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Related: <\/span>Hayden Panettiere on ‘Constant Battle’ to Protect Herself in Emotional Roles<\/span> \n\t\t\tHayden Panettiere channeled her own experiences \u2014 as a each mother and as a former sleepwalker \u2014 when diving into the complex emotions of her latest character. In her latest psychological thriller, Sleepwalker, Panettiere, 36, explores the query of how much a mother can endure as mourning mom Sarah, whose grief after losing her daughter [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Panettiere and Ventimiglia originally got together in 2007 before going their separate ways in February 2009. On the time, a source exclusively told Us<\/em> that there was \u201ca life-style conflict\u201d and that the Heroes<\/em> costars were in \u201cvery different places.\u201d<\/p>\n Looking back on that tumultuous time, Panettiere shares with Us<\/em> that the ultimate days of her relationship with Ventimiglia were hectic, as he broke up together with her after which immediately took her back when she began \u201chysterically\u201d crying. The 2 ultimately split for good a short while later.<\/p>\n Asked whether she thought Ventimiglia only took her back due to her tears, she admits to Us<\/em>, \u201cA hundred percent it was only because I used to be over the bathroom, hysterically crying. It was like my world had crumbled.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt was so out of left field, nothing that big or explosive had happened. Nothing had really gone flawed. No person cheated,\u201d she points out. \u201cI remember the look on his face being pure shock at how visceral and big my negative response was, and he immediately took it back.\u201d<\/p>\n Panettiere met boxer Wladimir Klitschko<\/strong> not long after splitting from Ventimiglia and so they were ultimately together on and off from 2009 to 2018. (They welcomed a daughter, Kaya Evdokia Klitschko, in December 2014.)<\/p>\n The Nashville<\/em> alum officially comes out as bisexual in her memoir, revealing that she never felt comfortable discussing her attraction to women until recently.<\/p>\n You might have successfully subscribed.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \u201cIt was at all times the fear of not being perfect, and what my team was going to give it some thought, what the general public\u2019s opinion was going to be about it,\u201d she tells Us<\/em>. \u201cIt was just never the fitting time, and it was a really difficult topic to articulate properly. I desired to be sure that that I actually sat down and selected my words fastidiously and was in a position to tell my story in an honest way, that folks understood. On one hand, it\u2019s sad that I had to attend till I used to be 36 years old to share that a part of me, but higher late than never, right?\u201d<\/p>\n
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