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06.07.2022 - 17:59 / usmagazine.com
Sharing her story. Hayden Panettiere is reflecting on being caught in a “cycle of self-destruction” due to her struggles with addiction.
The Nashville alum, 32, got candid about her reliance on opioids and alcohol during an eye-opening interview with People, which was published on Wednesday, July 6. “I was on top of the world and I ruined it,” she confessed of how her drug use impacted her career. “I’d think I hit rock bottom, but then there’s that trap door that opens.”
Panettiere “put a lot of work into” overcoming her addiction, revealing that she required trauma therapy and inpatient treatment, both of which she attended over the past year. “This hasn’t been easy and there were a lot of ups and downs,” the Heroes alum said of her sobriety journey. “But I don’t regret even the ugliest things that have happened to me. I feel incredibly accomplished. And I feel like I have a second chance.”
According to the Remember the Titans actress, she was offered “happy pills” by the age of 15 before walking red carpets or appearing at other major Hollywood events. “They were to make me peppy during interviews,” she recalled. “I had no idea that this was not an appropriate thing, or what door that would open for me when it came to my addiction. … And as I got older, the drugs and alcohol became something I almost couldn’t live without.”
The New York native starred as Claire Bennet on Heroes from 2006 to 2010, later portraying rising country star Juliette Barnes on Nashville. Panettiere found herself connecting to her character on a deep level, especially while she was pregnant with daughter Kaya. (The actress shares the now-7-year-old with ex Wladimir Klitschko.)
“Those were really tough years,” the Racing Stripes star recalled. “I
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Hayden Panettiere opened up about her relationship with 7-year-old daughter Kaya in a recent interview. Panettiere, 32, revealed that her relationship with Kaya is much better following her decision to have her live with Wladimir Klitschko, the actress' ex and daughter's father. The decision came as the "Nashville" actress battled an addiction to alcohol and pills.
Video: Hayden Panettiere opens up about struggles with alcoholism, postpartum depression l GMA (USA TODAY)Hayden went on to note that Kaya is safe and not currently in Ukraine as a result of the invasion of Russian forces in the nation earlier this year. "She has a beautiful life," the 32-year-old continued.
Hayden Panettiere's ex-boyfriend has ruled out a reconciliation with the actress. Brian Hickerson has insisted he and the 'Heroes' actress have ended their four-year on/off romance for good and they are now "just friends" and "absolutely not" together any more. Brian - who is on probation over alleged domestic violence incidents involving the 32-year-old star - told TMZ he is "looking forward to new chapters".
It was officially confirmed that Hayden Panettiere would be returning to the Scream franchise earlier this year with Scream 6.
in projects like Remember the Titans and Heroes. She also had a notable role in Wes Craven’s Scream 4, and she’s expected to reprise her role as Kirby Reed in an upcoming slasher sequel. But ahead of Scream 6, Panettiere is opening up about her addiction issues for the first time with the public.
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Hayden Panettiere is opening up about how she spent years secretly battling addictions to opioids and alcohol. "I was on top of the world and I ruined it," the former "Nashville" star revealed for the first time in the new issue of People magazine. "I’d think I hit rock bottom, but then there’s that trap door that opens." The 32-year-old became a star when she was just 11 years old, appearing in soap operas and the 2000 sports drama "Remember the Titans" opposite Denzel Washington.
has announced her liver "gave out" amid a gruelling secret opioid addiction. The TV star has admitted she "didn’t want to see" her daughter. She has been abusing substances since aged 15.
Remember the Titans (2000) and Raising Helen (2004), just opened up about her opioid and alcohol addiction, which went on for years. “I was doing anything to make me feel happy for a moment,” she said in an exclusive interview with . "Then I'd feel worse than I did before. I was in a cycle of self-destruction."Her addiction, she said, began when she was a teenager but spiraled out of control after she suffered from following the birth of her daughter Kaya, now 7.