An old interview in which Hayden Panettiere claimed that she was given ‘happy pills’ before red carpets has resurfaced in the wake of her death.

Yesterday, it was revealed that the actor had been found unresponsive at an apartment complex in Greenville, South Carolina. Further details released by local law enforcement stated that Panettiere had received ‘advanced cardiac life support’ after going into a suspected cardiac arrest.

A cause of death has not been released, however it is currently believed that no foul play was suspected in the 36-year-old’s passing.

Panettiere’s death has led to renewed interest in her troubled experience in the spotlight, with a 2022 interview in which Panettiere claimed she was given ‘happy pills’ as a teenager resurfacing online.

Speaking about growing up in the limelight in an interview for Red Table Talk, Panettiere recalls being offered pills from ‘Mexico’ to help her get through extensive promotional interviews for Heroes

“It must of been something that was similar to an adderall, but they got it from Mexico,” the actor told hosts Jada Pinkett Smith and Adrienne Banfield-Norris, adding that she was told it would give her ‘energy’.

“They were to make me peppy during interviews,” she continued. “I had no idea that this was not an appropriate thing, or what door that would open for me when it came to my addiction.”

The Nashville actor went on to reveal that she’d later asked for the pills for ‘personal use’. “Somebody else found out and let me know how bad that was, she added.

Hayden Panettiere’s struggles with addiction
Panettiere’s death came just months after the release of her explosive memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning, which saw the actor detail her troubled upbringing in the spotlight.

She also spoke candidly about her battle with addiction, telling PEOPLE that as she got older, drugs and alcohol felt like something she ‘couldn’t live without’.

Her struggles would later get worse after the birth of her daughter Kaya – with ex-partner Wladimir Klitschko – when she developed post-partum depression, as well as being prescribed opioids for an ‘old neck injury’.

Panettiere entered rehab treatment for her addiction in 2020, revealing the painful withdrawal in her memoir.

“As my nervous system tried to regulate itself without the depressant effects of alcohol, it went into overdrive, and my whole body shook,” she wrote, adding: “I couldn’t sleep, and my head pounded like it was pressing against my skull.”

The actor went on to reveal that she’d been warned by a doctor that she would be ‘dead within five years’ if she didn’t stop drinking.

Hayden Panettiere’s family calls actor an ‘incredible light’
A statement released to PEOPLE on behalf of the actor’s father, Skip Panettiere, called the Scream VI star an ‘incredible light and a force of nature’.

“It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of our beloved Hayden,” the statement read.

“She was an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy to all who knew her — and to the millions who watched her onscreen.”