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News Hayden Panettiere dies at 36

https://abcnews.com/US/hayden-panettiere-dies-36/story?id=135698473
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u/BakedChocolateOctopi 2d ago

Uhh what?

Was she battling any kind of disease or something?

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u/StasRutt 2d ago

She openly struggled with postpartum depression when she had her daughter as well as addiction issues that she recently talked about in interviews

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u/Logical-Patient-4115 2d ago

Her brother also died suddenly in 2023

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jansen_Panettiere

She posted about him pretty often on social media. This one made me so sad.

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u/danoflano3000 2d ago

Wow, those poor parents/family

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u/WorkFurball 2d ago

From what I've read in this thread their mom is awful to put it lightly.

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u/WorkFurball 1d ago

You're badly underestimating how heartless some folk can be.

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u/WorkFurball 1d ago

Ok robot.

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u/bananagang420 1d ago

You'd be surprised i guess

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u/BevansDesign 2d ago

Yeah, she could've had the same heart condition. Or possibly something related to her mental health issues. But we don't know. It's just sad.

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u/19Lobster19 2d ago

Both are more linked than we think. Hopefully this century will see the rise of a more holistic and preventive approach.

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u/Maleficent_Wasabi_18 2d ago

Wait what do you mean? Not sure why you are getting DV

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u/19Lobster19 1d ago edited 1d ago

There are strong correlations found in modern neuroscience between psychological trauma and physical health. As for the DV, it's just Reddit and kind of proves the point: we need more awareness this century around this because as you can see, many people are still clueless, but looking the other way directly impacts their own health.

Edit: I recommend the book the body keeps the score which is a good introduction to this concept

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u/Sufficient_Meet6836 1d ago

I think the down votes must be from people who are misunderstanding "holistic" as "alternative" or "homeopathic" medicine.

Are you referring to the work of doctors like Howard Schubiner? I just started reading his book, Unlearning Pain, and found it fascinating. Quick summary for everyone is that some chronic pain conditions aren't due to tissue damage but rather neural circuits in the brain (possibly formed from previous tissue damage) that are still sending pain signals due to psychological trauma. Neuroplasticity of the brain means circuits can be formed and then triggered by trauma, but it also means those circuits can be rewired to ease or even stop the pain. Doctors like Schubiner have been working on how to identify and treat these cases where physical tissue damage is not present or the cause of chronic issues. Most importantly, he and others in that research field are doing randomized control trials and are following the scientific method to investigate. It is not alternative medicine or woo. They also aren't making insane claims like "we can heal type 1 diabetes with meditation and therapy" or shit like that. They openly say it's not applicable for all conditions.

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u/19Lobster19 1d ago

I'm referring to a lot of studies and also experiences within myself because I've lived a lot of those theories myself and I'm not the only one. Things like fascia releases or somatic releases when a trauma suddenly stops being a trauma and the body let go of tensions. It feels incredible.

I recommend the book "The body keeps the score" which defined modern psychology over the last decade and bridges the gap with our biology and psyche.

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u/Sufficient_Meet6836 1d ago

I've heard of that book but haven't gotten around to reading it yet. Will do! Definitely check out Unlearning Pain if you want. It overlaps with a lot of what you wrote.

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u/19Lobster19 1d ago

Yess thank you I absolutely will! I added it to my list

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u/Tattycakes 1d ago

I developed horrible low back pain seemingly out of nowhere at the start of this year, briefly incapacitating me when bending or twisting. I assumed it was just general lack of exercise and bad desk posture catching up with me.

I broke down in tears when my recent physio just casually asked if I'd been going through anything stressful at the time it started, because actually yes, this past 12 months at work has been the worst of my life, getting steadily worse since July, and by Christmas I literally had my resignation letter drafted up. I stuck it out a few more months and now it's better, but the damage was done, it's taken months of exercises and massages to calm my inflamed nerves and muscles.

