reacted to her Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Nicholas Brendon's death.
Just days after the family of the late actor announced he passed away, the 48-year-old actress opened up about the heartbreaking loss, which she said was 'personal' for her.
'It's a tragedy,' she said while attending premiere of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come on Monday in Rome, . 'It's a tragedy when you lose anyone at any point.'
She continued: 'It's a bigger tragedy when you lose someone way sooner than needs to be.'
This comes after Gellar and fellow castmates paid tribute to Brendon with sentimental social media posts after it was confirmed he .
'This business is very tough, and we've had...it feels like we've had more tragedy than other shows,' she continued.
Sarah Michelle Gellar reacted to her Buffy the Vampire Slayer co-star Nicholas Brendon's death at the premiere of Ready or Not 2: Here I Come in Rome on Monday
At the premiere, she shared her reaction to her her costar's death and said the tragedy was 'personal' for her. She said Brendon is 'an integral part of Buffy, and that never goes away'; pictured in October 1998
She noted that it's 'probably not the case, but it feels that way because it's personal, and it's in our faces.'
Since the teen drama concluded in the early 2000s, nearly a dozen Buffy stars have passed away since filming, including died last year.
The 11 dearly departed actors — who starred in the original series, the spinoff series Angel and the 1992 Buffy film — include Andy Hallett, John Ritter, Robin Sachs, Harris Yulin, Donald Sutherland, Luke Perry, Alexis Arquette, Paul Reubens and Rutger Hauer.
Alyson Hannigan, who played Willow Rosenberg on Buffy, as well as Emma Caulfield, who played his love interest in the series, also shared heartfelt tributes after learning of the tragic news; pictured in 1998 portrait
In Gellar's post, she quoted one of Xander's famous lines and then added her own message in reference to the quotation: 'I saw you Nicky. I know you are at peace, in that big rocking chair in the sky'
'I will think of you every time I see a rocking chair. I love you. RIP,' she wrote alongside emojis of a broken heart and a crying expression.
