# Nicholas Brendon is a giant tool. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 9, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080 "2011-03-09T19:55:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/1 "2011-03-09T19:55:44Z")
Seriously, he is. We went to Emerald City Comicon last weekend, and most of the media guests were amazing. But Nick Brendon, wow, what an ass. He came out dressed up as a stereotypical nerd and mocked his fans. Then he decided he wanted a solo panel on Sunday, last minute, and the organizers scrambled to arrange a room and made some announcements about it. Then he walked out, looked around at 200+ people waiting to see him, and _changed his mind._ He said something about how he wasn’t feeling up to it, and went back to his signing table so people could pay him money instead. What a dickbag. Props to John Noble, Jasika Nicole, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, James Marsters, Felicia Day, and all the other guests who were kind, gracious, and charming, even though cons have to be incredibly tedious for them by now. Marsters, in particular was even looking askance at Brendon during their panel. He knows who pays his wages. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/2 "2011-03-09T20:11:55Z")
He’s had some DUI problems lately. And a divorce. I understand from somebody who saw him at another con he’s not aging gracefully either. Maybe he’s a D-list Sheen. Pity, because I loved him on _Buffy_. James Marsters is apparently the next generation of George Takei in the way he deals with his fans. All of my friends who go to cons have pictures with him and all say he’s a super nice guy who sometimes even comes with cropped blonde hair for die hard fans. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/3 "2011-03-09T20:20:17Z")
Worse than just a DUI actually (not that DUIs aren’t bad). From Wiki: > [@](#): > > Brendon was tasered and arrested by police in Los Angeles in the early morning of March 17, 2010. The police were responding to a call about an intoxicated individual, and confronted Brendon who allegedly swung his fists at the officers and attempted to run away. The police used a taser to stop him and arrested him for felony vandalism. Brendon was initially held on $20,000 bail. > … > On June 19, 2010, Brendon pleaded no contest to all charges and received a one-year suspended jail sentence, was placed on probation for 36 months, and was required to perform 10 days of community service I know Brendon isn’t A-list, but I honestly believe if I swung my fist at an officer while attempting to flee a drunk & disorderly charge _ **I** _ would probably get a bail higher than $20,000 and a stiffer sentence. I shudder to think what a young black guy would probably get. I wonder if L.A. is just more liberal on this stuff or does his celebrity help. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/4 "2011-03-09T20:25:06Z")
Wow, that’s sad. Brendon is on [the list to appear at Dragon\*Con](http://dragoncon.org/dc_guests_list.php) this year, but now I’m not sure I even want to bother trying to see him. (Given that Marsters is on the list, too, I’m expecting another big Buffy panel. Been there, done that.) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/5 "2011-03-09T20:27:22Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > He’s had some DUI problems lately. And a divorce. I understand from somebody who saw him at another con he’s not aging gracefully either. Maybe he’s a D-list Sheen. Pity, because I loved him on _Buffy_. > > James Marsters is apparently the next generation of George Takei in the way he deals with his fans. All of my friends who go to cons have pictures with him and all say he’s a super nice guy who sometimes even comes with cropped blonde hair for die hard fans. He [signed my little girls Barney doll](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=180325) after she danced to one of his band’s songs. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/6 "2011-03-09T20:29:09Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Worse than just a DUI actually (not that DUIs aren’t bad). From Wiki: > > I know Brendon isn’t A-list, but I honestly believe if I swung my fist at an officer while attempting to flee a drunk & disorderly charge _ **I** _ would probably get a bail higher than $20,000 and a stiffer sentence. I shudder to think what a young black guy would probably get. I wonder if L.A. is just more liberal on this stuff or does his celebrity help. I’ve heard Artie Lange tell a similar story from earlier in his career, down to the drunkenness and swinging at but missing a cop. He said when they brought him into the station (in L.A.), there was a brief discussion as to whether he went to the celebrity holding room or the standard holding room. Luckily for him one of the cops on duty was a MadTV fan, so he went down the celebrity path. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/7 "2011-03-09T20:40:37Z")
It’s all fun and games until someone loses an eye. ---
**Author:** ![beartato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9d8465/32.png) [@beartato](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beartato)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/8 "2011-03-09T20:46:43Z")
Wish I wasn’t an ocean away, as I would have loved to have been there. But this thread did make me think of[this amazingly geeky blog post](http://ken-jennings.com/blog/archives/2621). ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/9 "2011-03-09T20:57:30Z")
