Hayden Panettiere’s mother gives first public comments after daughter’s death: ‘An amazingly talented person’

Hayden Panettiere’s mother shares first public comments since her daughter’s death

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Lesley Vogel described Panettiere’s on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson as someone the family had been “trying to get rid of for quite some time.”

Aug. 18, 2026, 1:39 PM EDT / Updated Aug. 19, 2026, 11:51 AM EDT

By Rebecca Cohen

Hayden Panettiere’s mother, Lesley Vogel, shared her first public comments since the actor’s death, including speaking out about the family’s longstanding concerns with Panettiere’s on-again, off-again boyfriend.

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