Hayden Panettiere Has Become 'Secretive' & Cut Out Friends Amidst Reunion With Abusive Ex Brian Hickerson
30.03.2022 - 22:11
/ perezhilton.com
[Warning: Potentially Triggering Content] We don’t think we’re the only ones concerned about Hayden Panettiere.
The actress has been spotted hanging out with her ex Brian Hickerson a few times over the last several months, but their reunion was seemingly confirmed when the pair were caught in a bar brawl together last week. The incident was particularly notable because Hickerson is still on parole after serving time for domestic violence against Hayden herself.
Related: Brian Reportedly Tried To Blackmail Hayden Into Dropping Domestic Violence Charges
As we’ve discussed before, it’s not uncommon for victims of abuse to return to their abuser, sometimes multiple times before breaking the cycle for good. But despite the familiarity of this pattern, a source for Us Weekly claimed that Hayden believes the cycle has already ended:
The fight outside the Sunset Marquis would suggest otherwise, although a representative for the Nashville star insisted that someone else incited the fight after Brian “made a comment to an individual about leaving the waitress a poor tip.” The Us insider shared:
Amidst this controversial relationship being rekindled, the Heroes alum is supposedly cutting anyone who is “anti-Brian” out of her life. The source revealed:
Ugh, that is so heartbreaking to hear. Isolating someone from their friends and family is another common hallmark of an abusive relationship, so this doesn’t bode well for their reunion to be truly different than the last time.
And the 32-year-old can hardly blame her friends for being “anti-Brian” at this point, when there were a number of alarming altercations between the two of them over the years, dating all the way back to 2018. (And that’s just what we, the public, know about.)