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Melissa Joan Hart Says Money From Early Acting Jobs Went to Supporting Her Family — Including Her 7 Siblings

As the oldest of eight, Melissa Joan Hart says she has helped out in various ways over the years including paying her brother's phone bill until he was in his late 20s

During a recent appearance on ABC Audio and Good Morning America ’s Pop Culture Moms podcast with Andie Mitchell and Sabrina Kohlberg, the hosts asked Hart, 48, about her experience growing up as the oldest sibling and if she ever experienced what has been pegged as “eldest daughter syndrome.” Beyond the financial support, which included paying her brother’s cell phone bill into his late 20s, Hart says she also physically took care of her siblings and says she's even opened her home to them in the past. The mother of three recalled one time in her late teens when her mom, Paula, left her with her siblings while going on vacation with her soon-to-be husband.

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