‘Dirty Little Secret’: First Look at Melissa Joan Hart’s Hoarder Lifetime Movie (VIDEO)
Melissa Joan Hart plays a hoarder desperately clinging onto her “treasures” in Lifetime‘s Dirty Little Secret. The made-for-TV movie debuts on Saturday, June 11 at 8/7c on Lifetime. And in the TV Insider exclusive promo, above, Hart’s Joanna struggles to convince her family her hoarding isn’t a problem. But in reality, things are only getting worse.
Inspired by true events, Lifetime’s Dirty Little Secret follows Joanna, an outwardly highly functioning nurse with a hoarding disorder. Joanna’s 17-year-old daughter, Lucy (Lizzie Boys), has been painfully isolated from her peers for years, refusing to let anyone near her house in order to hide her family secret — the overwhelming mountain of items filled in every crevice of space in her home.
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Lucy quietly plans her escape to college while managing her mother’s hoarding disorder. Joanna maintains the dysfunction in their home with an obsessive grip, but when tragedy strikes, Lucy must decide if she will hide her mother’s secret, or expose it to the world.
Dirty Little Secret is directed by Linda-Lisa Hayter and written by Doris Egan, Nancey Silvers, and Annie Frisbie. Linda Berman serves as an executive producer, with Navid Soofi serving as a producer. Dirty Little Secret is inspired by the book, Dirty Little Secrets by C.J. Omololu.
The movie is part of Lifetime’s Summer Ripped From The Headlines programming. Other titles from the summer slate include Suitcase Killer: The Melanie McGuire Story (June 18) starring The Vampire Diaries alum Candice King, He’s Not Worth Dying For (June 25) featuring Robin Givens, and Jailbreak Lovers (July 2) starring Catherine Bell and Tom Stevens.
Check out photos from Dirty Little Secret above and below.
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Dirty Little Secret, TV Movie Premiere, Saturday, June 11, 8/7c, Lifetime
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Heartbreaking! I was SO anxious throughout this movie, probably because (although I never was overwhelmed with “stuff”), there was a time when I was a little “addicted” to TV shopping channels, and bought several kitchen items to use “later.” I finally donated all the things I had not used—and likely would not, and it was such a relief!
I kept hoping for a positive outcome in this movie, but actually anticipated its conclusion as the time grew short—it became clear that there would be no good outcome.
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Do you have the DVD?
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I am wondering if burning down the house with her mother in it would leave her to be found guilty of arson and the murder of her mother.
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Overwhelmingly sad. Just sad for everyone involved. It had a profound effect on me though.
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