Celebrity dermatologist Dr. Fredric Brandt tragically took his own life over the weekend. The doctor/radio host was reportedly suffering from severe depression. Recently, Martin Short portrayed a character, that appeared to be a parody of Brandt, on Tina Fey’s new Netflix series, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Brandt was said to be very upset by this parody, leaving some to believe that it may have helped lead to his suicide. Could the Mean Girls writer really be responsible for bullying someone?
An unnamed source, allegedly close to Dr. Brandt, has opened up to People about Martin Short’s character upset Dr. Brandt:
"He was depressed. Did the show upset him? Yes. It was a mean characterization. He was a human being, no one would like that. It was making fun of him for the way he looked and it was mean and it was bullying. It was an illness, he suffered from depression. He always seemed like the life of the party, he would sing and rap his way through the day."
The anonymous source also went on to add that show did hurt him, but was not the only source of his suffering:
"It wasn't the only thing troubling him, it was just one factor. It definitely hurt him. He was absolutely upset, who would want that? But that was not why he committed suicide. But it didn't help."
Check out this scene from the show and let us know if you think the show went too far with the character:
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