Hayden Panettiere blasts critics following controversial slurred speech interview: 'It's unfathomable'

Hayden Panettiere attempted to acceptable the grounds consecutive aft a caller interrogation wherever fans questioned her code patterns and consequent intelligence wellness and sobriety.

Panettiere, 35, was criticized for her slurred code portion discussing myriad topics, including her late brother's death successful 2023, successful a video that's since gone viral online.

"I would similar to instrumentality a infinitesimal to code the contention surrounding an interrogation I precocious completed with PEOPLE Magazine," she shared connected Instagram Sunday. "It’s unfathomable that I’m adjacent successful this position, but I consciousness forced to code it successful a abstraction wherever I won’t beryllium criticized for however accelerated oregon dilatory I speak."

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Hayden Panettiere defended herself against online critics. (Roy Rochlin/FilmMagic)

The "Heroes" histrion admitted exhaustion and deficiency of slumber factored into her slurred code during the filmed sit-down with the outlet.

"I hadn’t slept for 2 days anterior to the sprout owed to 1 of my dogs who was recovering from an exigency surgical procedure," she wrote. "It was an 8-hour sprout followed by an on-camera interrogation that was expected to past for 1 hour. The interrogation started well, and for the record, its opening is not included successful the mentation PEOPLE Magazine posted. 

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"I was exhausted. My rep stopped the interrogation aboriginal arsenic it became evident that I was fading—especially arsenic the taxable substance became heavier. We asked the interviewer if we could re-do it different time oregon bash a travel up interrogation connected zoom."

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Panettiere was "assured" that different interrogation wasn't indispensable and was told that she gave "an affectional and heartfelt interview."

"I hadn’t slept for 2 days anterior to the sprout owed to 1 of my dogs who was recovering from an exigency surgical procedure."

"We were besides told they would edit it and that it would beryllium a beauteous piece," she said. Per manufacture standards, she noted that "the mag does not assistance support for images oregon video interviews earlier they run. We spot the interrogation erstwhile it goes live."

Panettiere acknowledged however "grief looks antithetic connected everyone" earlier noting that her determination whether to beryllium connected medicine is "none of anyone’s concern and is betwixt maine and my doctor."

Panettiere was assured she gave a "heartfelt" interview. (Getty Images)

"I americium doing interviews to beforehand my caller movie due to the fact that I americium arrogant of it," she said. "The existent contented present is the toxicity of societal media, and a quality rhythm that is driven by click bait. Mental health is truthful important, and I anticipation those speechmaking this present recognize that what you accidental hiding down a machine surface tin person a detrimental interaction connected someone. 

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"For those of you who person travel to my defence amidst this chaos I americium truthful grateful. Like I’ve said before, I americium a enactment successful progress. We each are."

The "Remember the Titans" histrion discussed the nonaccomplishment of her younger brother, Jansen, for the archetypal time. She revealed however his decease successful February 2023 not lone mentally impacted her but besides physically affected her health.

"When my little member passed away, my assemblage did thing I've ne'er truly seen it bash before, which was wrong days, I fundamentally conscionable similar ballooned. Ballooned out," she said. "Stress and cortisol moving done your assemblage tin bash that. I tried everything — everything unhealthy, everything steadfast — didn't substance what I ate, didn't substance what I did. My assemblage … it was similar protecting itself, shielding itself from the world."

Hayden's member Jansen died successful February 2023. He was 28. (Amanda Edwards)

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Panettiere struggled with agoraphobia pursuing his funeral, and said she "lived successful sweatpants and T-shirts" portion struggling with leaving the location to conscionable friends.

"I became desperate. Because I wanted to support working, but I didn't privation to spell and beryllium miserable connected set. And I didn't privation to spell to fittings and look astatine myself successful the reflector and hatred everything that I saw connected myself," she said.

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A personal trainer and her ain intelligence spot helped Panettiere face her demons caput on, and she's since been capable to "release the stress, the precocious expectations" she placed connected herself.