Neutrogena addresses Panettiere fallout after her death

Neutrogena has responded to backlash from fans after comments Hayden Panettiere made about the brand on a podcast earlier this year resurfaced following her death on Aug. 16.

"We are proud to have partnered with her and understand that we made her feel unsupported during a very difficult time. This is not what Neutrogena stands for or who we want to be," the brand wrote in a statement posted to Instagram Thursday.

The "Heroes" star worked with the skincare brand from 2005 to 2015.

Panettiere said she thought the split was due to her comments about living with postpartum depression. During her May 2026 appearance on "On Purpose with Jay Shetty," Panettiere said Neutrogena was a "huge part" of her life, but her contract was canceled after a 2015 appearance on "Live with Kelly and Michael" where she opened up about her experience with PPD.

"I had no intention or plan to talk about postpartum depression," she said. "It just came up, and I was just being honest, and never for a second did I think that anyone cared or that anyone would have a bad reaction to it."

She said she had a morals clause in her contract with Neutrogena, but never thought it would be exercised after her comments.