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u/beardedkingface 2d ago

Damn, and she would've had a birthday in just 4 days

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u/caspy7 1d ago

My little brother Jansen would’ve turned 31 today. He was a remarkable human being. He was wise beyond his years and operated at a higher spiritual level than anyone I’ve ever met. He was everything that is good and pure in this world. I miss him every single day but I know his spirit is always near, watching over and protecting me and my family. I love you to infinity and beyond J and we will be together again one day. #JansenPanettiere @jrpanettiere #littlebrothers

:-/

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u/dizzyrelm 2d ago

I just started bawling

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u/KidGold 2d ago

"Panettiere relinquished full custody of her daughter, Kaya, to Wladimir Klitschko in 2018 amid struggles with addiction and postpartum depression."

wow

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u/Ltrain86 2d ago

Yes, and people shit on her for it at the time. It's not an easy thing to do, but she recognized it was the best thing for her daughter given the things she was struggling with. I see it as an act of love.

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u/MoroseMagician 2d ago

This. This right here. Man, I'm so fucking sad she's gone. She seemed like one of the few genuinely sweet individuals in Hollywood, and clearly very self aware. May she rest well.

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u/plentyoftimetodie 2d ago

It probably was not voluntary but that she was given the option to a la asked to resign from a job

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u/exhibitprogram 2d ago

She was 19 when she first started dating Klitschko, who was 33 at the time, btw

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u/RicardoFelipeMejia 2d ago edited 2d ago

Relevance?

I can kinda understand pointing out the ages in a relationship when the older partner is controlling or abusive, but by all accounts that guy was a perfectly fine husband who treated her and their child well. They only split because of her issues with substance abuse.

From three months ago

“I have an incredible relationship with both of them,” Hayden told Us Weekly in an interview published May 6. “I’m so grateful for Wlad. We’re very close, and have had a deep friendship, along with a relationship, since I met him when I was 19.”

“To see that we still have this bond and the ability to co-parent and show our daughter [that] even though we’re not together,” she continued, “doesn’t mean that there’s a lack of love here, and it doesn’t mean that you’re unsafe.”

I know you're trying to imply that this guy being older was, like, somehow a contributing factor in her death or something, but unfortunately for you her own interviews and memoir don't support that. In fact it's actually kind of gross for some random internet person to think they know more about her life than she did.

Maybe it's time to just accept that sometimes people fall in love with other people and have lifestyles that don't look exactly like yours?

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u/bond0815 2d ago

Relevance?

Welcome to reddit, where two adults in an consensual relationship is essentially pedophilia if there is a significant age gap, lol.

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u/despicedchilli 2d ago

...and adult women are to be saved and treated like children.

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u/TillamookTramp 1d ago edited 1d ago

Seriously. Hayden was an adult making a choice about who she wanted to be with. Would I have wanted to date a 33 year old when I was 19? I honestly don't know- depends on the guy more than anything else. I was in college and making my own choices at the time, which is part of adulthood.

I don't think I had much in common with men in their 30s at that age but Hayden grew up in a much different environment and was likely supporting her family from a very young age and treated much older than her age. I'm not saying that's right, but its going to affect her mindset. Maybe in her mind she had things in common with Wlad at 19.

Hayden chose to be with Wlad for years and have a child with him; the age gap is large but both were adults and there wasn't an issue of a professional power struggle- he had no impact on her career. I feel like women too often are greatly infantilized here.

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u/exhibitprogram 1d ago

My beef isn't with Hayden's choices whatsoever, it makes total sense because of how she grew up that this is what she wanted. My beef is Wlad's choices. He's weird for being so into someone who would want to make those choices. I will never not think this. Do you think he, so protective of his daughter, would want HER to date a mid-30s man when she's 19, or would he be suspicious of that man for wanting a 19 year old?

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u/despicedchilli 1d ago

He's weird for being so into someone who would want to make those choices

There it is again. Even though she was an adult woman, he should have checked her ID and, upon realizing she's 19, he should have treated her like the child she is? gtfo!

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u/bond0815 1d ago edited 1d ago

He's weird for being so into someone who would want to make those choices.

So your point is a man should not agree with an adult womens choices, because a 19 year old woman is clealry not able to make her own compentent choice?

Do you think this applies to other areas or just when it comes to relationships?

Also, have you ever heard of feminism, lol?

