{"id":241145,"date":"2026-05-19T15:14:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:14:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/hayden-panettiere-an-oscar-winner-flashed-me-in-my-teens\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:14:56","slug":"hayden-panettiere-an-oscar-winner-flashed-me-in-my-teens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/19\/hayden-panettiere-an-oscar-winner-flashed-me-in-my-teens\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Panettiere: An Oscar-Winner Flashed Me in My Teens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In her new memoir, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/hayden-panettiere-put-in-bed-with-older-man-as-teen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hayden Panettiere wrote<\/a> about powerful, famous men who were total creeps to her as she grew up on screen.<\/p>\n<p>(She began acting at an extremely young age, and made a name for herself as a teenage actress.)<\/p>\n<p><em>This is Me: A Reckoning<\/em> is out now, was already making waves and getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/diana-jenkins-denies-being-the-woman-hayden-panetierre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">public denials<\/a> before it hit the shelves.<\/p>\n<p>One horror story in her book tells the tale of when an Oscar-winner exposed his balls to her when she was a teen.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><noscript><\/noscript><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_haydenpanettiere_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Hayden Panettiere in March 2023.\" class=\"wp-image-555239 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_haydenpanettiere_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_haydenpanettiere_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_haydenpanettiere_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_haydenpanettiere_01-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_haydenpanettiere_01-960x640.jpg 960w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_haydenpanettiere_01-1080x720.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_haydenpanettiere_01-1200x800.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 760px) calc(100vw - 20px), 720px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_haydenpanettiere_01-scaled.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hayden Panettiere attends the world premiere of Paramount\u2019s \u201cScream VI\u201d at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on March 06, 2023.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Photo Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-she-does-not-name-the-well-respected-oscar-winner\">She does not name the \u2018well-respected\u2019 Oscar winner<\/h2>\n<p>In her new book, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/This-Me-Reckoning-Hayden-Panettiere\/dp\/1538773422\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">This Is Me: A Reckoning<\/a><\/em>, Hayden writes about yet another harrowing brush with a powerful man.<\/p>\n<p>Just as in her narrow escape from an A-list actor on a yacht at 18, she does not name the man in question.<\/p>\n<p>This time, she says, she was 19.<\/p>\n<p>Hayden writes that she had been at a gathering, but was leaving \u2014 after growing uncomfortable after speaking to a group of men.<\/p>\n<p>This is when, she says, a \u201cwell-respected\u201d Oscar winning actor approached her.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_use_haydenpanettiere_book.png\" alt=\"Hayden Panettiere book cover &quot;This Is Me: A Reckoning'\" class=\"wp-image-555238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_use_haydenpanettiere_book.png 663w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_use_haydenpanettiere_book-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_use_haydenpanettiere_book-636x960.png 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\"\/><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_use_haydenpanettiere_book.png\" alt=\"Hayden Panettiere book cover &quot;This Is Me: A Reckoning'\" class=\"wp-image-555238 lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_use_haydenpanettiere_book.png 663w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_use_haydenpanettiere_book-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_use_haydenpanettiere_book-636x960.png 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.thehollywoodgossip.com\/uploads\/2026\/05\/0519_use_haydenpanettiere_book.png\" loading=\"lazy\" data-trellis-processed=\"1\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">In \u2018This Is Me: A Reckoning,\u2019 Hayden Panettiere shares harrowing memories of growing up in the entertainment industry.<span class=\"image-caption-credit\"> (Image Credit: Grand Central Publishing)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hayden was putting on a coat at the time.<\/p>\n<p>In her book, she writes, the man complained about \u201cgum\u201d that was stuck to his pants.<\/p>\n<p>When Hayden\u2019s eyes looked to where he indicated, she did not see a piece of gum stuck to the fabric.<\/p>\n<p>What she saw was worse.<\/p>\n<p>Hayden\u2019s gaze fell upon the actor\u2019s scrotum, which he had apparently freed from the fly of his pants as some sort of appalling practical joke.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-theme=\"dark\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Actress Hayden Panettiere opens up to Jay Shetty about a TRAUMATIC experience where an industry \u201cfriend\u201d set her up at 18 to end up alone in bed with a NAKED \u201cvery famous\u201d man while stuck on a boat \ud83d\ude33\ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;She physically put me in the bed next to this undressed man who was very\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TbIscQg653\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/TbIscQg653<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Killa \ud83c\udf3a (@KillaKreww) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KillaKreww\/status\/2053927107718422641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 11, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-i-was-shocked\">\u2018I was shocked\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>She wasn\u2019t laughing. She was repulsed. <\/p>\n<p>Sexual misconduct, such as exposing your genitals to a teenager without consent, doesn\u2019t have a \u201c<em>but your honor, I\u2019m just a silly little guy, it was a prank<\/em>\u201d exception.<\/p>\n<p>Upon refection, Hayden called the moment a \u201chead-scratcher\u201d for her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt hadn\u2019t hurt me and I was sure it was a drunken joke,\u201d Hayden writes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut,\u201d she continues, \u201cI\u2019d never seen a grown man do something like that. I was shocked.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"HAYDEN PANETTIERE Tells Her Truth For The First Time Ever (Custody, Addiction, Fame, Hollywood)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vs6x8VUGXCw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>At the time, Hayden opted to not describe the balls-baring \u201cprank\u201d to her friends.<\/p>\n<p>She explains that \u201cthe moment had passed.\u201d She also chalked it up to some people just not having good manners.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes, sexual misconduct like this is genuinely that \u2014 people who don\u2019t know how to behave. Other times, it\u2019s someone\u2019s effort to test the waters to see how much they can get away with before escalating.<\/p>\n<p>We won\u2019t try to tell Hayden what she \u201cshould\u201d have done, whether it was tell someone or tell the guy to eff off. <em>She <\/em>was in that situation. Reporting something like that, or even sharing what happened, is not always <em>safe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Hayden deserves to share her story. And though actual <em>consequences <\/em>for famous, powerful men are exceptionally rare, it sounds like there are some prominent faces in the entertainment industry who should thank their lucky stars that she didn\u2019t name names in this book.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehollywoodgossip.com\/2026\/05\/hayden-panettiere-oscar-winner-exposed-himself\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reading Time: 3 minutes In her new memoir, Hayden Panettiere wrote about powerful, famous men who were total creeps to her as she grew up on screen. (She began acting at an extremely young age, and made a name for herself as a teenage actress.) This is Me: A Reckoning is out now, was already [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":241146,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-241145","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-hollywood"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}