I think he’s been problematic for quite some time. I’m sure there is way more than 1 victim.
ETA: just saw the 9k group on Facebook blurb. Good lord.
AbsolutelyIris on
Good riddance.
redelectro7 on
taydraisabot on
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voguevibez on
9k members is INSANE.
Walking_the_dead on
I was not remotely moved when he died and I’m not surprised now. shit about him has been around for years.
SmartAfternoon9605 on
9,000 members!?! Damn that’s horrific.
Agitated_Town6397 on
I hope this article makes people stop defending him… He truly was a monster and shouldn’t be remembered in the best possible light. As the article says, his death doesn’t mean he deserves praise. And I hope all his victims are at least a little more at peace now, I feel so sorry for the harm he caused them.
MsGeekishGal on
Ash of the youtube channel Coffee and Cults did a video about the cast of Buffy and it included accusations against Brendon. His ex-girlfriends directly reached out to Ash and talked about how horrible he was to them.
HerRoyalRedness on
I am not at all surprised and I hope his victims can find peace and healing.
lakerdave on
I believe I heard this or something similar about him a few years ago. That’s really sad and I feel for the victims
womanaroundabouttown on
Weren’t there allegations he was grooming minors or engaging in other abusive behavior for years? Like, I was surprised when he died how little that was mentioned because I remember several people posting videos about their experiences a few years ago.
HoneySea5637 on
ew, just throw out all the Buffy men at this point
KiddLePoww on
I’ve read the stories in that fb group and they’re heartbreaking. He was a sick and evil f-ck.
Spiritual_Corner_977 on
If you guys look at his Dr. Phil interview from a couple of years ago, it’s *very* clear he was not well. Unfortunately, this does not surprise me. May his victims find peace.
joodee3 on
Like I’m not even surprised, but it’s deeply disappointing. If you are a man in your 40s, you know that a 17 year old girl can have a crush on you, and it’s your responsibility to shut that down. I feel awful for what happened to her then, and her mindset afterwards. Wishing her healing!
Divine_fashionva on
For a show about female empowerment, it really produced a lot of abusive men. Nicholas was a convicted domestic abuser. He tried to kill his ex via strangulation. Multiple exes reported him to the police for domestic violence. He was banned from conventions due to sexual harassment allegations from fans so this isn’t surprising
James Marsters started dating his now ex wife when she was 17 and he was 40. He was her date to her high school prom. He also wrote a jailbait song about Michelle Trachtenberg when she was 15, then bragged about it in multiple interviews as if it was meant to be complimentary
David Boreanaz has several sexual harassment allegations against him. He admitted and bragged about flashing everyone on the Buffy set multiple times too
Joss Whedon was a verbally abusive POS who bullied women on set and had inappropriate affairs with interns he specifically hired, just so he could sleep with them
bestibesti on
“Not all men”
But jeez it seems a lot of them…
YeOldeOrc on
I was grinding my teeth at all the “I met him and he was GREAT” posts after his death.
You didn’t meet him. You paid to interact with him for 30 seconds to 10 minutes total. It was a business transaction, and hardly long enough to somehow disprove his victims. Bananas.
3957 on
Watched Coherence (2013) recently and Nick happens to play Mike, a belligerent, impulsive and idiotic drunkard
Guess his personal life greatly informed that role
teenycrumb on
I met him when I was 18 back in 2012 and the first thing he did was compliment my breasts. Being a literal teenager and a lifelong Buffy fan I shook the weirdness off and asked for an autograph. He went in for a hug after and immediately groped my ass with so much force I genuinely thought it was going to get lifted into the air (in front my boyfriend at the time no less). It was hands down the most violating and humiliating moment of my life thus far at that point.
It took me a decade to watch Buffy again and even then, it’s never felt quite the same. Anyway, the point is, this is the least surprising shit I’ve seen all week.
Guy was a creep. Fuck that guy.
