Hayden Panettiere exposes darker side of Hollywood

Hayden Panettiere recently made shocking revelation about her uncomfortable interaction with a famous Oscar winning actor at a party during her early years in Hollywood.

In her tell-all memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, out now, the Nashville actress, opened up about attending a party at a private apartment with a friend when she was just 19.

At the party, Hayden mentioned that a “well-respected” and “Oscar-winning actor and director” exposed himself to her while she was preparing to leave.

“I did my best to be friendly, but I was deeply uneasy,” wrote the 36-year-old.

The Heroes alum pointed out that these “men seemed to be a little too comfortable together, like they knew something I didn’t”.

“As a woman in a room dominated by men, it was also hard not to feel like I was being watched,” said Hayden in her new book.

The Scream VI actress opened up that she was about to leave the party but then she was approached by an Oscar-winning actor.

“I have a good night… Just be careful when you leave because someone spit their gum out somewhere, and I got some on my pants,” she recounted.

Hayden claimed that the star then told her, “‘Look here... ‘There’s a big wad of gum on my pants.’”

“I looked down and recoiled. This well-respected, award-winning actor’s testicles were hanging out from his unzipped fly,” she stated.

After this incident, Hayden quickly left the party and never ever spoke about the incident to anyone until now.

“I’d never seen a grown man do something like that. I was shocked,” admitted the actress.

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