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Hayden Panettiere’s brother, Jansen Panettiere, tragically handed away on February 19, 2023, at simply 28 years outdated from cardiomegaly (enlarged coronary heart) coupled with aortic valve problems.

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

Within the wake of her brother’s passing, Hayden Panettiere has shared how deeply his loss of life 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 total physique started to swell uncontrollably, leaving her feeling helpless.

“I simply ballooned out,” the “Scream” actress recalled of her speedy 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 believe my physique was defending itself, shielding itself from the world.”

“I needed to see horrific paparazzi footage of myself popping out of Jansen’s funeral, which occurred in a really non-public place, and it was stunning,” 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 sequence “Heroes” at simply 17 in 2006.

“Having grown up on this trade, you’re terrified if you happen to don’t look respectable once you stroll out the door,” she stated. “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 state of affairs.

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

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

“She has simply been so brave,” Alton stated of the actress. “She was eager to make an enormous change in her life, and to be able to try this, it’s important to be actually sincere 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 stated of her daughter. “She golfs, she performs chess. She’s been dancing since she was little and loves singing.”

The actress, set to seem within the upcoming movie “Amber Alert,” shared that the sudden loss of life 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 to recover from it. Irrespective of what number of years go by, I’ll by no means recover from his loss,” she says.