Hayden Panettiere's death has rocked the entertainment world, after the former child star and Heroes actress was found unresponsive inside an Airbnb in South Carolina on Sunday.
"It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden," her rep told ****** O!. "She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her – and to the millions who watched her onscreen."
Hayden passed away on Sunday in South Carolina (@ FilmMagic)
Authorities arrived on the scene just before 2 p.m. on Sunday after an acquaintance of Hayden's called 911. She was ****** ounced dead shortly thereafter, with police stating that they found no signs of "foul play" or "suspicious circumstances" during their preliminary investigation.
Hayden's life in the spotlight and behind the scenes was far from easy, with the actress battling loss, addiction and trauma over the years. Join ****** O! as we uncover the heartbreaking tragedies she endured before her death at 36.

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Former first lady Dr. Jill Biden said she and former President Joe Biden are "so proud" of Hunter Biden's social media presence
Hunter began posting extensively on social media to address his journey to recovery from drug addiction several months ago
In a now-viral video posted on Instagram in June, Hunter said he was "grateful" for his addiction giving him a platform to help people
Former first lady Dr. Jill Biden said she and President Joe Biden are "so proud" of son Hunter Biden's candid online discussions about his recovery from addiction.
"You know, that he can be so honest and say things other people won't say, and feel comfortable with it because he's been through it," Jill, 75, said on the Monday, Aug. 17, episode of The Jamie Kern Lima Show.

#first #lady #proud

Millions of fans are mourning Hayden Panettiere after the heartbreaking news that she passed away at the age of 36 on August 16. With new details emerging, it's been revealed that she traveled from Los Angeles to South Carolina just one day before her sudden death, spending her final hours inside an apartment where emergency crews would later rush to save her.
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The "Heroes" and "Nashville" actress, 36, was found unresponsive Sunday afternoon inside a residence at the Judson Mill Lofts in Greenville. She had been temporarily staying at the property, which Page Six confirmed was an Airbnb.
Panettiere had flown to South Carolina on Saturday with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Brian Hickerson. Sources told TMZ that Hickerson and his brother were living in the apartment, but it's unclear who was inside when Panettiere was found.
A neighbor told Page Six she appeared to spend most, if not all, of her brief stay inside the unit. They said they were "shocked" to find out she was there. "I don't know that she was there long, and I'm not sure she even ever left the apartment, they told the outlet.

#panettiere #inside #carolina #page

Narcan was reportedly found at the scene of Hayden Panettiere's death.
The drug, which is typically used to reverse an opioid overdose, was found on a mattress in the apartment in Greenville, South Carolina, where the former child star died, TMZ reported.
Panettiere had travelled from her home in Los Angeles to Greenville, South Carolina, for a weekend trip with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Brian Hickerson.
The Nashville alum died after an "overdose", according to 911 dispatch audio obtained by Page Six. Panettiere was **** ounced dead at 2.32pm on 16 August. She was 36 years old.
The actor had been open about her struggles with opioid addiction and alcohol. She told People in July 2022 that her addiction spiralled so far "out of control" at one point that she "couldn't live" without them.
She revealed that she was first offered "happy pills" prior to walking red carpets when she was 15 years old.

#opioid #died

Hayden Panettiere wasn't afraid to get candid about her ups and downs, and what they cost her, before her untimely death.
On August 16, 2026, the Bring It On: All or Nothing actress was found unresponsive at an apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina, having suffered from an apparent overdose and cardiac arrest, days away from her 37th birthday.
In the months before her passing, she released her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, in which she opened up about her battle with addiction as well as postpartum depression, and her relationship with her daughter.
Hayden in September 2024 (@ Getty Images)
In 2018, the Nashville alum relinquished custody of her daughter Kaya, then around four years old, in an effort to focus on rehabilitating from her struggles with addiction and postpartum depression.

