Brian Hickerson has fired back at Hayden Panettiere’s mother, Lesley Vogel, calling her among the worst people he’s ever met after her harsh comments about the actress’s upcoming memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning.
Brian Hickerson isn’t holding back about the latest dust-up around Hayden Panettiere’s memoir.. Panettiere’s mother. Lesley Vogel. had previously “completely bashed” the upcoming book. This Is Me: A Reckoning. and suggested that the actress’s struggles came from a “personality style. ” not from the reasons Panettiere herself lays out in the memoir.
For Hickerson, that criticism landed hard enough to spark a direct response. In a new interview with TMZ’s Charlie Neff from last week, Hickerson said: “Hayden’s mother is by far one of the worst people I’ve ever met in my life … I just can’t with her. She’s terrible.”
The interview clip is available to watch, with viewers told to check in around the 9:23 mark. His message is blunt—especially given the “complicated relationship” he has had with Panettiere—yet his view of Vogel is presented as straightforward and uncompromising.
The back-and-forth forms a clear chain: Vogel dismisses Panettiere’s account in the memoir by attributing her problems to a “personality style,” and Hickerson answers by condemning Vogel directly as “one of the worst people” he’s ever met.
As readers react, the feud also brings new attention to another reported tension tied to the memoir, including a separate “terrifying abuse story” that Hickerson asked Hayden Panettiere to keep out of her memoir—adding another layer to why these comments are drawing such strong reactions.
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