Sarah Michelle Gellar faced backlash online after she revealed she gifted her daughter, Charlotte, a “ridiculously expensive” Jeep for her 16th birthday.

Fans gathered in the comments section of the “Buffy” star’s Friday Instagram post , in which she wished her teen a happy birthday, to call out her “disappointing” parenting move.

“Happy birthday Charlotte… don’t normalize gifting ridiculously expensive cars to new and young drivers. I think you’ve taken away from your wonderful daughter’s birthday sadly,” one social media user wrote.

“I’m happy for you and Charlotte, but does a 16 year old really need to be gifted a Jeep, of all cars? Fuel guzzlers for one thing. Really puts things in perspective when most 16 year olds have to work to save up to buy a small second-hand crap-box car,”

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