Sarah Michelle Gellar’s Throwback Photo With Mom Has ‘Buffy’ Fans Saying the Same Thing
What To Know
- Sarah Michelle Gellar shared a heartfelt throwback photo with her mother, Rosellen Gellar, on Instagram to celebrate her mom’s birthday.
- Many followers pointed out a striking resemblance between Gellar’s mother and pop star Lady Gaga, sparking a fun conversation in the comments.
- Fans also sent birthday wishes and expressed admiration for the close mother-daughter bond.
Sarah Michelle Gellar recently posted a throwback photo with her mom, Rosellen Gellar, and it left Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans all saying the same thing.
On Wednesday, October 22, the actress, 48, took to Instagram with a carousel of old photographs featuring her mother in honor of her birthday.
“Smile big… it’s my Moms birthday!!” Gellar captioned her update. “Being a parent myself, I now understand the sacrifice that being a mother truly is. I wouldn’t trade it for the world, and I’m grateful for the example that was shown to me.”
For the featured image, a preschool-aged Gellar smiled from ear to ear in an open-mouthed laugh at a portrait studio with her mom. A second shot showed the actress grinning with her eyes closed as her mother posed with her outside.
In the comments, many followers joined Gellar in sending well-wishes for Rosellen’s big day. The Cosby Show actor Reno Wilson wrote, “Awwww!! Happy Birthday mom!!”
Another Instagram user shared, “That pic is SO cute!!! 🥰,” as someone else commented, “Happy birthday to Rosellen!!! 😍.”
Yet another follower wrote, “Happy birthday to the incredible woman who raised such an incredible woman!!!”
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However, many others couldn’t help but point out how much Gellar’s mother resembled an A-list celebrity in the pictures: Lady Gaga.
One Instagram user declared, “Her mom looks like Lady Gaga!!” as a second shared, “Baby Buffy and Lady Gaga.”
Another fan pointed out, “No wonder Kristine Sutherland was cast as your mum!” of Gellar’s onscreen mom in Buffy.
Someone else insisted, “Your mom looks like if you and Lady Gaga made a mom together. I know that makes no sense, but that’s what I see. Absolutely beautiful!”
A different Instagram user echoed, “Lady Gaga? 😳.”
Meanwhile, yet another fan commented, “Doesn’t SMG’s mum resemble Lady Gaga? ❤️❤️.”
Gellar was raised by her mother, a single mom and a nursery school teacher, in Manhattan. “Everything I am is because of my mom,” she told Cosmopolitan all the way back in 1999.
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