Justin Chatwin Blasts Hollywood Support Failures After Hayden Panettiere Dies at 36
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 22
Justin Chatwin Blasts Hollywood Support Failures After Hayden Panettiere Dies at 36
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 22
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Preliminary autopsy results found no trauma contributing to Hayden Panettiere’s death, though her official cause and manner of death remain under investigation after she was found in cardiac arrest at her South Carolina home on Aug. 16.
Justin Chatwin, Panettiere’s co-star in January thriller “Sleepwalker,” said her death left him angry at an entertainment industry he believes fails people dealing with trauma and addiction.
Chatwin said Panettiere was among his favorite collaborators but sensed deep pain when they reunited, describing the toll of family struggles, addiction and two decades in Hollywood.
The actor said that pain extends beyond Hollywood, calling trauma and addiction a wider U.S. epidemic and urging more support, awareness and caution around roles that reopen unresolved wounds.
Panettiere, 36, had publicly discussed addiction and grief in her 2026 memoir and after her brother Jansen’s 2023 death, while focusing recently, Chatwin said, simply on being happy.