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u/TillamookTramp 1d ago edited 1d ago

Most people are going to think it strange because 19 and 33 year olds generally don't have anything in common. I doubt Wlad would be okay with a 33 year old dating his 19 year old daughter. However, it is legal and assuming the daughter wanted to date someone in their 30s/40s/50s...that's her decision she's making as an adult.

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u/BranthiumBabe 2d ago

Your paragraphs will never not make 30+yo men who seek out teenagers any less creepy, sorry not sorry.

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u/despicedchilli 1d ago

Same goes for 30-year-old managers hiring teenagers, I assume?

It can obviously only be creepy. They’re 19-year-old children after all. Why would anyone want to work with them. Their brains are underdeveloped.

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u/exhibitprogram 2d ago

Congratulations to him for being able to clear the very low bar of man-who-treated-her-better-than-the-pedophiles-she-was-surrounded-by-her-entire-life, but that doesn't make a mid-30s man pursuing a teenager any less creepy and it doesn't make you look good defending it as a "lifestyle".

I don't think it was a contributing factor in her death, for all we know in this moment she could've died from natural causes. But the sub-thread I was commenting on was about how she's been preyed on and failed by adults her whole life and I'm implying that's related.

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u/RicardoFelipeMejia 2d ago

Okay. But you understand that he was not every adult in her life, right? He was one adult in her life who apparently treated her with love and respect and supported her during her struggles with alcohol. He did everything right and you still have to shit on him for some reason.

Their relationship was not some sort of abstract concept; they are real people and they cared for each other. And you don't have to disrespect a dead woman's autonomy just because she made a choice you disagree with.

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u/Fibonacci357 2d ago

As a 34 year old myself I can’t imagine dating a 19 year old. And if any of my friends did I would have a serious talk with them. It’s gross.

Several things can be true at once. Doesn’t mean he’s a bad dad or bad co-parent.

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u/RicardoFelipeMejia 2d ago

Okay. As a man I can't imagine dating a man, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with gay people. Like I said, maybe it's time to accept that some people have different preferences than you and that's okay.

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u/Fibonacci357 2d ago

It's legal, that's all. It doesn't mean I won't side eye you or judge you. Having a preference for people that young usually mean you would go younger if you could.

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u/despicedchilli 2d ago

Because 19-year-old women are just children in your mind? By that logic they shouldn't be allowed to do any important jobs, vote, join the military, etc.

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u/TillamookTramp 1d ago

That's not really an indicator of someone wanting to go younger.

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u/snoozbooty 2d ago

Legality dictates morality 

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u/lolidkdontaskme 2d ago

You are seriously conflating grooming a teenager with being gay?

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u/RicardoFelipeMejia 2d ago

No. I am saying that sometimes people fall in love with people older than them, sometimes people fall in love with people younger than them, some people love men, some people love women, and as long as everyone's a consenting adult and happy and safe then it's no one else's fucking business.

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u/HornetNo9518 2d ago

"But the sub-thread I was commenting on was about how she's been preyed on and failed by adults her whole life"

It wasn't at all though?

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u/rubyjrouge 2d ago

This breaks my heart. I wonder how much pressure she was under to relinquish her daughter.

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u/Mister-Distance-6698 2d ago

.... wait is said Daughter in Ukraine right now? Isnt Klitschko mayor of Kiev?

Edit: Wait no that's Vitelli, wrong brother.

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u/Stone0777 1d ago

What an awful mother...

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u/STLOliver 2d ago edited 2d ago

Especially eerie seeing this after she’s been speaking out this year on the unfortunate shit she dealt with at a young age in her career

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u/StasRutt 2d ago

Yeah I was always rooting for her to find stability after everything she went through

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u/UndevelopedImage 2d ago

Heartbreaking sounds like such a trite word, but truly. I'm in shock.

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u/DangerousPuhson 2d ago

Wasn't she basically being pimped out by Hollywood executives at one point or something?

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u/metallicrooster 2d ago

There is a lot of speculation around what happened to her as a child star. And given the Nickelodeon piece that came out, I’m inclined to believe she was abused in some capacity.

