‘Buffy’ alum Nicholas Brendon took swipe at Sarah Michelle Gellar in eerie video shared before his death

Nicholas Brendon posted a video of himself taking a swipe astatine erstwhile co-star Sarah Michelle Gellar, and coughing up fume little than a week earlier he died connected Friday.

The actor, who is champion known for playing Xander Harris connected each 7 seasons of “Buffy nan Vampire Slayer,” went live connected Facebook connected March 14 to speak to fans while sitting extracurricular what appeared to beryllium his home.

In nan 45-minute video, nan TV star, who was 54 astatine nan clip of his death, rocked backmost and distant successful a chair while coughing aggressively.

As his sound cracked, he said, “I’ve had a occurrence each day, because it’s been cold… but it’s astonishing what it’ll do to you, erstwhile you respire smoke.”

As he continued to cough, he added, “F–k this f–king smoke. I sound for illustration Bane.”

He besides talked a spot astir “Buffy,” saying, “I judge that nan measurement that nan show ended shouldn’t person ended nan measurement that it did.”

Then, he took a pointed jab astatine Gellar, saying, “Sarah [who played nan titular characteristic Buffy Summer successful nan show]… she worked really difficult but she benignant of f–ked nan show, successful a way. She told everyone she was leaving measurement excessively precocious into nan series, truthful [creator] Joss [Whedon] was not prepared for that. You person an arc each season… it wasn’t adjacent to nan crew, nan formed aliases nan show.”

Buffy, which aired connected some The WB and UPN during its seven-season run, ended successful 2003. Gellar antecedently said she wanted to time off nan show owed to utmost beingness and intelligence exhaustion, according to a January 2023 interview pinch nan Hollywood Reporter.

She besides felt she had taken nan characteristic arsenic acold arsenic she could. Obviously, she’s had a alteration of bosom since she precocious tried getting a revival of nan series disconnected nan ground, but that’s really she felt astatine that time. Hulu precocious passed connected nan imaginable caller series.

Brendon’s eerie video was captioned, “There is immoderate chit we should chat about. Come one. Come all.”

His family confirmed his passing successful a societal media station connected Friday.

“We are heartbroken to stock nan passing of our relative and son, Nicholas Brendon. He passed successful his slumber of earthy causes. Our family asks for privateness during this clip arsenic we grieve his nonaccomplishment and observe nan life of a man who lived pinch intensity, imagination, and heart,” they wrote successful part.

Gellar, possibly unaware of Brendon’s caller confession, penned a heartfelt goodbye to her erstwhile co-star connected Instagram Saturday morning.

“‘They’ll ne'er cognize really reliable it is to beryllium nan 1 who isn’t chosen,'” Gellar wrote connected Instagram, quoting Brendon’s character. “‘To unrecorded truthful adjacent to nan spotlight, and ne'er measurement successful it. But I know. I spot much than anybody realizes, because nobody’s watching me.’”

She added, “I saw you Nicky. I cognize you are astatine peace, successful that large rocking chair successful nan sky.”