Hayden Panettiere reveals struggles with alcohol and opioid addiction

Hayden Panettiere has talked about her struggle with alcohol and opioids (PA)

Hayden Panettiere has revealed she became addicted to alcohol and opioids which left her in a “cycle of self-destruction”.

In an interview with People magazine, the 32-year-old Heroes star said she was offered “happy pills” from the age of 15 before walking red carpets and had only recently got “over the hump” of the addiction that ensued.