Blunt Denies Being Hayden Panettiere’s Yacht Mystery Man

James Blunt publicly denies being the “famous thirty-something British singer-songwriter” described in Hayden Panettiere’s yacht anecdote from her memoir, posting a Substack piece that says Panettiere was 19 at the time (not 18) and that she hadn’t previously met him; Blunt’s reps did not immediately comment. The renewed attention follows Panettiere’s death and her discussions of postpartum depression and substance use, keeping the yacht story in the headlines.