The lifelong family friend who was a “second mother” to Hayden Panettiere said that the tragic actress “never stood a chance” of escaping her demons after being raised in Hollywood.

Linsey Lonberg, who knew the actress since she was a toddler growing up in Rockland County, New York, suggested the actress’ weekend death was all too predictable given the depression and addiction she’d pinned on growing up as a child actor.

“She tried and tried and tried to get past her struggles but she was an actress.” Lonberg told the Daily Mail at a bar in Piermont, New York, where Panettiere’s father lives and where she was seen by locals just a month ago.

“Sh…

Read the full article at NYPOST.COM