Hayden Panettiere has described how a ‘revered’ Oscar winner uncovered himself to her at a celebration when she was simply 19 in her new memoir.
This Is Me: A Reckoning chronicles the 36-year-old’s uncomfortable and disturbing experiences from her early performing profession in Hollywood.
Recounting the incident that came about at a celebration in Los Angeles, the Oscar-winning actor allegedly uncovered himself by claiming he had chewing gum on his pants, exposing his testicles via an unzipped fly.
Panettiere wrote that after spending time chatting with a gaggle of males on the assembly, she started to really feel more and more uncomfortable and determined it was time to go.
In response to the memoir, the person, whom she doesn’t title, approached her as she was placing on her jacket and pointed to what he thought was chewing gum.
She stated: ‘I appeared down and recoiled. This revered, award-winning actor’s testicles have been hanging out of his unzipped fly.”
Though the actress stated the second didn’t trigger her any bodily hurt, the interplay left her confused.
“The gum on the pants was a head scratcher although,” she wrote.
‘It did not damage me and I used to be certain it was a drunken prank, however I might by no means seen a grown man do one thing like that earlier than. I used to be shocked.’
Panettiere stated she felt deeply uncomfortable on the celebration, which was attended primarily by older males.
She additionally stated that she left shortly and by no means talked about it till now.
Up till that time, Panettiere stated she usually discovered males in Hollywood to be type and respectful, which made the actor’s actions so stunning to her.
In her memoir, the Deliver It On and Nashville star additionally described one other harrowing incident the place a buddy allegedly compelled her into mattress with a unadorned well-known man throughout a searching journey in France.
“The truth that I used to be 18, though I had lived such an ideal life and I believed I used to be so grown up at 18… scientifically talking, your frontal lobes do not develop till we’re what, 25, 26?” Panettiere stated.
“So though I felt like I might make wholesome choices, protected choices, I wasn’t totally conscious of what was occurring round me.”
The actress stated her “perspective utterly modified” when she realized she was “in peril,” however she stated she was already “actually at sea.”
In response to the actress, the one that introduced her on the boat was somebody she trusted deeply.
This Is Me: A Reckoning by Hayden Panettiere is now obtainable in bookstores.
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