Hayden Panettiere Comes Out as Bisexual, Mother Questions Timing

Overview

• Panettiere disclosed her bisexuality in an Us Weekly interview tied to promoting her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning.
• Her estranged mother, Lesley Vogel, told the Daily Mail the timing was "interesting" and said her daughter's sexuality was not a secret.
• Vogel said she chose no contact in mid-September 2025 after what she described as years of trauma, chaos, addictions and accusations.
• In the interview, Panettiere said she dated women from a young age but held back out of fear of having to hide a relationship, and she left the door open to reconcile with her mother.
• The book, due May 19, details her struggles with alcohol and opioids, postpartum depression and her brother Jansen’s 2023 death, and outlets like TMZ noted the reveal lands during the publicity push.