RevolutionaryAd6017 on
I wondered. He was at a convention I attended had just finished rehab and was missing from his booth. He as found drinking and chatting up a 14 year old, saying she could be in his next movie, but wanted to audition her. Oddly enough, same convention, Rodney Eastman was specifically saying this to underage girls except saying “We have to make out and get undressed first” these people are ghoulish and should have been banned from cons. Nicholas due to his drinking and Eastman for underage girls stuff.
MyNameIsLessDumb on
If you’re a person who loved someone and then they turned out to be an abuser, you are not responsible for their actions and you are not a bad person for loving them before you knew. You’re not responsible or a bad person for now being very confused and conflicted. You don’t need to cover for them or try to minimize what they did, you’re not responsible or a bad person for being fooled.
_avenging_sparrow_ on
Kinda unrelated but this news made me look into the definition of grooming and realising I’ve been groomed a few times. Its quite frightening how it can go completely unnoticed sometimes
XOTrashKitten on
Girls will always fall for this shit bc they’re young one of the reasons creeps go for young girls also didn’t he tried to kill an ex? 😬
Soft-Horror4721 on
Eventually people will realize that this is not an isolated case, and that conventions have become the new playgrounds for male celeb predators.
Us43dthdg75 on
I’ve never watched Buffy, but I did watch Criminal Minds and they had to write his character out because he was having such bad issues. And he was the love interest for probably the second most popular character.
NotAsBrightlyLit on
Why are we only learning about this after his death? A nine THOUSAND member awareness group, all about him allegedly being a predator?
JenningsWigService on
I think a lot of people were relieved by his death because it means he won’t be able to harm anyone else.
bookmobiles on
I remember listening to a podcast interview with him 10-15 years ago where he recited some of his poetry. One of them was so inappropriate and disturbing it stuck with me, about little girls. That was my first inclination that he was a creep. I’ve been trying to find it again for years but no luck.
NarlusSpecter on
Is this why the Buffy reboot isn’t happening?
hanimal16 on
Nicholas Brendan died?
Lil_Quip on
Between him and Bob Weir it is a bad run for groomers.
uncanny_mac on
THis makes Dawn and Xander dating in the Buffy Comics way worse…
roseemrys on
The ghosting after the fan had given him her attention reminded me of what Ryan Haywood did with his fans. I wonder if it’s a control thing they do to make the fans be more desperate for attention. It’s so fucking gross.
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I think he’s been problematic for quite some time. I’m sure there is way more than 1 victim.
ETA: just saw the 9k group on Facebook blurb. Good lord.
Good riddance.
🤮
9k members is INSANE.
I was not remotely moved when he died and I’m not surprised now. shit about him has been around for years.
9,000 members!?! Damn that’s horrific.
I hope this article makes people stop defending him… He truly was a monster and shouldn’t be remembered in the best possible light. As the article says, his death doesn’t mean he deserves praise. And I hope all his victims are at least a little more at peace now, I feel so sorry for the harm he caused them.
Ash of the youtube channel Coffee and Cults did a video about the cast of Buffy and it included accusations against Brendon. His ex-girlfriends directly reached out to Ash and talked about how horrible he was to them.
I am not at all surprised and I hope his victims can find peace and healing.
I believe I heard this or something similar about him a few years ago. That’s really sad and I feel for the victims
Weren’t there allegations he was grooming minors or engaging in other abusive behavior for years? Like, I was surprised when he died how little that was mentioned because I remember several people posting videos about their experiences a few years ago.
ew, just throw out all the Buffy men at this point
I’ve read the stories in that fb group and they’re heartbreaking. He was a sick and evil f-ck.
If you guys look at his Dr. Phil interview from a couple of years ago, it’s *very* clear he was not well. Unfortunately, this does not surprise me. May his victims find peace.
Like I’m not even surprised, but it’s deeply disappointing. If you are a man in your 40s, you know that a 17 year old girl can have a crush on you, and it’s your responsibility to shut that down. I feel awful for what happened to her then, and her mindset afterwards. Wishing her healing!