#addiction #postpartum #august #nothing

Hayden Panettiere reportedly carried intense guilt over living apart from her daughter, Kaya, even after explaining that she had not been in the right mental state to raise her at the time. An insider claimed the custody decision continued to trouble the actress, who wrote candidly about motherhood, postpartum depression, and addiction in her memoir, "This Is Me: A Reckoning."
"Hayden's been racked with guilt about not being the mother she wanted for her child and allowing her ex-fiancé to bring up Kaya," the source told the Daily Mail. "She didn't believe she was in the right mental state to be a good mother at the time. It bothered her greatly."
The guilt reportedly existed alongside other painful relationships in Panettiere's life, including an estrangement from her mother and the abuse she said she endured during her turbulent romance with Brian Hickerson.
Panettiere recalled that Kaya's 2014 birth quickly became a frightening medical crisis. Doctors reportedly declared a "code crimson" emergency after Panettiere's blood would not clot following a C-section. She underwent a three-hour operation and later learned that her uterus had become infected. The traumatic delivery was followed by an equally difficult emotional period.
Panettiere described bonding with her newborn as an "insurmountable task," admitting that she "felt nothing" toward her daughter. She characterized the experience as "a total blackout of emotion."

#daughter

Like most people, handling death and grief was no easy feat for Hayden Panettiere.
The actress, popularly known for her roles in the "Scream" franchise, had previously opened up about handling the reality of death, especially that of a close loved one. She wasn't one to hide her struggles from the world, as she was open about her battles with addiction and postpartum depression.
Hayden Panettiere suddenly passed away on August 16 in South Carolina, less than a week before her 37th birthday.
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First responders and medical personnel showed up at a home in Greenville, South Carolina, in response to a 911 call about an "unresponsive female" in "cardiac arrest." TMZ obtained the dispatch audio of the responders sending medics to the home to perform CPR, though it is unclear which of Panettiere's friends found her and made the call.

#panettiere #carolina #handling

Less than 24 hours before Hayden Panettiere was found unresponsive at a South Carolina home, the actress was photographed boarding a flight out of Los Angeles with her on-again, off-again boyfriend, Brian Hickerson.
The following afternoon, emergency responders were dispatched after a 911 caller reported an apparent overdose and cardiac arrest involving the Heroes alum, according to audio obtained by People on Monday, August 17. She was ****** ounced dead at 2:32 p.m.
TMZ reported that Panettiere and Hickerson were seen at LAX on Saturday, August 15, before boarding a flight to Greenville, South Carolina. The outing marked her final public appearance before her death.
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The couple's relationship over the years has been contentious. They first began dating in 2018 before a series of breakups and reconciliations. Earlier this year, the Nashville actress wrote about their volatile relationship in her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning. She also detailed her struggles with addiction.

#hickerson #august #flight

Hayden Panettiere's death follows the loss of her "best friend" and younger brother, Jansen Panettiere, and the fracturing of her relationship with her mother.
The "Scream" actress, who died Aug. 16 after authorities found her "unresponsive" at an apartment complex in South Carolina, heavily struggled with the 2023 death of her brother from cardiomegaly (or an enlarged heart), coupled with aortic valve complications, at age 28.
"He was my only sibling, and it was my job to protect him," Panettiere told People in 2024. "When I lost him, I felt like I lost half of my soul."
In her recent memoir "This Is Me: A Reckoning," Panettiere revealed the former child actor was heavily abusing drugs, including crack and heroin, before he died.
Hayden Panettiere wrote about addiction in book months before death

#jansen

Hayden Panettiere recently spoke about her daughter during a May event to promote her memoir
"I'll continue protecting her, especially while she's young," she said of her daughter Kaya, 11
The Heroes actress died suddenly on August 16
Hayden Panettiere spoke about what she hoped her daughter would learn from her memoir, months before the actress' sudden death at age 36.
The Nashville star, who died on Sunday, Aug. 16, recently appeared at a book event for her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, on May 26. During the panel, she said she hoped the book would resonate with her daughter Kaya, 11. In recent years, Panettiere had been candid about her traumatic childbirth and postpartum depression, as well as her struggles with addiction. She has also discussed her decision to allow her former fiancé Wladimir Klitschko to have full custody of their daughter.

