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   Buffy Star Explains Remaining Silent On Joss Whedon Accusations   
   BY   
   TERRY PHILLIPS   
      
   Buffy star Sarah Michelle Gellar says she faced her "fair share of   
   experiences," but has chosen to keep quiet about her time working with Joss   
   Whedon.   
      
   Sarah Michelle Gellar has explained her decision to remain silent regarding   
   the slew of allegations leveled against her former show runner Joss Whedon.   
      
   Once praised for his quippy dialogue and use of strong female characters,   
   Whedon has recently come under fire due to a series of allegations of on-set   
   abuse and professional misconduct. Justice League actor Ray Fisher was one   
   of the first to speak out against Whedon.   
   Following Fisher’s public allegations, further accusations were leveled   
   against the filmmaker dating back to his time on Buffy. A chorus of   
   aggrieved cast and crew members would come forward with their own stories of   
   Whedon’s alleged abusive behavior, including Charisma Carpenter, James   
   Marsters, Michelle Trachtenberg, and Gellar’s own costume designer, Cynthia   
   Bergstrom.   
      
   While Gellar would come to publicly support her former co-stars in relation   
   to their own claims, the actress has remained notably tight-lipped about   
   whether she herself was on the receiving end of Whedon’s alleged   
   unprofessional conduct. Recently Gellar spoke with the New York Times about   
   the matter, and while she says that she has had her “fair share of   
   experiences,” she has chosen not to share them publicly. As for her reasons   
   for remaining tight-lipped, she cites society’s tendency to resort to   
   “victim blaming and shaming” as the rationale behind her decision to keep   
   her experiences to herself. Check out her comments below:   
      
   "Growing up in New York, I had a little bit of street sense going into it,   
   which is helpful. But no, it was not easy. And I’ve had my fair share of   
   experiences, I have just chosen not — I don’t win by telling my stories,   
   emotionally, for me. I look at people that tell their stories, and I’m so   
   impressed. But in this world where people get torn apart, and victim blaming   
   and shaming, I just keep my stories in here."   
      
   With multiple allegations already leveled against him, it would likely come   
   as little surprise that Gellar possibly has stories of her own regarding her   
   time working with Whedon on the Buffy set. The actress has made it clear,   
   however, that unlike Carpenter and many of her other former co-workers, she   
   has made the decision to remain quiet about the particulars of any   
   encounters that she may potentially have faced over the years. The decision   
   to publicly share such stories takes an inordinate amount of courage given   
   the potential for public backlash, and Gellar’s decision to remain   
   tight-lipped should also be respected.   
      
   Meanwhile, in the wake of this most recent addition to the ongoing Whedon   
   saga, Buffy fans will continue to struggle to find ways to reconcile Whedon’s   
   alleged abusive actions with his creative legacy. Separating the art from   
   the artist who creates it can often be a difficult task for fans who   
   discover less than flattering things about some of their favorite creative   
   minds, but Buffy the Vampire Slayer is also the result of hundreds of   
   people’s   
   hard work beyond that of Whedon himself. As Gellar has previously stated,   
   she remains proud to be associated with Buffy Summers, she just does not   
   wish to be “forever associated with the name Joss Whedon.”   
      
      
   David   
      
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