Michelle Trachtenberg clapped back about her appearance, health concerns before death at 39: Check yourself haters
Former “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Gossip Girl” star Michelle Trachtenberg has died, police sources exclusively told The Post Wednesday.She was 39.The cause of death was not immediately known, but her death was reportedly not being investigated as suspicious. Her mother found Trachtenberg dead in her apartment near Columbus Circle in New York City.
Sources revealed the actress recently had a liver transplant and may have been experiencing complications. Before her death, the former “Harriet the Spy” actress faced negative comments from her Instagram followers about her appearance. In recent months, she appeared gaunt in photos, which caused some of her 800,000 Instagram followers to speculate about her health. Last January, Trachtenberg responded to fan concerns saying she was “happy and healthy” and had never had plastic surgery.In January 2024, she addressed the negativity and clapped back in an Instagram post. “Fun fact.This is my face,” she wrote in a caption alongside a selfie. “Not malnutrition no problems.
Why do you have to hate? Get a calendar,” she wrote. The negative comments began earlier that week, after Trachtenberg posted a similar selfie.“Snake it to make it,” she wrote in the caption for that photo. “Concerned for yellow in your eyes but other than that you are a QUEEN and you’re a wonderful human being who deserves love and joy,” one commenter wrote. Another accused her of getting plastic surgery.
“You’re stunning, but you had buccal fat removal.Your cheeks suddenly look sucked in, exactly the same way the buccal fat removal in the face/cheeks does to people.
You’ve always been beautiful and still are and there’s nothing wrong with getting surgery, but why lie about it?”“I’ve received several comments recently about my appearance.I have never had plastic surgery I am happy and healthy.
Check yourself haters,” Trachtenberg wrote in the caption of another Instagram selfie post on Ja...