#hayden #spoke

Hayden Panettiere said she had "a lot more life to live" during one of her final interviews in the months before her death at age 36.
In May, the Heroes and Nashville actor spoke about her optimism after years of "darkness" and mental health struggles in an emotional, filmed interview with podcaster Jay Shetty ahead of the release of her memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning.
"I finally feel like I have shaken off all of this darkness and this negativity," the former child star said. "I've closed one door and another door is opened."
She added, "I can feel all the exciting possibilities. I feel like I have a lot more life to live."
In the years before her death, Panettiere was open about her experience with addiction to opioids and alcohol as well as postpartum depression following the birth of her daughter, Kaya, in 2014.

#darkness

American actress and star of Heroes and Nashville, Hayden Panettiere has died at 36-no cause of death has been made available at this time.
Known for her TV roles as Claire Bennet on the series Heroes and Juliette Barnes on Nashville, and played Kirby Reed in the Scream franchise-Hayden Panettiere has died at the age of 36 on Sunday, August 16, 2026. ABC News was the first to report on the news, with which her family's representative provided a statement. Panettiere died in South Carolina, and the investigation into her death is still "ongoing"-according to her representative. Panettiere's father asked for privacy "as our family takes time to process this unimaginable loss."
"It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden," her father, Alan Lee "Skip" Panettiere, said in a statement to ABC News on Sunday. "She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her-and to the millions who watched her onscreen." While many know Hayden Panettiere for her roles in Heroes and Nashville, she was also remembered in other films: A Bug's Life, Remember the ****** ans, I Love You, Beth Cooper, Raising Helen, Ice Princess, Scream 4, and Scream 6.
In the video game world, Hayden Panettiere is widely known to voice Kairi in Kingdom Hearts, Kingdom Hearts II, and Birth by Sleep. She also voiced Xion in Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance. This is especially tragic, as Kingdom Hearts IV news was just announced at D23 2026. One of the most surprising VA roles for Panettiere in a video game was Supermassive Games' Until Dawn, where she voiced and had her likeness used for the character Samantha "Sam" Giddings. Her performance enhance and push the interactive drama, survival-horror genre across the video games industry.
Panettiere has been quite honest about her struggles from childhood stardom, going into adulthood. She released a memoir this past May called This Is Me: A Reckoning. In the memoir, she shared "a rare and intimate glimpse into her life behind closed doors, opening up about postpartum depression, addiction and recovery, trauma, domestic abuse, and loss," according to a synopsis for her book. In recent interviews and in the memoir, she spoke on her difficulties following her role on Nashville.

#nashville #died #roles

In Hollywood's ongoing reckoning with child stardom, Hayden Panettiere shared the dark sides of a career in the spotlight.
The "Nashville" and "Ice Princess" star has died at 36, her representative confirmed in a statement to USA TODAY on Sunday, Aug. 16. A cause of death has not yet been shared.
Months before her death, the actress opened up in her memoir "This Is Me: A Reckoning" about childhood fame, crossing nefarious actors in her teens and addiction as an adult. In recent interviews about the memoir, Panettiere reflected that she was "groomed" to be a "little soldier" throughout her early career, which included roles in the soap opera "One Life to Live" and the animated "A Bug's Life."
Much of Panettiere's memoir grappled with grief, especially the death of her younger brother, Jansen Panettiere, and the years she lost to addiction. She wrote about relinquishing custody of her then 2-year-old daughter Kaya after struggling with postpartum depression and addiction. And, like many of her famous peers, Panettiere grieved the "chance to have a 'normal' childhood."
When Panettiere was just 4, her mother pushed her through the busy Manhattan streets from audition to audition, bookending each call with the phrase "Don't phone it in." Praised for her tears and dramatic expressions, Panettiere reflected that she "began to ***** ociate catastrophe with adoration."

