Michelle Trachtenberg’s grieving fans dragged Instagram followers who expressed concern for her health a year before she died.
The former child star, best known for her roles in “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” and “Gossip Girl,” was found dead in her Midtown Manhattan apartment on Wednesday morning.
Trachtenberg’s mother, Lana Trachtenberg, discovered her body just before 8 a.m.. She called 911 and EMS.
The 39-year-old actress had undergone a liver transplant in the months leading up to her untimely death on Feb. 26.
However, more than a year before her death, Trachtenberg’s fans expressed concern for her health.
Trachtenberg apparently missed the signs that she was in liver failure until after fans began asking if she was sick.
Trachtenberg clapped back at fans who noticed her face looked gaunt and her eyes were tinged yellow.
One IG user wrote in the comments section, “Michelle u look sick. R u ok?”
“Explain to me how I look sick. Did you lose a calendar and not realize I’m not 14. I’m 38. How sad for you to leave such a comment,” the actress responded.
Trachtenberg’s comment is a clue that she may not have been aware she was in liver failure more than a year before she passed.
She’d recently undergone a liver transplant in the months leading up to her death.
Her fans lashed out at followers who trolled the actress in the comments.
One fan wrote, “The internet strikes again… when will they learn to stop speaking on people’s looks unprovoked.”
Several users compared Trachtenberg to the late “Black Panther” star Chadwick Boseman, who was similarly harassed before he died from colon cancer.
One person wrote, “They did the same thing with Chadwick Boseman.”
Alcoholism is a leading cause of liver disease worldwide. Hepatitis, obesity, and diabetes can also lead to liver disease (Cirrhosis).
It’s very rare for doctors to place an alcoholic on a transplant waiting list when there are hundreds of non-alcoholic patients waiting for organs.
Trachtenberg’s celebrity status may be the reason she was moved to the top of the transplant waiting list.
