Wladimir Klitschko Story: Lesley Vogel Questions Hayden Panettiere's Timing

Lesley Vogel questioned wladimir klitschko's daughter Hayden Panettiere’s timing after the actress came out as bisexual while promoting her memoir. Vogel said she does not believe Panettiere hid her sexuality and called the timing “very interesting.”

Lesley Vogel Questions Timing

Vogel said, “I do not believe it was being hidden, but there is no historic proof that this is the case” and added, “I do think the timing of this coming out is very interesting.” Those remarks put a family dispute beside Panettiere’s first public disclosure that she is bisexual.

Panettiere said earlier this week that she and her mother do not have a relationship right now. She also said she leaves the door open for one one day, saying, “Unfortunately, we don’t have a relationship right now. But that doesn’t mean that I don’t leave the door open for the opportunity to present itself one day. It’s hard for me to say, but I’ve chosen to be brutally honest.”

Panettiere Opens Up Publicly

Panettiere said she was 36 years old when she shared that part of herself publicly and called it “better late than never.” She said she has dated a woman, has not yet fallen in love with a woman, and that she was “much more into women even as a child than men.”

She also said the subject was difficult to explain. “Then came the period where it felt like people coming out, especially women, saying that they were bisexual or liked girls, was a fad. I was afraid that if I was honest, it was going to be like me jumping on the bandwagon. It was a very difficult topic to articulate properly. It’s sad I had to wait until I was 36 years old to share that part of me,” she said.

This Is Me: A Reckoning

Panettiere is linking that disclosure to This Is Me: A Reckoning, her memoir set for release on May 19. She said she explores her sexuality in the book and recalled that paparazzi often waited outside when she dated a woman, saying, “It was scary, though, because there were paparazzi always waiting for me outside to follow me everywhere.”

She also said, “I have explored it, but because I hadn’t shared this with anybody, I didn’t really have the courage to throw myself fully emotionally into it. Because then if I did fall in love, that wasn’t something that I wanted to ever have to hide.”