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NASHVILLE's Jonathan Jackson & Hayden Panettiere Present At Critics' Choice Awards: On The Red Carpet, Hayden Opens Up About Her Battle With Postpartum Depression

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Sunday night on the televised 21st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards honoring the best in television and film in 2015,  two presenters who fans of ABC’s Nashville have missed seeing together on-screen for several months, got their long-awaited moment.

Star crossed lovers, Nashville’s Avery and Juliette, played by Critics’ Choice Award nominees, Jonathan Jackson (Ex- Lucky, GH) and Hayden Panettiere (Ex-GL and OLTL), took to the stage at the Barkar Hangar in Santa Monica, California to present an award. Meanwhile, Jackson tweeted out this image with him and his co-star.  This was Panettiere’s her first U.S. red carpet and public appearance since entering into a rehab facility back in October of last year during her battle with postpartum depression.  Jonathan attended the ceremony with his wife Elisa Vultaggio (Ex-Hannah, GH).

On the red carpet before the ceremonies, Hayden spoke to several reporters including Page Six about her personal struggles where she explained:  “When (you’re told) about postpartum depression, you think it’s ‘I feel negative feelings towards my child, I want to injure or hurt my child’ — I’ve never, ever had those feelings. Some women do. But you don’t realize how broad of a spectrum you can really experience that on.  It’s something that needs to be talked about. Women need to know that they’re not alone, and that it does heal.”

Panettiere told PEOPLE:  “I’ve been hiding myself.  Just putting out the smiling face, showing people this, and allowing that veil to come down — it’s like a weight off my shoulders.”  Being that this was Hayden’s first appearance in front of the press in U.S since fall of last year,  he added she can now enjoy red carpet events: “… so much more because I don’t feel like I have to hide anymore.”

So, where you glad to see Jonathan and Hayden on stage at the awards ceremonies?  Happy to know Hayden is doing much better and that she will soon be seen in all-new episodes of Nashville when the series returns for the second half of its fourth season this spring? Share your thoughts in the comment section below!

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Love Hayden and glad she is doing better! Nashville is terrific and My friends and I are anxiously awaiting it’s return!

Not into it.

I’m very glad she’s doing better and will be back on screen. I also wish they had both won the award last night!

Wishing her all the best. Those two are great actors.

Johnathon started on General Hospital he was great than and he is fantastic in Nashville I love Hayden and all the cast its a great show good luck

LOVE THE SHOW AND FEEL THESE TWO ADD ALOT TO THE CAST……BOTH ARE WONDERFUL ACTORS.

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Hayden Panettiere Reveals Filming ‘Nashville’ was ‘Traumatizing’; Writers Used Her Personal Struggles with Addiction, Postpartum as Storylines

Nashville and former Guiding Light star, Hayden Panettiere (ex-Lizzie, GL) opened up about her final seasons on the ABC country music primetime drama, where the show touched too close to home for the actress who played lead character, Juliette Barnes.

In an interview with The Messenger, Hayden shared that during the run of the show from 2012-2018, she feels that the writers, more often that not, pulled from her real life while crafting Juliette’s storylines.

Hayden said on the years she spent filming the series that it was “also very traumatizing because I felt like I was acting out my own life.”

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Previously, the actress had shared that her dependency on alcohol and opioids as a teenager led to her dependency in her adult life. In addition, Nashville told the story of Juliette’s postpartum depression, which also mirrored Panettiere’s experience who went through the same thing when her own daughter was born.

Explaining what went down behind the scenes, Hayden recalled: “Straight from the beginning, it was like, I’m dating a football player, (and then) Juliette dates a football player. And then they turned her into an alcoholic. Then they turned to her leaving her daughter and going to this crazy (place) in Europe, and it was very obvious.”

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The actress added, ‘They weren’t doing their homework. They weren’t creating new storylines. They were just looking at my life and going, ‘Oh, let’s just take what she’s going through and put our little spin on it.’ And then, ta-da! It’s done and done.”

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Hayden added that she didn’t have time to care of herself and the pain she was going through physically and emotionally, so she tried to watch mindless TV and shows to help her calm down. Panettiere also felt that when she knew she had to go back to the set of Nashville, she did, “anything to keep my mind off of that because I knew that next day I was going to be back at it again. I was like, tear central. I don’t even think on a soap opera that I cried as much (as I did) on Nashville.”

Hayden is set to make three upcoming appearances of her A Conversation With Hayden Panettiere live series in New York on February 23 and Washington D.C. on February 24.

So, do you think the Nashville writers literally stole creative ideas for the character of Juliette Barnes based on Hayden’s personal struggles? It certainly on paper seems so. Share your thoughts via the comment section below.

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Jonathan Jackson Reunites with Stars from ‘Nashville’ for New Tour Across the UK

He won five Daytime Emmys as General Hospital’s Lucky Spencer and now actor and musician, Jonathan Jackson is scheduled to head to the United Kingdom this fall, when he reunites with some of the cast of the former ABC primetime music city drama, Nashville.

Jackson shared on his Instagram, “This has been in the works for a while, and I’m thrilled to announce that the NASHVILLE cast and I are reuniting for a special UK tour this October. I’m excited about this!”

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On Nashville, Jonathan Jackson starred for six season as Avery Barkley before the series concluded in the summer of 2018, after it moved from ABC to CMT for its final two seasons.

Joining Jonathan on the Nashville reunion tour are his former co-stars Clare Bowen, Charles Esten, and Sam Palladio. The fab four will play shows in Glasgow, Birmingham,  London, and Cardiff, as they tour the UK.

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If you are in the UK and wanted to get your tickets early, the presale is already underway.  The general sale tickets will become available tomorrow on Thursday, March 9, beginning at 9:30 a.m.  Go to Gigs and Tours.com to purchase.

With GH’s 60th anniversary just a few weeks away, do you wish somehow Jonathan Jackson was brought back just for even a little while to reprise his role as Lucky? Would you like to see the ‘Nashville’ tour here in the states? Comment below.

 

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Guiding Light

GL and ‘Nashville’ Alum Hayden Panettiere Loses Her Younger Brother Jansen at 28-Years-Old

Just devastating news to report on Monday evening.  Hayden Panettiere’s (ex-Lizzie, Guiding Light, ex-Juliette, Nashville) younger brother Jansen Panettiere has died at only 28-years-old.

According to TMZ,  Jansen died over the weekend in New York.  His cause of death is not available, but there was no foul play suspected in Jansen’s death.  Police responded to a call and came to a residence at 5:30 p.m. on Sunday where they found Jansen.

As with his sister, Jansen was deep into his acting career and was only five years younger than Hayden.

Throughout his career he appeared in Even Stevens, The X’sTiger CruiseRacing StripesThe Martial Arts Kid, The Walking Dead, Major Crimes, and the holiday film Love and Love Not.

Less than 3 weeks ago, Jansen shared an adorable picture on his Instagram with his hair being cut by his big sister, Hayden.

Jansen is survived by Hayden and their parents, Lesley Vogel and Skip Panettiere.

Send your love and condolences to Hayden and her family on the sudden passing of Jansen via the comment section below.

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