Hayden Panettiere death: Lesley Vogel, her estranged mum, hits back at haters and Brian Hickerson in Good Morning America interview
Lesley Vogel, the estranged mother of the late actress Hayden Panettiere, addressed public criticism and her daughter's relationship with Brian Hickerson in a recent interview. Vogel expressed her grief and defended her personal mourning process following Panettiere's death at age 36.
Why it matters
The interview highlights the complexities of public mourning and family estrangement in the context of celebrity tragedy.
- 11.30pm . First published at 9.06pm
Share article Lesley Vogel , Hayden Panettiere ’s estranged mother , has hit out at the “haters” and backlash she has received in her first sit down interview since her daughter’s tragic death.
“I would say to the haters out there: ‘You don’t have a right to tell me how I mourn the loss of my second child. That’s my domain’,” Vogel, 70, told Good Morning America .
Actress Hayden Panettiere’s estranged mother Lesley Vogel has hit back at the ‘haters’ in her first TV interview since her sudden death. Getty
The former soap actress sat down with journalist Rhiannon Ally to speak about Panettiere’s sudden death at age 36 earlier this month.
Vogel said she was still processing her daughter’s death and “it will probably hit me later on”.
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