Wow, that’s disappointing to hear. He had to have been somewhat like Xander at one point in his life, but it sounds like he has deteriorated. Did he take questions from the crowd? Did he talk about Buffy? ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/10 "2011-03-09T21:09:47Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > Worse than just a DUI actually (not that DUIs aren’t bad). From Wiki: > > > [@](#): > > > > Brendon was tasered and arrested by police in Los Angeles in the early morning of March 17, 2010. The police were responding to a call about an intoxicated individual, and confronted Brendon who allegedly swung his fists at the officers and attempted to run away. The police used a taser to stop him and arrested him for felony vandalism. Brendon was initially held on $20,000 bail. > > … > > On June 19, 2010, Brendon pleaded no contest to all charges and received a one-year suspended jail sentence, was placed on probation for 36 months, and was required to perform 10 days of community service :eek: And I thought his role as a woman beating rapist on Private Practice was gonna hurt his image, looks like he’s been doing plenty of that in real life as well. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/11 "2011-03-09T21:10:32Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > But Nick Brendon, wow, what an ass. He came out dressed up as a stereotypical nerd and mocked his fans. That’s how he looks nowadays. He more or less aged from 25 to 40 overnight. [![](http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/10800000/Nicholas-Brendon-AKA-Kevin-Lynch-leaves-the-Stella-Adler-Theatre-in-Hollywood-criminal-minds-10865853-396-594.jpg) ](http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/10800000/Nicholas-Brendon-AKA-Kevin-Lynch-leaves-the-Stella-Adler-Theatre-in-Hollywood-criminal-minds-10865853-396-594.jpg) James Marsters is almost 50 and doesn’t look as old. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/12 "2011-03-09T21:50:42Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > That’s how he looks nowadays. He more or less aged from 25 to 40 overnight. > > [http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/10800000/Nicholas-Brendon-AKA-Kevin-Lynch-leaves-the-Stella-Adler-Theatre-in-Hollywood-criminal-minds-10865853-396-594.jpg](http://images2.fanpop.com/image/photos/10800000/Nicholas-Brendon-AKA-Kevin-Lynch-leaves-the-Stella-Adler-Theatre-in-Hollywood-criminal-minds-10865853-396-594.jpg) > > James Marsters is almost 50 and doesn’t look as old. Well, he was also doing this weird Urkel voice. Trust me, it was pretty clearly mocking. He did take a few questions, but mostly he let Marsters talk. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/13 "2011-03-09T21:52:11Z")
> [@beartato](#): > > Wish I wasn’t an ocean away, as I would have loved to have been there. But this thread did make me think of[this amazingly geeky blog post](http://ken-jennings.com/blog/archives/2621). Holy shit! I saw a guy there and thought “Man, he looks just like Ken Jennings!” Apparently, _it was_. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/14 "2011-03-09T22:00:50Z")
Brendon isn’t getting much work these days. He seems to have been dropped from _Criminal Minds_, where he had a semi-regular role as Vangsness’s guy and fellow technogeek. Only one movie coming and that’s a 48-minute indy. He got a few weeks’ work out of _Private Practice_ but that’s over now and there doesn’t seem to be anything else in the TV pipeline. It’s tough for an actor when he’s not getting the roles. That may be why he’s so gnarly (©sheen#winning) these days. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/15 "2011-03-09T22:00:55Z")
> [@Justin\_Bailey](#): > > James Marsters is almost 50 and doesn’t look as old. Whoa - really?! I had no idea… ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/16 "2011-03-09T22:27:06Z")
I would have imagined that anyone who was on BtVS wouldn’t really have to ever work again. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/17 "2011-03-09T23:03:53Z")
Hmm, okay. Expectations somewhat lowered. I’ve already made plans to go to Toronto Wizard World in a week and a half, and Brendon is one of several Buffy stars scheduled to be there. Julie Benz is on the convention website too, though apparently she might not be able to actually make it. Hopefully I’ll find a way to have a great weekend, no matter what! ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/18 "2011-03-09T23:06:41Z")
Except Joss had no compunction about snuffing out characters on a whim. That degrades your negotiating position. Oh, you want more money? We could do that. Or, Xander could get hit by a truck. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/19 "2011-03-09T23:42:13Z")
No shit. When you’ve killed your title character twice, killing off a troublesome secondary character is just comic relief. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080/20 "2011-03-09T23:42:39Z")
> [@needscoffee](#): > > I would have imagined that anyone who was on BtVS wouldn’t really have to ever work again. Why? I mean, I guess he can attend conventions forever, but I doubt he’s unbelievably rich. How much did the Buffy cast get paid the final 2 seasons? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicholas-brendon-is-a-giant-tool/574080.md?page=2)