These days, our knowledge of celebrities too often originates with paparazzi images and snarky quotes by anonymous "insiders." After a while, it's easy to forget that stars are real people. That's why HuffPost Celebrity decided to launch its all-new #nofilter quick-fire question-and-answer series. Because how well do you know someone until they've shared their guiltiest pleasures?


Melissa Joan Hart is one of the most beloved child-turned-adult stars, captivating audiences with her hit TV series "Clarissa Explains It All," "Sabrina: The Teenage Witch" and "Melissa & Joey." The 37-year-old mom-of-three appeared on HuffPost Live yesterday (Oct. 30) to discuss her new memoir, "Melissa Explains It All" (in stores now), and gracefully took HuffPost Celebrity's #nofilter challenge.


When's the last time you cried?

Probably yesterday.


What's your guiltiest pleasure?

The Kardashians. I don't watch anything else but that. I need an escape. I'm a news hound so, I have to escape from it in some mindless way. I don't know, I got hooked early. Guilty pleasure, that's allowed!


Is it okay to recline your seat on an airplane?

[It's okay] until it goes all the way back, until it's in the other person's lap. I mean, the person in front of you is going to do it so you have to do it.


When do you feel most anxious?

On an airplane. [Laughs] When a person reclines their seat ... no. I hate take-off. I hate flying in general. I'm terrified of it, but I've gotten over it.


What or who is overrated right now?

[laughs] Well, I think Miley Cyrus is getting way too much attention for one performance piece that was shocking, yes, but I don't think it was that shocking. I think Madonna did [that] 20 years ago. I think Britney Spears did it 10 years ago. So, I don't think it was that shocking, I think it's just a little too much exposure on that one piece.


Is a good friend hard to come by?

Not if you look in the right places.


Describe one time you thought "This is harder than it looks."

"Dancing With The Stars." [Laughs]


Tell us a joke.

I only know dirty jokes ... no, it's really dirty. I only know one joke that as a kid I just didn't understand. "Why does Dr. Pepper come in a bottle? Because his wife died." I don't know.


What sense would you most be afraid to lose?

My sight because I wouldn't want to miss my boys growing up and seeing what they look like as men. And my husband when he ages, no wait, that one I could [do without].



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    <strong>What's the silliest rumor you've read about yourself? </strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/11/camila-alves-style_n_3905769.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter" target="_blank">That I was a witch.</a>




  • Nick Wechsler


    <strong>What's your guiltiest pleasure?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/12/nick-wechsler-nofilter_n_3915289.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter" target="_blank">Porn … and murder. Yeah, killing people while watching porn. No, no, let’s see … one of my guilty pleasures, and I’ve said this a bunch of times which is insane that I even put this out there, is “America’s Next Top Model.” I don’t know what’s wrong with me, but I love it. Most of them are brainless idiots and that’s the reason I watch it. I don’t watch for pretty people.</a>




  • Alyson Hannigan


    <strong>If you could give advice to a younger version of yourself, what would it be?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/17/alyson-hannigan-nofilter_n_3942001.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter" target="_blank">Really just focus on the positive and see things half full. For a lot of my life I didn’t and the day that I did switch over, everything got better. I decided I was sick of being negative and there was a moment where I was like “I’m going to stop this,” and my life got better from that moment on.</a>




  • Kelly Bensimon


    <strong>What do you wear to bed?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/18/kelly-killoren-bensimon-nofilter_n_3948882.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter" target="_blank">It depends. Sometimes I wear cotton men’s pajamas, sometimes I wear a little nighty, but I always wear something to bed. I think it’s a moment to kind of dress up.</a>




  • Josh Duhamel


    <strong>What celebrity's hand print would you like to hang on your wall?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/19/josh-duhamel-baby-names_n_3779685.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter" target="_blank">Probably Bette Midler’s. I love Bette Midler.</a>




  • Jennifer Love Hewitt


    <strong>Tell us something we DON’T know about you.</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/22/jennifer-love-hewitt-pregnancy_n_3796739.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter" target="_blank">[I] do make lists every day for what I’m going to do and accomplish during the day, and if I do other things that were not on my list, I will actually write them down so that I can check them off. I’m a little bit of a weird list person.</a>




  • Alyssa Milano


    <strong>What's something you do when you're alone that you don't do in front of anyone else?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/04/alyssa-milano-nofilter_n_3868313.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter" target="_blank">I obsess over my skin in one of those magnifying mirrors. I hate it.</a>




