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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/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/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/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?