#death #memoir

Hayden Panettiere was always candid about the complicated journey that shaped her relationship with her only child, daughter Kaya Evdokia Klitschko.
The Heroes and Nashville actress died on Sunday, Aug. 16, at age 36, her representative confirmed to PEOPLE. Further details surrounding her death have not been released.
Panettiere is survived by her 11-year-old daughter, whom she welcomed with former fiancé Wladimir Klitschko in December 2014.
In the months before her death, Panettiere spoke openly about Kaya in her May 2026 memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, and during an appearance that same month on Jay Shetty's On Purpose podcast. She reflected on everything from her traumatic childbirth and postpartum depression to her struggles with addiction and the devastating decision to allow Klitschko to have full custody of their daughter.
Despite living apart for years, Panettiere said in her memoir that her bond with Kaya remained "incredibly strong."

#memoir #heroes

Hayden Panettiere, who starred in "Remember the **** ans" as a child actor and rose to fame in the sci-fi series "Heroes," has died at the age of 36, her representative confirmed to CBS News.
"It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden," Panettiere's father, Skip Panettiere, said in a statement through the rep. "She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her- and to the millions who watched her onscreen. We ask for privacy as our family takes time to process this unimaginable loss."
Details surrounding Panettiere's death were not released.
The actress's career spanned more than three decades, starring in both movies and television, including in the "Scream" horror film series and the TV drama "Nashville."
In recent months, Panettiere spoke publicly about the struggles of life in the spotlight as a young actor. She released her memoir, "This Is Me: A Reckoning," in May, detailing her childhood and her experiences with addiction, physical abuse and her recovery.

#released #heroes #skip

After seven years of much-publicized sobriety, Brad Pitt earlier this month told Esquire that he is "back off the wagon." Given that Pitt has spent the last few years publicly volunteering information about his alcohol use and subsequent sobriety, his casual revelation that he now drinks "in a more restrained manner" raised more than a few eyebrows and spurred a wave of headlines.
Initially, I was wary of commenting on the news. Brad Pitt's sobriety is none of my business. But I'm also a sober journalist who writes a newsletter about addiction recovery; whether or not a person with a history of alcohol addiction can moderate their alcohol use after a period of sobriety is among the most frequent questions I receive.
Whether or not a person with a history of alcohol addiction can moderate their alcohol use after a period of sobriety is among the most frequent questions I receive.
Given that Pitt has repeatedly spoken publicly about his struggles with alcohol and subsequent sobriety, discussing the latest development feels like fair game.
The story also raises a second issue worth exploring: the redemptive recovery narrative as public image rehabilitation.

#sobriety #given #subsequent

Kaia Gerber has made a rare comment about her brother Presley Gerber's addiction battle.
In an interview for the September 2026 issue of U.S. Vogue magazine, the model-actress opened up about her older sibling's issues, which the journalist labelled a "decade-long struggle with drug addiction".
Kaia and Presley are the children of supermodel Cindy Crawford and entrepreneur Rande Gerber.
"My parents for most of our lives were very, very private and didn't share anything - and now we have this absolute teacher, my brother, who says, 'I'm gonna be very human for everyone,'" she told the outlet. "There's only so much you can hide from the world. And trying to put a lid on something just makes the person feel like you're ashamed of them."
Last December, Presley, 27, revealed he had been prescribed medication for his mental health and had been sober since July 2025.
And Kaia acknowledged that she often attempted to be the "easy one" for her parents.

#kaia #presley #gerber #brother

Kaia Gerber recently opened up about how her brother Presley Gerber's struggles with drug addiction affected her and their parents, Cindy Crawford and Rande Gerber.
"When something like that happens in a family, it kind of levels everyone," the model, 24, admitted in an interview with Vogue published on Tuesday, August 11. "I think that's also why I started to self-identify as the easy one and never wanted to ask for help. Because it felt like too much to have two children who were needing."
The Shards actress went on to express how proud she is of her older brother for being open about his troubles.
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"My parents for most of our lives were very, very private and didn't share anything — and now we have this absolute teacher, my brother, who says, 'I'm gonna be very human for everyone,'" Kaia shared. "There's only so much you can hide from the world. And trying to put a lid on something just makes the person feel like you're ashamed of them."

