Hayden Panettiere and her mother Lesley Vogel at the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences's "Evening with Heroes" event on April 23, 2007. Hayden Panettiere's mom addressed her daughter's ex-boyfriend Brian Hickerson while responding to her sudden death at 36.

Just three months before she died, Hayden disclosed a lot about her complicated past with her mother during an emotional interview with Jay Shetty.

Hayden Panettiere’s estranged mother is laying blame on the star’s abusive boyfriend Brian Hickerson for her sudden death at 36. Lesley Vogel, herself an actress who once managed her daughter’s career until they parted ways during Panettiere’s tenure on Heroes, released a statement on Tuesday slamming Hickerson, 37, for “enabling” her daughter.

Megyn Kelly skewered Hayden Panettiere's parents, Lesley Vogel and Skip Panettiere, on the Tuesday, August 18, episode of "The Megyn Kelly Show" for not doing right by the actress before her sudden death.