Hayden Panettiere’s estranged mother, Lesley Vogel, has hit back at Gayle King after the CBS Mornings host criticized her response to her daughter’s death. The Heroes star died August 16 after being found in cardiac arrest at a Greenville, South Carolina, apartment. It’s unconscionable to me.” The Independent has contacted King’s representatives for comment.
After Panettiere’s death, Vogel told NBC News: “I think Hayden was an amazingly talented person in so many departments and I think young people who grow up in the entertainment industry — it is a struggle and it's a very challenging industry and it’s not unusual for them to sadly find the wrong path. On CBS Mornings, King lashed out at Vogel’s statement. New subscribers only. £9.99/mo. after free trial.
Plan auto-renews until cancelled. This revenue helps to fund journalism across The Independent. The Nashville star spoke openly about her strained relationship with her mother, who was her manager during her rise to fame as a child star.
The two were estranged at the time of Panettiere’s death, and the actor had told podcaster Jay Shetty in May that Vogel “didn’t care to have a relationship with me.” Vogel served as Panettiere’s manager from the time she was just an infant. The actor opened up about her relationship with her mother in an interview with The Independent in May. But I knew that if I wasn’t honest about my relationship with her, I wouldn’t be being honest at all.
She’s a huge part of the person I am today.” Panettiere cut professional ties with Vogel at the age of 19, while working on Heroes. In her memoir, released earlier this year, she said she asked Vogel to meet her in her trailer and begged her to just be her mother. Vogel, Panettiere claimed, “picked up her purse, clenched her jaw, and looked straight at me.
Then she turned around and walked out of my trailer ... I knew I’d done the right thing, but I sensed something in me had died.” Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies
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