#kaia #much

Many of Hollywood's sober stars have spoken openly about their journeys to sobriety with the public.
Jamie Lee Curtis, Dax Shepard and Anthony Hopkins, for example, are among the celebrities who have been sober for decades. The latter actor penned a memoir **** led We Did OK, Kid that chronicled his career and "the low points in his personal life," including his addiction, in 2025 — the same year that he celebrated 50 years of sobriety.
Fight Club actor Brad Pitt, meanwhile, stopped drinking for seven years and recently revealed that he is no longer sober, explaining he now drinks alcohol "in a more restrained manner."
"I got overconfident a couple times, went, Yep, nope, not good for me," he said in an August 2026 interview with Esquire. "Not in big quantities."
Here are 13 celebrities who have opened up about their sobriety over the years.

#years #many

Carly Simon and James Taylor were a power couple of the 1970s, but behind closed doors, drug addiction and infidelity led to the demise of their marriage.
The "You're So Vain" singer and "Fire and Rain" hitmaker tied the knot when he was 26, and she was 30 after dating for just a year.
Despite making sweet music together during the height of their fame, Carly and James' home life was less harmonious, resulting in a divorce and decades of silent treatment from James.
Find out more about Carly and James' "doomed" marriage below.
James and Carly started dating in 1971

#james #you 're #vain

Robin Williams rose to fame on Mork & Mindy after studying at Juilliard
The actor earned critical acclaim with roles in Good Morning, Vietnam and Good Will Hunting
Williams dealt with addiction throughout his life but credited his children for inspiring his commitment to sobriety
Robin Williams changed what good comedy looks like.
The Oscar-winning entertainer was born in Chicago and knew he had a knack for making people laugh from a young age. He went on attend Julliard where he studied in the theater department but left in 1976 to pursue stand-up comedy.

#good #comedy #mork #juilliard

Tucker Carlson admitted to feeling regret for going after Hunter Biden on his shows for years.
In a two-hour conversation with Joe Biden's son on "The Tucker Carlson Show," the host reflected on the finger-pointing he did on his show on more than one occasion. In particular, Carlson felt badly for repeatedly calling out Biden while the former first son was struggling with addiction, saying "finger-pointing is unhelpful, except when we point fingers at ourselves."
"It's very important to say — that's kind of what I was inarticulately trying to express to you, which is like, it gets the rest of us off the hook to point to one guy and be like, 'It's all his fault. It's like actually, it's all of our fault, including mine,'" Carlson said. "And I, you know, famously advocated for the Iraq War, and thought that was the last stupid thing I was ever going to do. Turns out it wasn't. I advocated for all kinds of things that I now regret advocating for."
Biden jumped in to quip: "Particularly the things that you said about me."
"Deep regret," Carlson responded. "No, I do actually. I mean, I regret in the sense that, as someone who has dealt with addiction, not quite as in an exciting way as you did, but I've been there for sure. You know, extending grace to people who are out of their minds. You would think I would do that. I should have done that more. I do regret that."

#show #pointing

Anya Taylor-Joy says she avoids method acting, calling acting a "controlled psychosis" requiring balance and collaboration
She is best known for her roles in The Witch and The Queen's Gambit and continues to pursue ambitious projects
Taylor-Joy will next star in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum and Dune: Part Three
Anya Taylor-Joy has built a career playing characters who live on the edge.
From a Puritan girl haunted by supernatural forces to a chess prodigy battling addiction and a post-apocalyptic warrior fighting for survival, the actress, 30, has earned a reputation for disappearing into some of film and television's most memorable roles. But despite the emotional intensity she brings to the screen, Taylor-Joy says there's one acting technique she has never adopted: method acting.

