Hayden Panettiere Says Her Brother’s Death Led To Agoraphobia

Hayden Panettiere’s brother, Jansen Panettiere, tragically handed away on February 19, 2023, at simply 28 years previous from cardiomegaly (enlarged coronary heart) coupled with aortic valve issues.

Jansen, who was making a reputation for himself as an actor and artist, had notable roles in TV exhibits like “The Strolling Useless” and “The Excellent Sport,” in addition to contributions to animation.

Within the wake of her brother’s passing, Hayden Panettiere has shared how deeply his dying impacted her, revealing that it triggered her struggles with agoraphobia.

Within the days after discovering that her solely sibling had handed away at 28, she revealed to People Magazine that her whole physique started to swell uncontrollably, leaving her feeling helpless.

“I simply ballooned out,” the “Scream” actress recalled of her fast 40-pound weight acquire. “It did not matter what I did, what I ate. I do know stress and cortisol working by way of your physique can try this. Now I feel my physique was defending itself, shielding itself from the world.”

“I needed to see horrific paparazzi photos of myself popping out of Jansen’s funeral, which occurred in a really personal place, and it was surprising,” she added. “I did not acknowledge myself. My agoraphobia got here out, which is one thing I’ve struggled with previously.”

The “Carry It On All Or Nothing” actress has candidly mentioned the challenges she confronted rising up within the highlight, significantly after being solid because the superhero cheerleader Claire Bennet within the hit collection “Heroes” at simply 17 in 2006.

“Having grown up on this business, you’re terrified should you don’t look first rate once you stroll out the door,” she mentioned. “That began taking place for me after I was 16, the place you’re already at an age the place you don’t really feel nice about your altering physique — and also you actually don’t want grown males commenting on [our] insecurities.”

She recalled that when she returned to work on “Nashville” simply three months after having her daughter Kaya, it didn’t assist the scenario.

“No lady ought to need to be on digicam until they wish to be three months after they provide start,” the actress instructed Individuals. “I’d simply be stuffing each ounce of flub into Spanx, and it added to my despair and what I considered myself. They are saying you must communicate to your self the way in which you’d communicate to your mates, however I used to be very, very responsible of talking to myself horribly.”

Final 12 months, Panettiere’s publicist linked her with Marnie Alton, the private coach and CEO of M/BODY, a barre health expertise. Alton not solely helped the actress get in form but in addition turned a trusted confidante and somebody she may flip to for assist.

“She has simply been so brave,” Alton mentioned of the actress. “She was eager to make a giant change in her life, and in an effort to try this, it’s a must to be actually trustworthy about the place you are at within the now.”

The “Scream” actress talked about that she feels “content material” and is concentrating on what issues most to her, together with her daughter, Kaya, whom she shares along with her ex, Wladimir Klitschko.

“She does so many issues,” Panettiere mentioned of her daughter. “She golfs, she performs chess. She’s been dancing since she was little and loves singing.”

The actress, set to look within the upcoming movie “Amber Alert,” shared that the sudden dying of her brother left her feeling as if she had “misplaced half of my soul.”

“He was my solely sibling, and it was my job to guard him,” she instructed the outlet. “Once I misplaced him, I felt like I misplaced half of my soul…I’ll all the time be heartbroken about [him], I’ll by no means be capable of recover from it. Regardless of what number of years go by, I’ll by no means recover from his loss,” she says.