{"id":1926003,"date":"2026-05-09T00:18:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:18:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1926003"},"modified":"2026-05-09T00:18:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T21:18:16","slug":"hayden-panettieres-mom-questions-her-coming-out-as-bisexual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1926003","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Panettiere&#8217;s Mom Questions Her Coming Out as Bisexual"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/76\/16by9\/2026\/05\/08\/767c3158893c41d6b23fa2512dd5e00e_xl.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article class=\"article article--permalink \">\n<header class=\"article__header\">\n<h1 class=\"article__header--headline-title\">Hayden Panettiere&#8217;s Mom Questions Her Coming Out as Bisexual<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\"><span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Hayden Panettiere&#8217;s Mom<\/span><span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">I&#8217;m Bi-Skeptical About the Timing of Your Bisexual Claim&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<div class=\"social-media-container\" role=\"region\">\n<ul class=\"social social--sm\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\">\n<li class=\"social-item\"><\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tmz.com\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"js-track-link\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"google-preferred-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/static.tmz.com\/tmz-web\/img\/article\/google-preferred-source.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"byline\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/pages\/about\/\">TMZ Staff<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"date-wrapper\">\n                                                                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2026-05-08T17:18:16-07:00\"><br \/>\n                              May 8, 2026<br \/>\n                            5:18 PM PDT<\/time><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article__blocks clearfix\">\n<section id=\"cb-bcc01e71f52d114d28eba62e39bd7f50\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260508_767c3158893c41d6b23fa2512dd5e00e\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:dc6fc883-ab35-4e4a-b1e4-528af19cdc70\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/76\/4by3\/2026\/05\/08\/767c3158893c41d6b23fa2512dd5e00e_md.jpg\" alt=\"hayden panettiere Lesley Vogel getty comp\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-1f8f3399a59416136c4cf5a9fbb927c0\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/hayden-panettiere\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>Hayden Panetteire<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;s estranged mom says it was no real secret the actress was bisexual &#8230; and she&#8217;s questioning the timing of her daughter talking about her sexual preferences.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-65ef67cc9146645cf83adbf7c68be1e2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Hayden publicly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/05\/06\/hayden-panettiere-comes-out-as-bisexual\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\"><strong>came out<\/strong><\/a> as bisexual this week in an interview promoting her new memoir.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-84715a031e48daaf56a670ed99b69945\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260508_dfe2c820a8ff41b2baadfb09daf62626\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:dc6fc883-ab35-4e4a-b1e4-528af19cdc70\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/df\/4by3\/2026\/05\/08\/dfe2c820a8ff41b2baadfb09daf62626_md.jpg\" alt=\"Hayden Panettiere and mother, Lesley Vogel  getty\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-b54052eab63f9d8a2d107c0be68cd537\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Her mother, <strong>Lesley Vogel<\/strong>, &#8212; again, estranged &#8212; ripped Hayden in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/tvshowbiz\/article-15802063\/hayden-panettiere-bisexual-mom-lesley-vogel.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>The Daily Mail<\/strong><\/a>, saying &#8230; &#8220;I do not believe it was being hidden, but there is no historic proof that this is the case.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-d8effcddd2d89073ffe7b224e0c65460\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\"><a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20260506_eb4deb03700640bcb5af280f6e0b3037\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:dc6fc883-ab35-4e4a-b1e4-528af19cdc70\" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"image\"}'><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/eb\/4by3\/2026\/05\/06\/eb4deb03700640bcb5af280f6e0b3037_md.jpg\" alt=\"Hayden Panettiere this is me book 1\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"image-block__card-footer\"><span class=\"media-credit image-block__media-credit\">Grand Central Publishing<\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-429900089487f95dc87a3851f95d012b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Hayden told\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/hayden-panettiere-comes-out-as-bisexual-talks-dating-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Us Weekly<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0her book dives into how she started dating women at a young age &#8212; admitting she felt more drawn to them than men &#8230; but back then, she says the pressure to stay perfect in Hollywood kept her quiet.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-17688977939e298eb4cc74d13f1ffc1e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>Lesley also questioned the timing of Hayden coming out, telling DM &#8230; &#8220;I do think the timing of this coming out is very interesting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-dfcc270684964505a146204d21e41ee2\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block canvas-gallery-block-permalink canvas-gallery-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"gallery-block\"><a id=\"gallery-link-42d77879-f1fc-5ae0-b72c-35c50fe5a36f\" class=\"media-link gallery-block__link js-track-link js-click-gallery\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/photos\/2015\/10\/13\/hayden-panettiere-actress-through-the-years-photos\/\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:gallery:42d77879-f1fc-5ae0-b72c-35c50fe5a36f\" data-context='{\"name\":\"gallery-block\",\"section\":\"permalink\"}' data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:dc6fc883-ab35-4e4a-b1e4-528af19cdc70\" data-gallery-layout=\"list\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/15\/4by3\/2022\/07\/06\/15084165d0d44d04bc53dcbc19a48f3d_md.jpg\" alt=\"Hayden Panettiere -- Through the Years\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid gallery-block__img-fluid img-aspect-4by3\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"media-icon--overlay gallery-block__media-icon--overlay\"><span class=\"media-icon-label gallery-block__media-icon-label\">Launch Gallery<\/span><\/div>\n<footer class=\"media-footer gallery-block__media-footer\"><span class=\"media-launch-text gallery-block__media-launch-text\">Hayden Panettiere Through the Years<\/span><span class=\"media-cta gallery-block__media-cta\"><br \/>\n              Launch Gallery<br \/>\n              <\/span><\/footer>\n<p><span class=\"media-credit gallery-block__media-credit\">Getty<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"cb-69aaef6a3b825573115c0b9d5ee5d734\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context='{\"section\":\"permalink\",\"name\":\"text_block\"}'>\n<p>The timing makes sense when you think about &#8230; 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