For a show about female empowerment, it really produced a lot of abusive men. Nicholas was a convicted domestic abuser. He tried to kill his ex via strangulation. Multiple exes reported him to the police for domestic violence. He was banned from conventions due to sexual harassment allegations from fans so this isn’t surprising
James Marsters started dating his now ex wife when she was 17 and he was 40. He was her date to her high school prom. He also wrote a jailbait song about Michelle Trachtenberg when she was 15, then bragged about it in multiple interviews as if it was meant to be complimentary
David Boreanaz has several sexual harassment allegations against him. He admitted and bragged about flashing everyone on the Buffy set multiple times too
Joss Whedon was a verbally abusive POS who bullied women on set and had inappropriate affairs with interns he specifically hired, just so he could sleep with them
“Not all men”
But jeez it seems a lot of them…
I was grinding my teeth at all the “I met him and he was GREAT” posts after his death.
You didn’t meet him. You paid to interact with him for 30 seconds to 10 minutes total. It was a business transaction, and hardly long enough to somehow disprove his victims. Bananas.
Watched Coherence (2013) recently and Nick happens to play Mike, a belligerent, impulsive and idiotic drunkard
Guess his personal life greatly informed that role
I met him when I was 18 back in 2012 and the first thing he did was compliment my breasts. Being a literal teenager and a lifelong Buffy fan I shook the weirdness off and asked for an autograph. He went in for a hug after and immediately groped my ass with so much force I genuinely thought it was going to get lifted into the air (in front my boyfriend at the time no less). It was hands down the most violating and humiliating moment of my life thus far at that point.
It took me a decade to watch Buffy again and even then, it’s never felt quite the same. Anyway, the point is, this is the least surprising shit I’ve seen all week.
Guy was a creep. Fuck that guy.
I wondered. He was at a convention I attended had just finished rehab and was missing from his booth. He as found drinking and chatting up a 14 year old, saying she could be in his next movie, but wanted to audition her. Oddly enough, same convention, Rodney Eastman was specifically saying this to underage girls except saying “We have to make out and get undressed first” these people are ghoulish and should have been banned from cons. Nicholas due to his drinking and Eastman for underage girls stuff.
If you’re a person who loved someone and then they turned out to be an abuser, you are not responsible for their actions and you are not a bad person for loving them before you knew. You’re not responsible or a bad person for now being very confused and conflicted. You don’t need to cover for them or try to minimize what they did, you’re not responsible or a bad person for being fooled.
Kinda unrelated but this news made me look into the definition of grooming and realising I’ve been groomed a few times. Its quite frightening how it can go completely unnoticed sometimes
Girls will always fall for this shit bc they’re young one of the reasons creeps go for young girls also didn’t he tried to kill an ex? 😬
Eventually people will realize that this is not an isolated case, and that conventions have become the new playgrounds for male celeb predators.
I’ve never watched Buffy, but I did watch Criminal Minds and they had to write his character out because he was having such bad issues. And he was the love interest for probably the second most popular character.
Why are we only learning about this after his death? A nine THOUSAND member awareness group, all about him allegedly being a predator?
I think a lot of people were relieved by his death because it means he won’t be able to harm anyone else.
I remember listening to a podcast interview with him 10-15 years ago where he recited some of his poetry. One of them was so inappropriate and disturbing it stuck with me, about little girls. That was my first inclination that he was a creep. I’ve been trying to find it again for years but no luck.
Is this why the Buffy reboot isn’t happening?
Nicholas Brendan died?
Between him and Bob Weir it is a bad run for groomers.
THis makes Dawn and Xander dating in the Buffy Comics way worse…
The ghosting after the fan had given him her attention reminded me of what Ryan Haywood did with his fans. I wonder if it’s a control thing they do to make the fans be more desperate for attention. It’s so fucking gross.
Well at least he’s dead
I forgot he died