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Sarah Michelle Gellarfound herself in the middle of thefast food warat a young age.
TheWolf Packstar, 45, recalled landing in legal hot water at 5 years old as she discussed her career with Buzzfeed UK and reminisced about aBurger Kingcommercial she did long before playingBuffy Summers.
“This is really funny. This was thisbig campaign that I did for Burger Kingand I was 5,” Gellar recounted. “And I was the first person to say another competitor’s name in a job, and soMcDonald’sturned around and sued the advertising agency, Burger King and me at 5.”
A spokesperson for McDonald’s did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.
“But what I really remember was I didn’t eat a lot of fast food at the time, and when we were there, I just wanted a burger,” she continued. “I was so excited because my mom said that I could have the burger.
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Although she said “banned is a strong word,” Gellar previously noted in a 2004 interview withSunday Expressthat she “wasn’t allowed to eat” at McDonald’s during the lawsuit.
“It was tough because, when you’re a little kid, McDonald’s is where all your friends have their birthday parties, so I missed out on a lot of apple pies,” Gellar said told the outlet.
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Gellar later made her breakout performance in the starring role onBuffy the Vampire Slayer, which ran for seven seasons from 1997 to 2003, the first five on The WB and the last two on UPN. She spoke about the finale’s 20th anniversary during an appearance last month onThe Graham Norton Show.
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“People love toremind me that it [has been] 20 years,” Gellar said. “I love that people still reference it — but I don’t need the actual date and passage of time so people realize how old I am!”
source: people.com
