Hayden Panettiere’s ‘second mother’ says actress ‘never stood a chance’ after being raised in Hollywood

Source: New York Post

The lifelong family friend who was a “second mother” to Hayden Panettiere said that the tragic actress “never stood a chance” of escaping her demons after being raised in Hollywood. Linsey Lonberg, who knew the actress since she was a toddler growing up in Rockland County, New York, suggested the actress’ weekend death was all too predictable given the depression and addiction she’d pinned on growing up as a child actor. “She tried and tried and tried to get past her struggles but she was an actress.