- Hayden Panettiere's new memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning , reveals details about her upbringing as a child actor and her estranged mother, Lesley Vogel.
- The book recounts Panettiere's early start in the entertainment industry, beginning with a commercial at 11 months old.
- A notable claim involves her mother using superglue to attach a fake tooth to Panettiere's dental flipper when she was eight years old to secure commercial roles.
- Panettiere says that this unconventional fix, though affecting her speech, helped her land a job.
- The actor ended her professional relationship with her mother as a teenager due to ongoing conflicts and currently has no relationship with her, though she remains open to future reconciliation.
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