Hayden Panettiere Breaks Silence On ‘Heartbreaking’ Decision To Give Up Custody Of Her Daughter

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Hayden Panettiere speak out about the transfer of custody of the daughter Therefore in a clip for a new episode of the Facebook video series The Red Table Talk, was released on Tuesday, September 27. The actress, 33, admitted to giving up custody of her 7-year-old child to her ex-boyfriend. Wladimir Klitschko, 46, completely “heartbreaking” for her, in a clip shared by Everyone. “It’s very annoying. I mean, that’s the worst. Signing those papers was the most heartbreaking thing I’ve ever had to do in my life,” she said.

Hayden was emotional as he explained about signing papers to give full custody to Wladimir. “The papers are to give him full custody. I’ll get on with myself, and I’ll get better, and when I get better, things can change, and she can come to me, and I can have my time with her. but that didn’t happen,” she explained.

Earlier in the discussion, it seemed she was referring to the struggles she was facing at the time. Hayden revealed that she has struggled with alcohol and opioid abuse in a July interview with People. She said that giving up custody would probably be different if there was another conversation. “It was not a discussion,” she explained. “If he comes to me and says, ‘You know, I think because of where you are right now and the difficulties you’re having, it would be good for her to stay here with me for a while,’ which, I’d probably have enough of a conversation to say, ‘Okay, that makes sense. I got it. I will go there to visit ‘and things like that. “

Despite how difficult it was to give up custody of their daughter, it seems that Hayden and Wladimir now have a strong co-parenting relationship. Kaya has been living with her father in Europe, and while Russia previously invaded Ukraine in 2022, Hayden revealed that her daughter was evacuated from the country and safe, as Wladimir fought to protect Ukraine.