Hayden Panettiere talks sobriety, domestic violence and post partum depression

[__onthebound]

Hayden Panettiere opens up about her battle with addiction: “I was on top of the world. I ruined it. I'd think I hit rock bottom but then there's a trap door that opens."

Since then she underwent therapy & treatment: “I feel like I have a second chance.”https://t.co/rstjt75u5X pic.twitter.com/bMhwNUQGbd
- Film Updates (@FilmUpdates) July 6, 2022

Comments

[ladychips]

i understand the need for brutal honesty with oneself when you're going through this fight, but her comments about having no emotional connection to her daughter and not wanting to be a part of her life is going to be a really tough thing for her to read when she's older. especially since its being published to the world instead of being kept between them.

[mayjailer]

i'm sure that as her daughter grows older, they will have conversations about that period of their lives together and apart. for now, i think it's incredibly brave of hayden to talk about the dark places postpartum depression can take a person.

[evilgerbil]

I experienced that for a few weeks after my daughter was born. I knew something was wrong because my husband kept saying his happy he was and how much he loved her, and I felt... nothing. Thankfully that part wore off. I still have PPD but I love her to pieces. I was just really ill and traumatized.

[touchedarling]

It took me 2.5 years to even like my second child, let alone love her. If I’d heard women talk like this in the months after giving birth it might have given me the courage to seek help about how I was feeling instead of feeling deeply ashamed. Women need to have these kind of honest conversations with their daughters, and Hayden may already have broached this subject with hers. I love both of my children dearly but I will always feel guilty and sad that it took me so long to make a connection to my second.

[xtinkerbellax]

I hope she's doing well and wasn't pushed into talking about this too soon. I don't know how long she's been sober but I remember that bar fight video with her and her ex from not too long ago.

[celja]

Yeah I was thinking about that too, hope he's finally gone from her life.

[dandyxwarhol]

Yeah that wasn't that long ago

[fimh]

"wasn't pushed into talking about this too soon."

same. i cant imagine what its like to have to get brutally honest interviews about your life for public consumption so that you can work again. its hard enough as a regular person just dealing with family and friends

[just444]

15? jfc

People have always been so weird about her daughter living with her dad

[lovepollution]

I really hope she’s on the right path now. I think I’ve said it before, but everytime I see her name pop up somewhere I always fear the worst news.

[yurasama_love]

God, how awful. Put on pills when she was a child. She's been working her whole damn life. I hope her abusive ex is 100% out of her life.

[mathkills]

Reminds me of Judy Garland :(