#roles #gambit #rings

Emily Willis's mother, Yesenia Cooper, has shared an update on the current progress of her daughter's recovery.
As you'll recall, previous reports dating back to early 2024 revealed that Willis, a former adult film star, had been found unresponsive in her room at a rehab center in Malibu where she had been receiving treatment for ketamine addiction. Legal action followed, with the AVN Award winner's family recently reaching a $3 million settlement with the facility.
Now, per a report from TMZ citing Cooper, Willis's health is showing noteworthy improvements, though she is still unable to communicate verbally. Instead, she's said to be communicating with head and eye movements, with her mother cited in the Thursday (July 30) report as estimating that her daughter can presently understand roughly 80 percent of what's happening.
Willis, who's working with therapists in Mexico at the moment, is said to be in the process of relearning to walk after enduring numerous surgeries. Additional procedures, possibly in Spain, are also said to potentially be on the horizon. For now, Willis is still not able to eat without **** istance, but she has continued to show improvements more generally, including sleeping on her own and watching TV.
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#mother #improvements #malibu

Samantha Morton has opened up about her turbulent, traumatic childhood.
The Odyssey star described some of the hardships ***** ociated with growing up in "foster families, homeless hostels".
Samantha, who plays Circe in Christopher Nolan's blockbuster epic, explained she had had no choice but to become "resilient" after her parents, who suffered from mental health and addiction problems, struggled to support her and her seven siblings.
"Someone told me I was resilient when I was younger," the actress, 49, told The Sunday Times. "But sometimes you've got no choice other than to be resilient because if you are not you're dead."
The BAFTA winner said she had spent her younger years in unstable accommodation, including stints of homelessness.
"I went pillar to post with foster families, homeless hostels, sleeping by the bins at the back of the Co-op, because it was too dangerous to go back to the children's home because of the abuse," Samantha recalled.

#younger #back

Sky Sports's new documentary is stacked with sobering soundbites. In one scene, boxing coach Joe Gallagher recalls hearing a mother ask her son: "Are all the lows worth that one high?" The answer, of course, was "yes". As Gallagher puts it: "Everyone wants their own Rocky story."
But as Sky explores, that doesn't always mean a rousing underdog story. Rocky's sequels showed Sylvester Stallone's character struggling with retirement, and this is the premise of The Final Round.
Releasing on Friday, the film features interviews with former world champions like Johnny Nelson and Josh Warrington, while Gallagher and Dominic Ingle are among the coaches to speak, promoter Eddie Hearn features, and commentator Andy Clarke weaves together themes of "addiction", sacrifice, and ego.
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The documentary even includes one of the final interviews with the late, great Ricky Hatton, whose internal fights after retiring matched any that he had in the ring.

#johnny #nelson #story #interviews

If behind-the-scenes dirt on the skeletons in people's closets is your thing, get ready for Season 2 of VICE TV's "Dark Side of the Cage."
VICE Studios on Thursday announced a new seven-episode season of the show with a premiere set for Sept. 1 at 9 p.m. ET on VICE TV. The season premiere episode features UFC Hall of Famer Don Frye, "whose willingness to absorb brutality in the cage led to the fight of his life against pain and addiction."
Of particular interest to many, most likely, later in the season will be an episode featuring longtime fighter Phil Baroni, who remains in prison in Mexico on a charge of murder. A teaser video for the season shows a clip of a phone interview with Baroni and him saying his lawyers won't be happy he did the interview.
"From house-fire heroism to SWAT stand-offs to full-blown arena riots, season two of Dark Side of the Cage pulls back the curtain on MMA's most extreme highs and devastating lows," the official show pitch says. "'Dark Side of the Cage' cuts through the glamour and glory of the MMA spectacle to reveal the never-before-told stories behind the sport's most iconic competitors, told by the fighters themselves."
Other episodes, according to VICE TV, will feature ****** o Ortiz, Jason "Mayhem" Miller, Chael Sonnen and Mark Coleman. Additionally, the season "will shed new light on one of the most heated feuds in UFC history: Conor McGregor vs. Khabib Nurmagomedov."

