Hayden Panettiere has gone on “Pink Desk Discuss” to share particulars about her “scary” expertise shedding custody of her daughter.
The “Nashville” and “Heroes” actress, 33, who has struggled with substance abuse and despair, advised the Fb Watch present’s hosts — Jada Pinkett Smith, her mom, Adrienne Banfield Norris, and visitor host Kelly Osbourne– that signing authorized papers in 2018 to offer her ex-fiancé, Ukrainian ex-boxer Wladimir Klitschko, 46, full custody of their daughter, Kaya, was “heartbreaking.”
On the complete episode, now streaming, Panettiere particulars her expertise.
“I additionally bear in mind her dad calling me, and he mentioned, ‘Kaya’s going round and asking different girls if she will name them Mommy,’ ” the actress mentioned.
“And my breath hitched and my coronary heart stopped, and he was laughing. He thought this was humorous, and it was horrifying to me. He didn’t get it because it was to me, who noticed, that’s a trauma response. That’s a cry for assist. I mentioned instantly, ‘Can I discuss to my daughter?’ ”
She additional detailed that her daughter, now 7, dissolved into “goo-goo ga-ga communicate” once they talked.
“I’d by no means earlier than ever heard her try this in her life and that pushed it even additional for me to understanding that it was a trauma that she was experiencing,” mentioned Panettiere.
“You recognize, me not being round. So, I imply, as a lot as I’ve tried to clarify how a lot she wants her mother and the way it’s going to rear its ugly head later when she is older, and it might flip into anger, despair, unhappiness, no matter it’s, but it surely’s going to be a trauma. You recognize, you may clarify it to anyone who doesn’t perceive that idea or doesn’t consider it until you’re blue within the face.”
In February, Panettiere told People that her daughter and Klitschko have been secure amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
