Sarah Michelle Gellar and David Boreanaz walked the 2026 Emmys red carpet on Monday night at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles, and one photo of the two of them with arms around each other was enough to send Buffy fans spiraling. Gellar, 49, stunned in a fuchsia pink dress while Boreanaz, 57, kept it timeless in a classic black suit. The two later took the stage to present the award for Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.
The reunion carried real emotion. During their presentation, Gellar acknowledged how tough the past two years have been for the Buffy cast and crew, following the deaths of Michelle Trachtenberg, Nicholas Brendon and Anthony Head. The pair also slipped in a scripted joke about the Buffy reboot that was scrapped in March 2026, giving fans a laugh amid the bittersweet moment.
Gellar and Boreanaz played Buffy Summers and Angel across seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, which aired from 1997 to 2003, and their on-screen romance became one of the most iconic in TV history. Seeing them back together on the Emmys stage proved that some television partnerships never really fade.
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