The Biggest Revelations From Hayden Panettiere's Red Table Talk Interview
Revelations From Hayden Panettiere's Red Table Talk Interview https://t.co/gQhNMsNHi4
- E! News (@enews) September 28, 2022
• she was just 16, at the height of her Heroes fame, when she was offered a "happy pill"
She began asking for the pills "for personal use."
• when she was depressed she reached for a bottle. The alcohol only made her depression "that much worst." She suffered from postpartum depression.
"people saw me struggling a lot, [...] and still nobody came and asked questions."
• she entered treatment for alcohol addiction multiple times, her longest stint being eight months.
She did relapse in between rehab stays. Alcohol was an "instant gratification" to her problems at the time.
• Nashville was a "tough show to be on" during the height of her addiction, her character's troubled storyline mimicked her own struggles. When the series ended in 2018, she found herself "leaning on that bottle" more because she had "nowhere to be."
• E! News has reached out to Wladimir's rep for comment about the custody but hasn't heard back.
She still believes Wladimir is a "fantastic father" to their daughter.
"I, of course, take responsibility for the role I played. [...] I wish I had gotten more help than I did."
• she expressed worries that Kaya, being so far away from her mother will cause "trauma" down the line.
Wladimir once told her that Kaya had been "going around, asking other women if she could call them mommy."
• she has been traveling overseas to spend time with Kaya, but she hasn't "gotten any hints" that the custody situation will change soon. "one day when she's old enough for her opinion to be accepted, that her wants are heard..."
• many of her work contracts had included a morality clause to ensure that she kept her image "clean."
It didn't stop her from doing things she was "technically not supposed to do," during her teenage years,
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