#vice #dark #episode #show

Ron Howard has spoken about the "regret" he has over his brother's addiction.
The filmmaker, 72, has told how his younger brother Clint, now 67, began experimenting with drugs and alcohol as a young adult.
"I had been really strictly controlled as a kid. My parents must have been worried about kidnapping and other things," Howard said in an interview on In Depth with Graham Bensinger.
"So I pushed mom and dad. To give him more freedom and more flexibility. And even when Clint was starting to smoke pot and things like that... I wasn't using any drugs, but I had really good friends who were and were highly functional and socially responsible about it. And I just I said, 'You know, this is not, it's not a nightmare. This is changing times, relax,' " he continued.
He revealed that in hindsight, he felt like "a voice kind of telling them to back off as parents," adding if they hadn't been so lenient, "they might have been able to do something." He admitted, "And so those are regrets that I have."
The Rush filmmaker said that looking back, "That was a difficult, heartbreaking time and thing to witness. It was terrifying, and I wasn't sure Clint was going to make it out. I don't think mom and dad were sure he was going to make it out."

#drugs #really #like #wasn 't

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies slugger Bryce Harper said he did not know a Cameo video he recorded would be used by FanDuel as a reward for a VIP customer who later sued the sportsbook, saying it took advantage of his gambling addiction.
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported last week that a fan named Terry Thompson had wagered $18.5 million with FanDuel and was eventually rewarded with a personalized video from Harper.
In the video, Harper addressed the fan by name and even mentioned the man's young son. Harper shared a screenshot Monday of the request on Cameo, an app that allows users to pay celebrities to record custom videos.
"Had I known FanDuel's true intent, I would not have made the video," Harper said. "The same is true had I known anything about Terry or his situation."
The Inquirer reported Thompson lost $1.5 million, according to a lawsuit that the Public Health Advocacy Institute filed in March in Common Pleas Court in Philadelphia on behalf of Thompson and against FanDuel and DraftKings. Thompson also was reported to have lost money to DraftKings.

DustinPoirier has shared intimate details about his father'sstruggles with alcoholism and its influence on him.

Poirier (30-10) was recently arrested at Hartsfield-Jackson AtlantaInternational Airport for public drunkenness. While the formerUltimate Fighting Championship star was traveling to SouthFlorida, he started drinking during the layover in Atlanta. He wasthen denied entry to his flight, following which he uttered aracial slur and threatened to fight a police officer, got arrestedand was later released on bail.

He recently revealed that the alcohol binge that led to the arrestwas partly triggered by memories of his father. "The Diamond"claims his father has been a lifelong victim of alcohol addiction,which led to estrangement from friends and family.

"He's ruined his marriages; he's ruined his relationships, hisfriendships. He's ruined his relationship with his kids," Poiriersaid on "The Diary of a CEO" podcast. "My little brother is kind ofoff and on talking to him, but he has two kids that don't speak tohim at all. And won't. He's been in jail plenty of times foralcohol related stuff. If I could paint a picture, what you thinkof a classic drunk or alcoholic. Very selfish and continues to goback to it."
Despite Poirier's efforts to help, his father is shockinglyhomeless now. While he knows he's not responsible for his father'splight, the former UFC lightweight just couldn't help ponderingover it while traveling on Father's Day, leading to his altercationand arrest at the airport.

"He is actually homeless right now. Part of that, me getting introuble at the airport was… It's not my weight to carry. I tried tohelp him out and he is back on the street," he added. "It is almostas if he doesn't want help. On Father's Day, I was travelling towork, and I just couldn't stop thinking about my father. And Istarted drinking at the airport, and that's kind of what led to theincident."