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Director Griff Furst this week claimed that he was asked to participate in an “intervention” to help Panettiere.
The director worked with the actress on 2025’s A Breed Apart and he kept in touch with Panettiere’s team after she finished filming the movie.
In a video posted on social media, he explained: “When we wrapped, however, I stayed in touch with her team. What eventually got determined was that she might need an intervention and I got asked to participate.
“I said yes, and that intervention did not happen, at least not that I’m aware of, and I wasn’t leading the charge on that and it wouldn’t have been appropriate for me.
“A producer or director, no matter how certain you are that an actor or crew member is in a bad situation, you don’t have the proof or the benefit of the time to verify it.
“You can adjust the schedule, you can collect internal reporting and you can assign a handler to make sure that that individual is being taken care of as best as they can.”