{"id":1875,"date":"2026-05-12T19:50:36","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/hayden-panettiere-claims-beauty-brand-canceled-her-contract-over-postpartum-depression-admission\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T19:50:36","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T19:50:36","slug":"hayden-panettiere-claims-beauty-brand-canceled-her-contract-over-postpartum-depression-admission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/hayden-panettiere-claims-beauty-brand-canceled-her-contract-over-postpartum-depression-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Panettiere claims beauty brand canceled her contract over postpartum depression admission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/127561108.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hayden Panettiere revealed that Neutrogena canceled her contract after she admitted to suffering from postpartum depression following the 2014 birth of her daughter, Kaya. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cNashville\u201d actress shared that the major beauty brand \u201ccanceled [her] long-standing contract\u201d for allegedly breaking a morality clause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI labored with Kaya for 14 hours and was in surgery for three hours after she was born,\u201d she writes in an excerpt from her forthcoming memoir, <a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"1538773422\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FThis-Me-Reckoning-Hayden-Panettiere%2Fdp%2F1538773422%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F05%2F12%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fhayden-panettiere-claims-beauty-brand-canceled-her-contract-over-postpartum-depression-admission%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">\u201cThis Is Me: A Reckoning,\u201d<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/article\/hayden-panettiere-my-postpartum-addiction.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obtained by the Cut<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Hayden Panettiere (seen above on a podcast) revealed why Neutrogena canceled her contract.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cHeroes\u201d actress\u2019s public admission to suffering from postpartum depression following the 2014 birth of her daughter (seen above with her parents) led to her contract not being renewed. <span class=\"credit\">Hayden Panettiere\/Twitter<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cMy blood wouldn\u2019t clot during my C-section, so doctors had to close the blood vessels in my uterus to prevent me from bleeding out. I had seven transfusions and ran a fever the entire time,\u201d Panettiere, 36, writes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy uterus had become infected, and the antibiotics I\u2019d been given during labor hadn\u2019t been strong enough to lower my temperature. When I woke up in the recovery room, I was exhausted, disoriented, and racked with pain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cHeroes\u201d alum says she \u201cneeded a drink to function\u201d following the birth of her daughter, whom she shares with ex-fianc\u00e9 Wladimir Klitschko.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Panettiere (seen above at the AOL HQ in 2017) had checked into rehab several times due to an alcohol addiction. <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cNeutrogena canceled my long-standing contract, and it was yet another blow in a year that had given almost nothing else,\u201d she writes in her forthcoming memoir, \u201cThis Is Me: A Reckoning.\u201d<br \/><span class=\"credit\">haydenpanettiere\/instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After multiple times in \u201ctreatment,\u201d Panettiere says she wasn\u2019t herself, costing her her job in \u201cNashville.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe producers had no choice but to write me out of the script temporarily \u2014 something that killed me because I\u2019d always prided myself on my professionalism \u2014 and I issued a statement about where I was going and why,\u201d she pens in the memoir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy fans and the press were hugely sympathetic \u2014 and I\u2019ll always be grateful for that \u2014 but a part of my career I\u2019d come to depend on suffered,\u201d she adds.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Panettiere (seen above in a Neutrogena ad) was signed to the cosmetic company as a spokesperson and face for the brand in 2006. <span class=\"credit\">Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>She starred in several ads and commercials, promoting their beauty products. (Pictured: Panettiere in 2024.)  <span class=\"credit\">GC Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNeutrogena canceled my long-standing contract, and it was yet another blow in a year that had given almost nothing else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The mom of one says though she had everything she wanted \u2014 including a baby, a fianc\u00e9 and a \u201cgreat job\u201d \u2014 she was still unhappy while battling PPD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had postpartum depression, and it sucked. I wanted more than anything to get back to that place of happiness, but I didn\u2019t even know where that place was anymore,\u201d she writes.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Panettiere\u2019s contract concluded around 2016, months after she detailed her experience with postpartum on \u201cLive! with\u00a0Kelly\u00a0and\u00a0Michael.\u201d (Pictured: Panettiere on \u201cGood Morning America\u201d in 2023.) <span class=\"credit\">ABC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>During that appearance, Panettiere (seen above at the \u201cScream VI\u201d premiere in 2023) shared that PPD was \u201csomething completely uncontrollable\u201d and \u201creally painful.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">FilmMagic<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The cosmetic company signed Panettiere as a spokesperson and face for the brand in 2006.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cBring It On: All or Nothing\u201d actress regularly appeared in major worldwide ad campaigns for Neutrogena, promoting their acne wash and more products.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>She also shared how \u201cwomen need a lot of support.\u201d (Pictured: Panettiere on the \u201cToday\u201d show in 2024.) <span class=\"credit\">Nathan Congleton\/NBC via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>On the \u201cJay Shetty\u201d podcast Monday, Panettiere (seen above) said the depression comments were the \u201clast thing\u201d she thought she would get fired for. <span class=\"credit\">Jay Shetty Podcast\/ Youtube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Her 10-year contract concluded around 2016, months after she detailed her experience with postpartum on \u201cLive! with\u00a0Kelly\u00a0and\u00a0Michael.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During that appearance, Panettiere shared that PPD was \u201csomething completely uncontrollable\u201d and \u201creally painful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also shared how \u201cwomen need a lot of support\u201d battling the \u201creally scary\u201d depression.<\/p>\n<p>On the <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/vs6x8VUGXCw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cJay Shetty\u201d podcast<\/a> Monday, Panettiere said Neutrogena firing her over her depression remarks was \u201cthe last thing that I thought they would ever fire me over.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The actress (seen crying above) was heartbroken about how she was treated by the company after they cut ties. <span class=\"credit\">YouTube\/Jay Shetty<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>\u201cThis Is Me: A Reckoning\u201d (seen above) will be released on May 19.  <span class=\"credit\">Grand Central Publishing<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen I got that call that Neutrogena wanted to fire me over that, my representative at the time said, \u2018That\u2019s illegal. You can\u2019t do that,&#8217;\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd even though, you know, she saved the day that year, I know that that was going to be it, I was not going to be invited back the next year,\u201d Panettiere shared.<\/p>\n<p>The actress said she was heartbroken that the people she had worked with for a decade never reached out to see how she was doing after her contract was not renewed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Is Me: A Reckoning\u201d will be released on May 19.<br \/><strong><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/12\/celebrity-news\/hayden-panettiere-claims-beauty-brand-canceled-her-contract-over-postpartum-depression-admission\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hayden Panettiere revealed that Neutrogena canceled her contract after she admitted to suffering from postpartum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1876,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/127561108.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}