Hayden Panettiere’s mom is detailing the heartbreaking ultimatum that led to their estrangement months before the actress’ death.
In an interview with “Good Morning America,” which aired Monday, Lesley Vogel said she and the late actress had become estranged in the months before Panettiere’s death after Vogel gave her daughter an ultimatum over her daughter’s relationship with on-again, off-again boyfriend Brian Hickerson.
About a year ago, Vogel traveled to California to stay with Panettiere and help her end her relationship with Hickerson â a decision the “Nashville” star made on her own, Vogel claimed.
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“She knew that Brian was toxic,” Vogel said. “She knew she had to get him out of her life.”
Vogel said things began to change after about six weeks, when she noticed her daughter slowly pulling away. It was then that she returned home to Florida.
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“When I got the phone call from her saying, Im going to be with the person I love, ⦠I just lost it,” Vogel recalled. “I could not believe that she had gone that far back, that he had been successful in reeling her back in with all of the things he had done to her.”
Vogel said that, on the advice of her therapist, she told Panettiere that she could no longer speak with her as long as Hickerson remained part of her life.
The decision marked the beginning of their estrangement â something Vogel believed would only be temporary.
“I needed to have that pocket of time,” she said. “Of course, I thought it was going to be a pocket of time. I did not by any stretch of the imagination think that this was going to happen to Hayden.”
“I dont know why, I just didnt,” she added. “Maybe I didnt want to.”
Panettiere was found dead inside a Greenville, South Carolina residence on Aug. 16.
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Hickerson and his brother, Zach, called 911 after finding the actress unresponsive, according to a police report obtained by Fox News Digital. Hickerson later gave authorities a bag containing medication Panettiere had been taking, according to the report.
Preliminary autopsy results found no signs of trauma that contributed to Panettieres death, the Greenville County Coroner’s Office confirmed to Fox News Digital. However, Panettiere’s death remains under investigation.
Fox News has learned the  has also been contacted and is assisting with the investigation.
Vogel told “GMA” that Panettiere lived a very “happy life” until her late teens.
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