{"id":576792,"date":"2026-08-22T10:32:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T10:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/576792\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T10:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T10:32:09","slug":"neutrogena-breaks-silence-on-hayden-panettiere-criticism-after-actors-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/576792\/","title":{"rendered":"Neutrogena breaks silence on Hayden Panettiere criticism after actor\u2019s death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Criticism of the company intensified after comments resurfaced from Panettiere\u2019s 2026 memoir and a podcast appearance, in which she alleged Neutrogena ended its relationship with her in 2015 after she spoke publicly about her postpartum depression.<\/p>\n

Neutrogena announced plans to make a \u201csignificant investment\u201d in a community health partner to improve access to support services for women, including postpartum depression care.<\/p>\n

Panettiere died on August 16 at the age of 36 after she was found unresponsive at a residence in Greenville, South Carolina.<\/p>\n

The Heroes and Nashville star was pronounced dead at 2.32pm after emergency crews performed advanced cardiac life support for cardiac arrest. <\/p>\n

She was discovered at a Greenville Airbnb by Zach Hickerson, the brother of her on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson.<\/p>\n

An autopsy found no signs of trauma<\/a> but the official cause of death remains undetermined pending toxicology results and further medical studies. <\/p>\n

However, a leaked 911 dispatch<\/a> audio referenced a \u201csuspected overdose\u201d, while media reports said Narcan, an opioid overdose-reversal medication, was found at the scene. <\/p>\n

\"NeutrogenaNeutrogena has expressed regret and acknowledges its former brand ambassador Hayden Panettiere felt \u201cunsupported during a very difficult time\u201d. Photo \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n

Authorities have not confirmed whether an overdose contributed to her death.<\/p>\n

Her death came three months after the publication of her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, in which she spoke candidly about her struggles with addiction<\/a>, postpartum depression and domestic abuse. <\/p>\n

In the days after her death, Panettiere\u2019s mother, Lesley Vogel, raised concerns about Brian Hickerson\u2019s presence in her daughter\u2019s life. <\/p>\n

Hickerson previously served jail time after a domestic violence case involving the actor. Vogel said the family had been trying to \u201cget rid of\u201d him for some time and described him as a negative influence.<\/p>\n

Panettiere is survived by her 11-year-old daughter, Kaya, whom she shared with former fiance Wladimir Klitschko.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Criticism of the company intensified after comments resurfaced from Panettiere\u2019s 2026 memoir and a podcast appearance, in which…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":576793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[6946,74,534,4463,38501,13912,2562,1656,3054,634,3419,13487,156,63787,5836,20494,282156,111,139,69,90,1523,224853,281766,27874,7241,11165,3621,102],"class_list":["post-576792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-actors","tag-after","tag-amid","tag-brand","tag-breaks","tag-broken","tag-claims","tag-company","tag-criticism","tag-death","tag-depression","tag-discussing","tag-entertainment","tag-hayden","tag-lost","tag-mounting","tag-neutrogena","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-on","tag-over","tag-panettiere","tag-panettieres","tag-postpartum","tag-publicly","tag-silence","tag-skincare","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/576793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}