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Melissa Joan Hart managed to upset both cat people and Sabrina the Teenage Witch fans with a single Instagram video.
The actress, 49, took to Instagram on Thursday, February 19, to share a video of herself stroking a stuffed black cat with the words “when people ask me if I’m a cat person” on the screen. She then punted the stuffed cat across the room before the video quickly changed to her petting a real-life dog.
The video is scored by the theme music from her show, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which ran from 1996 to 2003 and featured a talking black cat named Salem, voiced by Nick Bakay.
“No Salems were harmed in the filming of this silly video,” the Melissa & Joey alum captioned the video. “PS I like cats, but I love dogs!”
Despite her disclaimer, many took to the comments to voice their displeasure.
“This isn’t your best work still a fan but this was hard to watch,” one commenter wrote.
“This was unnecessary :/ People hurt black cats every day. This is not nice :/ Tasteless…” another added.
“Awwww ...
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