Hayden Panettiere opened up about her unplanned acting break more than one year before her untimely and shocking death. “I had taken four years off. Didn’t know or plan to, but that’s just the way it panned out,” Panettiere exclusively told Us back in 2025. “And I desperately needed it.” Panettiere explained at the time that it was “never” on her mind to take a step back from the spotlight, adding that her unscheduled break “happened organically.” She went on to explain that the time away made it possible for her to return to show business while being at a “different place...