Hayden Panettiere is opening up about a super disturbing experience she once had with an Oscar winner! Get ready to be seriously grossed out!
In her new memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, which dropped on Tuesday, the actress recalled the moment an “Oscar-winning actor and director” exposed himself to her at a party when she was only 19! OMG!
Hayden claimed the incident happened after a friend invited her to an “industry” party at her apartment in Los Feliz, California. According to the Nashville alum, there had only been her, her pal, and “a small group of men, who were gathered together, talking, drinking, and smoking weed.” However, she wasn’t having a blast at the event! Hayden immediately felt uncomfortable instead! She wrote in the book:
“These men seemed to be a little too comfortable together, like they knew something I didn’t.”
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And after about half an hour into the party, Hayden decided it was time to leave. But when the Bring It On: All or Nothing star was going to say goodbye to her friend, she said the Oscar winner came up to her. He allegedly wished her a good night and told her to “be careful when you leave because someone spit their gum out somewhere, and I got some on my pants.” Hayden claimed he then directed her to look down, and she got a very “inappropriate” surprise:
“I looked down and recoiled. This well-respected, award-winning actor’s testicles were hanging out from his unzipped fly.”
What the f**k!! Who did this?
Hayden doesn’t name his name in the book, unfortunately. She went on to say this gross guy was the first man in Hollywood to ever to cross a massive line with her:
“Men in Hollywood had always been kind and respectful around me. There may have been a peck on the lips here and an inappropriate comment there, but nothing had crossed a line.”
The Scream 4 star added that the incident “hadn’t hurt me,” but she had been “shocked” by it. We can’t blame her! Anyone would be in that situation!
Ugh. We feel so bad for Hayden, as the incident happened soon after another very traumatic situation. No one should ever have to experience this. What are your reactions to her claims, Perezcious readers? Drop ’em in the comments (below).
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