In an emotional first interview, Hayden Panettiere talks candidly about her brother’s unexpected passing! I will be heartbroken forever
When the actress’s cherished younger brother unexpectedly passed away, she had just become sober, unmarried, and resumed her career.
How she’s trying to recover from the trauma as best she can. The year 2023 was predicted to be extremely successful for actress Hayden Panettiere.
The star of Amber Alert, who had battled drug and alcohol addiction for many years, was clean and sober following her stay at an inpatient rehab center in the beginning of 2020.
She was also unmarried, having recently ended an unpleasant relationship with her former partner, and was happy to be working on Scream 6 again. Then, the unimaginable occurred,
three weeks before the movie’s February 2023 release: her adored younger brother Jansen passed away suddenly at the age of 28 from an unidentified cardiac issue.
In a recent interview for this week’s cover story, she tells PEOPLE, “He was my only sibling, and it was my job to protect him.” “I felt like I lost half of my soul when I lost him.”
Following the loss of her husband, Panettiere, 35, became determined not to leave the house, especially with photographers following her.
“It was shocking to see horrifying photos taken by paparazzi of me leaving Jansen’s funeral, which was held in a very private setting,” she recalls.
“I had to deal with agoraphobia, which I had previously struggled with,” Panettiere’s body physically reacted to the shock, exacerbating her sadness and making her nearly unrecognizable in a matter of days.