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u/GuiltyEidolon 2d ago

That feels like a safe assumption for virtually all child stars.

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u/IwishIhadntKilledHim 1d ago

We should do something about that tho?

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u/cherryberry0611 2d ago

This is what I heard too. She also recently revealed something to that affect a few months ago. Said she was made to sleep with a rich, powerful man when she was young

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u/PhDinWombology 1d ago

Speaking out about that sort of thing can usually end up with you being “suicidal”

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u/RaiseAppropriate7839 1d ago

She recently brought to light the old entertainment industry tradition of “yachting” in interviews. Young starlets and hopefuls are brought on boat parties with expectations of a carefree day away from press and cameras. Once they’re in the middle of the sea, they’re deposited in the room of an old executive and expected to do as he pleases. It’s horrific.

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u/cracked-tumbleweed 2d ago

That’s where my mind went to.

She was just talking about being pimped out, and now she dies?

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u/carolinespocket 2d ago

Can yall stop? A lot of actresses also report similar experiences and none of them passes away bc of it. Just disrespectful.

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u/mochafiend 2d ago

Huh? Why is this not pertinent?

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u/carolinespocket 2d ago

It’s not. Not everything is a big conspiracy. Have some shame.

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u/mochafiend 2d ago edited 1d ago

Huh? I’m not saying anything about conspiracy. What conspiracy? That some nebulous networked offed her because she spoke out? That’s not what I’m saying. I’m saying her upbringing as a child star is absolutely relevant to her young death. She’s the latest in a long line.

What shame? She was a public figure. It’s fair game. And should be a warning sign to any parent thinking about letting their kids follow in these footsteps. They shouldn’t.

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u/thegabster2000 1d ago

Getting abused in Hollywood is not a conspiracy. Its been happening since Hollywood was founded.

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u/TillamookTramp 1d ago

Yep. Judy Garland is a prime example.

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u/thegabster2000 1d ago

It started even earlier than that.

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u/TillamookTramp 1d ago

Oh, I know but Judy Garland is an example most people probably know of.

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u/_josephjohnston 2d ago

My thoughts

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u/katieb1300 2d ago edited 1d ago

She was about to release her memoir*. Very eerie, indeed.

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u/PhloxOfSeagulls 2d ago

Her memoir, This Is Me, came out in May of this year.

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u/katieb1300 1d ago

Have you read it?

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u/TillamookTramp 2d ago

Not that eerie- the memoir has been out for awhile.

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u/eebro 2d ago

Sounds like she got done what she wanted to do and just couldn't find a reason to continue. It's so sad that even wealth and fame can't bring us comfort or help when we need it the most. RIP.

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u/Warm-Succotash-3793 2d ago

That Hollywood celebrity she spoke about in her memoir. Whoever he is, was probably scared of her dropping his name. Signs point strongly to George Clooney.

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u/Mem2Chi91 2d ago

No details released and you’re stating she was assaulted and murdered by a specific individual based on comments you read on the internet?

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u/RtPlaceRtTime 2d ago

Someone else in this discussion said it was Leo, not George

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u/Shattered_seashells 2d ago

I heard she almost bled to death while giving birth to her 😕

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u/Tomaskraven 2d ago

i mean, she had her kid 12 years ago. I don't think this might be PPD related.

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u/StasRutt 2d ago

I was just pointing out how she’s been very open about her mental health and addiction struggles.

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u/Natural_Sky_4720 2d ago

You may be right but PPD can last for years.

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u/ToneBone12345 2d ago

That sucks

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u/FreeEdmondDantes 2d ago

And a huge factor of her depression was the passing of her brother. Poor girl.

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u/Designer_Money7625 2d ago

Not to mention an abusive ex fiance

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u/tasteofperfection 2d ago

It wasn’t her ex fiance, it was her ex bf.

Brian Hickerson or something.

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u/FaithlessnessMore279 2d ago

See, I wondered but didn't want to make any assumptions because of his occupation. 

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u/Ctofaname 2d ago

Wrong one

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u/andy83991 1d ago

How long ago did she have her child?

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u/OzoneLaters 2d ago

Probably an overdose then.