Hayden Panettiere’s mother Lesley breaks silence after actress’s shocking death and SLAMS her boyfriend Brian Hickerson

HAYDEN Panettiere’s estranged mother has broken her silence on the actress’s sudden death. The Nashville star was found dead in her South Carolina apartment on Sunday afternoon from a suspected overdose. Hayden Panettiere’s mother has broken her silence about her daughter’s sudden passing Credit: Getty Images Lesley Vogel spoke out about her daughter’s passing and Hayden’s rekindled relationship with her ex, Brian Hickerson, who was reportedly there when she died. “This person in her life that we have been trying to get rid of for quite some time was with her at her death, and that was Brian Hickerson,” Lesley told NBC News on Tuesday. Sign up for the Showbiz newsletter Thank you! “I think Hayden was an amazingly talented person in so many departments and I think young people who grow up in the entertainment industry — it is a struggle and it’s a very challenging industry and it’s not unusual for them to sadly find the wrong path,” she added. Hayden confirmed in May that she had not been in contact with her mother for some time. “Unfortunately, we don’t have a relationship right now,” the Heroes star told Us Weekly while promoting the release of her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning. “But that doesn’t mean that I don’t leave the door open for the opportunity to present itself one day. It’s hard for me to say, but I’ve chosen to be brutally honest.” Hayden also discussed the difficult relationship she had with her mother during a sit-down with Jay Shetty on his podcast. “Everything was business,” the former child star said. Most read in Entertainment “I became the confidant and the assistant and the therapist and the shoulder to cry on and everything but her child. “I said to her, ’I don’t want us to work together anymore. I just want you to be my mom,'” the Raising Helen star recalled. “I remember being hopeful. But I also wasn’t expecting the reaction that I got, which was, ‘You owe me.’ And that’s all she said. And she walked out.” Lesley previously addressed her estrangement with her daughter, claiming that it was her choice to distance herself from the actress. “After 20 years of trauma, I took the advice of professionals and chose the no-contact route,” Lesley told Page Six. “As many parents of entertainment children [know], we are all too familiar with the painful observation of watching the self-destructive paths they sometimes choose. “No parent hopes for this scenario; we want our children to be the best of themselves and live a peaceful, joyful life!” Hayden had been spending more time with her off-again on-again boyfriend, Brian, who was reportedly staying with her at the time of her death. According to TMZ, the couple were back together but hiding their romance since Hayden’s team found their relationship “bad for business.” Hayden had opened up about their previous split in her memoir, as well as her other struggles, like postpartum depression. The Remember the Titans star’s severe mental health battles led to her giving up custody of her 11-year-old daughter, Kaya, to her ex-fiancé Wladimir Klitschko. Hayden reportedly planned to reunite with Kaya, who lives with her father in Ukraine, before her tragic death. More to follow… For the latest news on this story, keep checking back at The U.S. Sun, your go-to destination for the best celebrity news, sports news, real-life stories, jaw-dropping pictures, and must-see videos. Like us on Facebook at TheSunUS and follow us on X at @TheUSSun Comment now