  • Taylor Schilling


    <strong>If you were on death row, what would your last meal be?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/26/taylor-schilling-favorite-body-part_n_3818757.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter" target="_blank">I probably would want steak or, like, a really big bowl of oatmeal.</a>




  • Julie Bowen


    <strong>What’s your biggest strength?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/09/julie-bowen-allergies_n_3894587.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter" target="_blank">I think my ability to get up when my alarm says time to get up at 4:30 or 5:00 a.m. That is a contrary action to what a sane, human being wants to take and I take it anyhow and get my booty into work.</a>




  • Courtney Love


    <strong>What would people be surprised to know you've never done?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/26/courtney-love-rumors-no-filter_n_3644826.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter" target="_blank">Ecstasy.</a>




  • Kourtney Kardashian


    <strong>What’s your hidden talent? </strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/09/kourtney-kardashian-no-filter-interview_n_2433055.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Singing opera while juggling mangos.</a>




  • Kristen Stewart


    <strong>Have you ever stolen anything?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/20/kristen-stewart-nofilter-on-the-road_n_2318623.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Actually, no. I stole a pack of gum when I was younger and literally turned right around and gave it back. </a>




  • Emma Roberts


    <strong>What movie could you watch over and over?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/02/emma-roberts-reveals-her-love-of-kelly-clarkson-dating-deal-breaker-huffpost-nofilter_n_2393445.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">"Clueless." I know all the words! I love that movie.</a>




  • Kevin Bacon


    <strong>What's one thing you do when you're alone that you wouldn't do in front of someone else?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/30/the-bacon-brothers-nofilter-interview-a-prairie-home-companion_n_2213202.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Moisturize.</a>




  • Melissa Joan Hart


    <strong>What's the dumbest thing you've read about yourself?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/14/melissa-joan-hart-talks-family-90s-sitcom-characters_n_2303507.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">There is something out there about my ability to recite pi up to like, 40 numbers. I'm positive they are confusing me with someone else.</a>




  • Alicia Keys


    <strong>When do you lose your temper?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/28/alicia-keys-girl-on-fire-interview-nofilter_n_2205194.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">When people try to hold me back.</a>




  • Kristen Bell


    <strong>What's the silliest thing you've ever lied about?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/10/26/kristen-bell-shoplifting-huffington-post-celebrity-interview-no-filter_n_2004973.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">My great aunt congratulated me for being in the Batman movie. I said "Thank you." It wasn't until later that I realized she had confused "Christian Bale" with "Kirsten Bell" on the radio.</a>




  • David Hasslehoff


    <strong>If you could ask Kim Kardashian any question, what would it be?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/14/david-hasselhoff-guiltiest-pleasure-no-filter_n_2121345.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Why?!</a>




  • Christina Applegate


    <strong>What shows are always on your DVR?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/07/christina-applegate-style-fabkids-no-filter_n_2259563.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">"Homeland" is a big one. "Castle," "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart.</a>




  • Lisa Ling


    <strong>If you were on a reality TV show, what would it be called?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/13/lisa-ling-our-america-journalist-pregnant_n_2295818.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">"The Boring People Club" -- no wait, "The Travelers.”</a>




  • Tatyana Ali


    <strong>When is the last time you cried?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/15/tatyana-ali-nofilter-one-night-stands_n_2480128.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Tatyana Ali: I’m crying right now. I cry three times a day as part of my workout routine. It really targets the core. Great way to reduce bloating.</a>




  • Whitney Cummings and Chris D'Elia


    <strong>Who's your ideal drinking buddy, living or dead?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/15/whitney-cummings-chris-delia-no-filter_n_2131916.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Chris D'Elia: Tupac Whitney Cummings: Chelsea Handler</a>




  • Lenny Kravitz


    <strong>If you were undead, would you be a vampire, zombie or ghost?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/21/lenny-kravitz-jets-new-song-like-a-jet-nofilter_n_2167538.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">A ghost.</a>




  • Janel Parrish


    <strong>If you were on death row, what would your last meal be?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/janel-parrish-pretty-little-liar-nofilter_n_2433042.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">In-N-Out Burger!</a>




  • Giuliana Rancic


    <strong>What's your guiltiest pleasure?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/giuliana-rancic-no-filter-talks-texting-movie-theater-dental-hygiene_n_2272689.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Beauty pageants. I used to pray every night that I would become Miss USA. </a>




  • Julia Stiles


    <strong>If failure weren't an option, what's one thing you would do? </strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/06/julia-stiles-silver-linings-playbook-klepto-nofilter_n_2247613.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Be in a rock band.</a>




