Hayden Panettiere: ‘I hit rock bottom,’ was addicted to opioids and alcohol

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People recently. “I’d think I hit rock bottom, but then there’s that trap door that opens.”Panettiere shares a daughter, Kaya, 7, with her ex Wladimir Klitschko, a Ukrainian boxer, and sought help for her health battles for the sake of her family after years of public drama.“I put a lot of work into myself and I had to be willing to be incredibly honest,” she divulged.The “Nashville” alum attended both trauma therapy and inpatient treatment within the last year to help her heal.

She’s even set to make a career comeback with “Scream 6,” portraying her character from the teen horror franchise, Kirby Reed.

Panettiere explained how her sobriety “hasn’t been easy.” “There were a lot of ups and downs,” she said. “But I don’t regret even the ugliest things that have happened to me.

I feel incredibly accomplished. And I feel like I have a second chance.”The mother of one also recalled how when she was a teen child star, her camp would give her “happy pills” before she attended red-carpet events.“They were to make me peppy during interviews,” Panettiere looked back. “I had no idea that this was not an appropriate thing, or what door that would open for me when it came to my addiction.”She then noted that despite being on her drug and alcohol benders, her Hollywood career grew. “My saving grace is that I couldn’t be messy while on set and working,” the “Ice Princess” actress said. “But things kept getting out of control [off set].