Hayden Panettiere was the most loved American actress, and her passing came as a shock to her fans. She first appeared on screen in a commercial in 1990, when she was 11 months old. By the age of four, Hayden landed the role of ‘Sarah Roberts’ on the soap opera One Life to Live. She went on to become popular with her roles in Heroes and Nashville. Behind her success was her mother, Lesley Vogel, who introduced her to showbiz at a very young age.
What led to Hayden Panettiere and her mother, Lesley Vogel’s estrangement?
Hayden’s mother, Lesley Vogel, was a dominant figure in her life. Vogel was a former soap opera actress who took charge of her daughter’s career. Hayden was very good at delivering big emotions on camera, as she would weep, cry and scream on cue. However, she did all that just to please her mother, as her opinion mattered the most to the actress.
In her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, Hayden wrote about her mother with great love and empathy. She felt sorry for her mother, who couldn’t achieve the fame she wished for and had to fulfil her dreams through her daughter. In her book, Hayden credited her mom for her success. However, in an effort to please her mother, Hayden stopped caring about her own feelings.
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