  • Kaitlin Olson


    <strong>What's your guiltiest pleasure? </strong><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/04/kaitlin-olson-nofilter-its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia_n_2237097.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">The "Real Housewives" of wherever.</a>




  • Catelynn Lowell and Maci Bookout


    <strong>What shows are always on your DVR?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/19/teen-mom-stars-maci-bookout-catelynn-lowell-reveal-hatred-for-kim-kardashian-huffpost-nofilter_n_2159923.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Maci Bookout: "Suits" Catelynn Lowell: "Breaking Amish"</a>




  • Nikki Reed


    <strong>Who's your ideal drinking buddy, living or dead?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/18/nikki-reed-nofilter_n_2490037.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Nikki Reed: Is it horribly cliché to say Nora Ephron? I really would love to be in that mind for five seconds. I have a tremendous amount of respect for her. You know, women that inspire other women to better themselves and to really pave the way, so I have a lot of respect for her.</a>




  • Busy Phillipps


    <strong>What’s your secret/hidden talent?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/23/busy-philipps-fake-boob-job_n_2536432.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Busy Phillipps: I’m very crafty, and it’s not really a secret since the invention of Twitter and Instagram. But I make these pretty awesome 3D sculptural cakes and I make my daughter little crafty things and we do a lot of that stuff at my house, so it’s not a secret. Just my talent.</a>




  • Autumn Reeser


    <strong>If you were on death row, what would your last meal be?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/03/autumn-reeser-nofilter-last-resort_n_2231177.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">A really good bottle of wine. That's it.</a>




  • Sarah Paulson


    <strong>What happens in your recurring dream/nightmare?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/29/sarah-paulson-american-horror-story-huffpost-nofilter_n_2167758.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">I have to perform onstage in minutes and I don't know any of my lines and no one can find the script. I dream this constantly.</a>




  • Bobby Brown


    <strong>What's your favorite Motown song?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/16/bobby-brown_n_2143948.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"</a>




  • Cory Hardrict


    <strong>Have you ever set a Google Alert for yourself? </strong><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/18/cory-hardrict-talks-tia-mowry-lovelace-jennifer-lawrences-boyfriend-nofilter_n_2322667.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Yeah I have Google Alert. I’ve had it for a couple of years now because my wife, she told me about it. I wasn’t really into it, but I was like, "Cool, I’ll get one."</a>




  • Adam Pally


    <strong>What's your go-to excuse?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/26/happy-endings-star-adam-pally-interview-no-filter_n_2138404.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">AT&T</a>




  • Jill Zarin


    <strong>Who’s your celebrity crush?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/13/jill-zarin-reality-tv-huffpost-nofilter_n_2295812.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">J.Lo.</a>




  • Vinny Guadagnino


    <strong>If you were on death row, what would your last meal be?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/22/vinny-guadagnino-reveals-dream-job-favorite-meal-and-kris-humphries-bromance-nofilter_n_2171523.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Probably my mom's chicken cutlets.</a>




  • Kristin Cavallari


    <strong>What movie could you watch over and over?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/28/kristin-cavallari-wedding-baby_n_2568688.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Kristin Cavallari: “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”</a>




  • Neil Patrick Harris


    <strong>What’s one thing from your childhood wardrobe you wish you could wear now?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/22/neil-patrick-harris-puppet-dreams_n_2520048.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Neil Patrick Harris: I’m a big fan of the onesie.</a>




  • Bethenny Frankel


    <strong>What did you have for dinner last night?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/19/bethenny-frankel-last-mean-no-filter_n_2146245.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">I had a cobb salad and oysters and part of a crab cake and a little bit of a grilled artichoke and a lot of different little things that I shared with other people. And truffle fries.</a>




  • Ashley Madekwe


    <strong>What's your guiltiest pleasure?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/21/ashley-madekwe-revenge_n_2506086.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Ashley Madekwe: I love trashy reality TV, all of it. I watch "Housewives," "Shahs of Sunset," everything.</a>




  • Kendall & Kylie Jenner


    <strong>What movie could you watch over and over?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/17/kendall-jenner-kylie-jenner-nofilter_n_2489486.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Kendall: "Moulin Rouge." Kylie: "Mean Girls."</a>




  • Brooke Burke


    <strong>How do you take your coffee?</strong> <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/23/brooke-burke-charvet-recovery_n_2536787.html?utm_hp_ref=nofilter">Brooke Burke: Low-fat milk and an Equal. Extra hot, or not at all.</a>