In an Instagram post, Gellar said: “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 added, however, “I stand with all survivors of abuse and am proud of them for speaking out.”
During an appearance on the On with Mario Lopez podcast, Gellar said: “I’m a wee bit, how do they say, long in the tooth for that.”
She added that the monsters Buffy faced “were a metaphor for the horrors of adolescence”. “I don’t think it’s me,” she said. “I don’t think I should be the one doing it…