Hayden Panettiere Death: What Actress Said About Daughter Kaya

Hayden Panettiere had high hopes for her daughter Kaya’s future. 

Just months before the Heroes alum’s tragic death at age 36, she detailed what she wanted for her and ex Wladimir Klitschko’s daughter in the future. 

“I started getting calls from my 11-year-old being interested in the industry so that’s more of a nail bitter,” Panettiere shared in an interview with E! News in May. “I always want to support whatever she wants to do but I am trying to guide her toward, ‘Let’s not rush into anything.’”

Indeed, while Panettiere started her career as an actor at just 11 months old, she had a different trajectory in mind for her daughter. 

“‘Why don’t you try a few things out and have a college experience,’” Panettiere recalled telling her. “She still has the ability to fly under the radar and once you give that up you don’t get it back. Once you’re out there and you’re famous and known, there is no getting your privacy back.”

Meanwhile, Panettiere noted how her memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning could provide an important guide for her daughter in the future when it comes to exploring her struggles with postpartum depression.