In one of her final interviews before her unexpected passing, Hayden Panettiere shared what would become some of her last words for her daughter and a haunting message to her younger self.
Panettiere, who died over the weekend just days before her 37th birthday, had spent the last several months sharing a story about motherhood she’d quietly lived and few had known about – her struggles with postpartum depression, her decision to give up custody of her daughter, her journey with addictions, a sudden loss that changed her forever and how she battled it all.
She had been open about her struggles with alcohol addiction and depression, including after the birth of her daughter with Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko in 2014, but after her memoir came out in May, the conversations became clearer.
“I had this great life, and was blessed in so many ways, but I felt empty,” she told parenting magazine Momé in their July issue.
In detailing her unexpected entry into motherhood, Panettiere told the publication her labor took a frightening near-death turn and the emptiness she felt after left her struggling to cope.
“I had always heard that moms feel an instant rush of love, but I didn’t — and I had no idea why,” she said.
partum depression had her turning to alcohol, then seeking treatment to help her get sober, but her treatment missed the root cause of her dependency.
It was in the midst of that struggle that Panettiere said she made one of the hardest decisions she had to make as a mother and gave full-time custody of her daughter to Klitschko.
“It wasn’t a decision I made lightly, nor was it a decision I even wanted to make,” she says. “I was going through a really challenging time in my life… I knew I needed to be able to put her first so that I could get the help I needed and be the mom she needed me to be.”
In an interview with podcaster Jay Shetty after her memoir came out, Panettiere talked about the custody arrangement for her 11-year-old daughter, who now lives full-time with Klitschko in Ukraine.
“I think there’s been this very common misconception that I just gave up my child,” she said. “That could not be farther from the truth.”
In speaking to Momé, Panettiere shared a special message about her daughter.
“I love my daughter, and I’m so proud of the young woman she is becoming. I talk to her all the time, and I feel so connected to her,” she said.
Then, in a haunting message to her younger self, the late actor shared the following words:
“You’re stronger than you know. And you’re going to be just fine.”
What happened to Hayden Panettiere?
Panettiere, star of popular television series including “Heroes” and “Nashville,” died Sunday at an apartment complex in South Carolina where she was found unresponsive, police said. She was 36.
Panettiere’s father, Skip, announced the actor’s death in a statement provided to ABC News.
“It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden. She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen,” his statement said.
No cause of death was announced.
In a statement, police in Greenville, South Carolina, said officers and emergency medical personnel responded to a report of an unresponsive female at the Judson Mill Lofts southwest of downtown shortly before 2 p.m. Sunday. Live-saving measures were performed, but Panettiere was pronounced dead at the scene.
There were no signs of foul play or suspicious circumstances, police said, adding they were called to the apartment complex by an acquaintance of Panettiere who called 911. The Greenville County Coroner’s Office was to perform an autopsy.
What to know about Hayden Panettiere
Panettiere, who would have turned 37 on Friday, began her career as a child actor in commercials and soap operas.
Her role as a cheerleader with superpowers in “Heroes” propelled her to fame in 2006, with the series revolving around the mantra “Save the cheerleader, save the world.”
“I think ‘Heroes’ is really hot because it’s just a really great combination of everything that people love — they love reality, they love sci-fi and things like X-Men where they get to dream of something bigger,” Panettiere told The Associated Press in 2008. “And at the core of it are these human stories that people can relate to, very rugged. And it’s just grabbed everyone in every age group.”
She went on to win three Teen Choice Awards for that role and was a Grammy Award nominee for a children’s spoken word album recorded a few years after the release of the animated movie “A Bug’s Life.”
Panettiere later played a brash country upstart opposite Connie Britton on “Nashville,” which aired on ABC for four seasons before being canceled and revived on CMT. She did her own singing in the show, which scored some hits on country charts, spawned U.S. tours and earned Panettiere two supporting actress Golden Globe nominations. Panettiere had 11 songs recorded for “Nashville” appear on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs charts during the show’s run, including two featuring Britton.
Panettiere’s younger brother, Jansen, who was also an actor, died of a heart condition in 2023, at age 28.
Panettiere also appeared in two of the “Scream” movies, starred as the title character in the 2009 film “I Love You Beth Cooper” and played the young daughter of a football coach in “Remember the Titans.” She had spoken positively about her experience filming “Remember the Titans,” saying she felt so similar to the character she played — Sheryl Yoast, the opiniated, football-loving daughter of Will Patton’s Coach Bill Yoast.
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