Hayden Panettiere

The 32-year-old Heroes and Nashville actress said she also suffered depression after becoming a mother. She has had trauma therapy and in-patient treatment ...

"It was the hardest thing I ever had to do," she said. She told People: "I don't regret even the ugliest things that have happened to me. I feel incredibly accomplished. I'd think I hit rock bottom, but then there's that trap door that opens," she said. She said she would wake up with "the shakes" - with alcohol the only way to subdue it. The US actress says her addiction was an attempt to "feel happy for a moment" and that she would wake up with "the shakes" - with alcohol the only way to subdue it.

Hayden has joint custody of Kaya with Wladimir, but she sent Kaya to live in Ukraine with her ex when her addiction became particularly bad. Related Story.

"He didn't want to be around me," Hayden told People of Wladimir when she was abusing substances. The source noted that Hayden video chats with her daughter and checks in on her all the time. "But I wanted to be a good mom to her, and sometimes that means letting them go." But where is Kaya now and does Hayden have custody of her? Hayden said she developed postpartum depression after the birth of Kaya and started drinking heavily. "They were to make me peppy during interviews," she said.

Hayden Panettiere gave an update on her relationship with her and ex Wladimir Klitschko's 7-year-old daughter, Kaya, who moved in with her dad in 2018.

“He didn’t want to be around me,” she said. “I didn’t want to be around me. “And she has more love than anybody I’ve ever met.”

The actress opened up about her substance abuse in interviews with People and Good Morning America, revealing her addiction started when she was just 15.

He arrested on Valentine's Day 2020 in Wyoming and was charged with domestic battery after he allegedly punch the actress 'with a closed fist on the right side of her face.' I am prepared to do my part to make sure this man never hurts anyone again.' The couple had been broken up at this time. She is seen in the fourth movie Panettiere mostly stayed near the outer ring of the fight and warningly called her boyfriend's name. He also had to attend 52 domestic violence classes, pay $500 in restitution, and was issued five-year protective order. Security grabbed Hickerson - and pulled him away from the group as Panettiere was seen pointing over an employees shoulder. But not being believed, I think to anybody not being believed is - when they're telling the truth - is painful.' 'That same individual, along with the group he was with, began badgering and shoving Brian, at which point security pushed everyone outside. Soon after, she went on to star in hit series Heroes, which began in 2006 (right) So even when you're telling the truth, even when you're doing well, I've been told "No", almost gaslit, and told, "No, I wasn't." 'I would have the shakes when I woke up and could only function with sipping alcohol,' she admitted. 'Once you're the identified patient as the alcoholic - and not as a girl, a woman going through postpartum depression - then they don't believe anything that comes [out of] your mouth.

Actor said 'happy pills' were to 'make me peppy during interviews'

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Actress Hayden Panettiere has revealed a battle addiction that she says left her struggling at the height of her career.

"My saving grace is that I couldn't be messy while on set and working," she said. "I put a lot of work into myself and I had to be willing to be incredibly honest," she said. "I was in a cycle of self-destruction," she told People.