Hayden Panettiere is dead at just 36 years old, and Billy Bush is remembering the actress he knew personally — including their revealing interview on Extra and a recent effort to bring Hayden onto Hot Mics.
In this emotional episode of Hot Mics with Billy Bush, Billy reacts to the shocking death of the Heroes and Nashville star as authorities investigate the circumstances surrounding her death in Greenville, South Carolina.
Billy looks back at Hayden Panettiere’s extraordinary career as a child star, her rise to fame on Heroes and Nashville, and the private struggles that followed. He discusses his own interactions with Hayden, what concerned him after interviewing her for Extra, and the message she recently sent after being invited to appear on Hot Mics.
The conversation also examines Hayden’s well-documented struggles with alcohol and addiction, postpartum depression following the birth of her daughter Kaya, her painful decision to allow former partner Wladimir Klitschko to have custody of their daughter, and the devastating 2023 death of her younger brother, Jansen Panettiere.
Billy also discusses Hayden’s turbulent, on-again/off-again relationship with Brian Hickerson and the highly publicized incidents that surrounded the couple.
As questions remain about Hayden Panettiere’s cause of death, Billy separates what is currently known from what remains unanswered and reflects on the enormous pressures Hayden faced during a life spent largely in the public eye.
The episode also looks ahead to Hot Mics coverage of the Lindsay Clancy murder trial and the larger national conversation surrounding postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis and maternal mental health.
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