Hayden Panettiere appeared to throw it back to the haters this evening, amid claims she hardly sees her four-year-old daughter.
The Nashville star shares Kaya with ex-fiancé boxer Wladimir Klitschko, and yesterday it was claimed Kaya was living in the 42-year-old boxer’s native Ukraine far from the US.
Insiders claimed to Us Weekly earlier this week: ‘[Hayden] really hasn’t had much time with her daughter. She knows the child being with her is not best for [Kaya right now]. It’s a sad situation.’
‘It’s heartbreaking and challenging,’ they continued. ‘They didn’t spend the holidays together… she’ll have to figure out how to manage this. It’s not an easy scenario.’
However, tonight the actress shared an image of her with a ‘sleeping babe’ believed to be her daughter.
Sweet moments with sleeping babes â¤ï¸ pic.twitter.com/ui4cx02IOP
— Hayden Panettiere (@haydenpanettier) February 7, 2019
She wrote alongside a snap of a young child, wearing a cap, holding onto her arm: ‘Sweet moments with sleeping babes.’
Fans immediately reached out to the superstar, who has in the past sought treatment for post-natal depression.
‘Hope all is well with you,’ one said, while another simply advised her to ‘cherish every moment’.
Earlier, her boyfriend Brian Hickerson set the story straight as he said to Access: ‘Hayden is actually on a family vacation right now with her daughter and the champ, so don’t believe everything you read.’
Tonight People also claimed the reports she is always away from her daughter were false, as sources said: ‘To say she never sees her daughter isn’t true.
‘Hayden has gone through changes since she had Kaya, and while some were not perfect, others have helped her grow.
‘She is trying to feel good about herself, her life, and how she wants to go forward.’
Hayden began dating Wladimir in 2009. The couple briefly split in 2011, but reunited two years later and confirmed their engagement in 2013 – a year before welcoming Kaya.
In August last year it was announced their engagement was off, with Hayden going public with her new romance with boyfriend Brian shortly after.
Metro.co.uk previously contacted reps for comment.
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