Hayden Panettiere reveals heartbreaking truth behind 'Nashville' loneliness

Hayden Panettiere has opened up about the lonely reality behind the glamour of hit TV drama Nashville.

The 36-year-old actress admitted that she “couldn’t figure out” why she never became close friends with most of her co-stars.

Panettiere, who played troubled country singer Juliette Barnes on the smash series from 2012 until 2018, shared the emotional confession in her new memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning.

Despite starring alongside big names including Connie Britton, Charles Esten and Eric Close, she revealed the cast rarely bonded once filming wrapped.

“We were all new faces in a strange town, yet we weren’t growing into friends,” she wrote.

The Scream actress compared the atmosphere on Nashville to her earlier experience on Heroes, where the cast had formed much tighter relationships behind the scenes.

Instead, she said many of her Nashville co-stars would head straight home to their families after work, leaving her feeling isolated in the city’s wild nightlife scene after her split from former boyfriend Scotty McKnight.

One bright spot was her friendship with Jonathan Jackson, who often invited her to stay with his family at their home in Franklin, Tennessee.

But Panettiere also admitted she became swept up in Nashville’s heavy drinking culture during her twenties.

“We had pool parties and nights out drinking and dancing, with an emphasis on the drinking part,” she confessed, describing the city as a place where partying all night and drinking again the next morning felt normal.

The Amber Alert actress, who has previously spoken candidly about addiction struggles, said alcohol only became a real problem for her after the birth of her daughter, Kaya.

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