Dark Secrets The Cast Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer Tried To Hide

After Charisma Carpenter spoke out against Joss Whedon, "Buffy" actors like Eliza Dushku and David Boreanaz shared support for their co-star. Additionally, Sarah Michelle Gellar made a statement denouncing the showrunner. "While I am proud to have my name associated with Buffy Summers, I don't want to be forever associated with the name Joss Whedon," she said in an Instagram post. It was these words that prompted her on-screen sister Michelle Trachtenberg to speak out about her experience with Whedon. 

While she didn't go into detail, the "Gossip Girl" star, who was underage while working on the series, revealed in an Instagram post that there was an on-set rule dictating that she not be left alone with Whedon because of his inappropriate behavior.

Gellar later called the problems on set "extremely toxic" while speaking to The Wrap. Amber Benson posted similar sentiments on X, formerly Twitter. However, Giles actor Anthony Stewart Head told ITV's "This Morning" that he didn't know any of this was going on. "I would hope that someone would come to me and say, 'I'm struggling. I just had a horrible conversation,'" he shared, adding how sorry he was that his co-stars experienced abuse.

Meanwhile, Nicholas Brendon, who played Xander, the show's other male lead, has said he can't denounce Whedon like his co-stars. "I had my relationship with Joss as well. And I love him. You take, you know ... for me, I took the good, I took the bad ... but that's not everybody" he said in a Facebook livestream (via The Independent).

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