{"id":258231,"date":"2026-08-18T19:47:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/hayden-panettieres-mom-blasts-brian-hickerson-we-were-trying-to-get-rid-of-him\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T19:47:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T19:47:59","slug":"hayden-panettieres-mom-blasts-brian-hickerson-we-were-trying-to-get-rid-of-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/18\/hayden-panettieres-mom-blasts-brian-hickerson-we-were-trying-to-get-rid-of-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Panettiere&#8217;s Mom Blasts Brian Hickerson: We Were Trying to Get Rid of Him"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>As millions of fans try to make sense of the tragic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/08\/hayden-panettiere-exposed-bad-men-prior-to-tragic-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">death of Hayden Panettiere<\/a>, the late actress\u2019 mother has made some shocking remarks about her controversial boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>As we previously reported, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/08\/hayden-panettiere-concealed-relationship-with-abusive-boyfriend-brian-hickerson-ahead-of-death\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hayden and Brian Hickerson claimed that they\u2019d broken up<\/a> in 2022, but it appears that they were secretly still dating at the time of her death.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Hayden\u2019s mom, Lesley Vogel, is confirming reports that the family did not approve of that relationship.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"654\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-79461765-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"Hayden Panettiere arrives at the premiere of Paramount Pictures &quot;The Spiderwick Chronicles held on the Paramount Studios lot on January 31, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. \" class=\"wp-image-561344 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-79461765-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-79461765-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-79461765-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-79461765-2048x1309.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-79461765-960x613.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-79461765-1080x690.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-79461765-1200x767.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-79461765-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hayden Panettiere arrives at the premiere of Paramount Pictures \u201cThe Spiderwick Chronicles held on the Paramount Studios lot on January 31, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. <span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis person in her life that we have been trying to get rid of for quite some time was with her at her death, and that was Brian Hickerson,\u201d Vogel told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/hayden-panettieres-mother-shares-first-public-comments-daughters-death-rcna593134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC News<\/a> this week.<\/p>\n<p>Vogel did not explicitly suggest that Hickerson was involved in her daughter\u2019s death in any way.<\/p>\n<p>But much has been made of the fact that Hayden flew from LA to South Carolina with Brian the day before her death, and she passed away in an apartment being rented to him and his brother, Zach Hickerson.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/08\/18\/hayden-panettiere-mom-criticizes-brian-hickerson\/#continued\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TMZ<\/a>, witnesses say Zach became \u201cvery emotional\u201d while emergency medical services professionals were \u201cworking on Hayden.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Investigators have noted that there was no sign of foul play, and neither Brian nor Zach has been accused of any wrongdoing.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYPXhyOHx8C\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that the feud between Brian and Lesley predates Hayden\u2019s death by at least several months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHayden\u2019s mother is by far one of the worst people I\u2019ve ever met in my life \u2026 I just can\u2019t with her. She\u2019s terrible,\u201d he told TMZ during an interview in May.<\/p>\n<p>Vogel concluded her comments by suggesting that Hollywood may have been to blame for many of the addiction and mental health issues Hayden struggled with throughout her life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Hayden was an amazingly talented person in so many departments, and I think young people who grow up in the entertainment industry \u2014 it is a struggle and it\u2019s a very challenging industry and it\u2019s not unusual for them to sadly find the wrong path,\u201d she told NBC.<\/p>\n<p>Hayden found success early on with her roles on <em>Guiding Light<\/em> and <em>Heroes<\/em>. But fame took a toll, as it does on many young stars.<\/p>\n<p>A co-star on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/08\/hayden-panettiere-seemed-different-lonely-on-set-of-final-film-costar-claims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hayden\u2019s final film<\/a> described her as seeming \u201clonely\u201d and troubled. And while she had been open about her struggles with substance abuse, fans were under the impression that the worst was behind her.<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, it seems that that may not have been the case. We will have further updates on this developing story as new information becomes available.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/08\/hayden-panettieres-mom-blasts-brian-hickerson-we-were-trying-to-get-rid-of-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 2 minutes As millions of fans try to make sense of the tragic death of Hayden Panettiere, the late actress\u2019 mother has made some shocking remarks about her controversial boyfriend. As we previously reported, Hayden and Brian Hickerson claimed that they\u2019d broken up in 2022, but it appears that they were secretly still [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":258232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-258231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}