youth Villages has helped over 32,000 young people and their families, per their website. Now they will have a million more opportunities thanks to Hart’s win.
Both Hart and Youth Villages posted the exciting million dollar moment on their Instagrams, with Youth Villages holding a viewing party, watching their windfall unfold.
As for Hart, who had contracted Covid back in August, she went home with confetti, a $1-million chip that Pat and Vanna signed it for her and bragging rights of being the first million dollar winner in 8 years.
The Dancing with the Stars alum revealed she unknowingly was preparing for the moment her whole life. She told USA Today that her mother “used to watch the show every night before dinner.”
“It was super exciting and pretty nerve-wracking,” added Hart. “I rarely win game shows.”
Hart’s win comes just a couple of weeks after she celebrated the 25th anniversary of her smash hit show, “Sabrina, the Teenage Witch,” which premiered on ABC on Sept. 27, 1996. She assures audiences that no witchcraft was involved in her win.
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