Hayden Panettiere<\/a> came of age in Hollywood, which wasn\u2019t an entirely safe place for a young girl, according to her new memoir.<\/p>\n According to<\/a> People<\/em>, her new memoir<\/a> This is Me: A Reckoning<\/em>, features the actress recalling some of the more disturbing situations she found herself in, including a story about an Oscar<\/a>-winning actor and director who exposed himself to her without consent at a party when she was 19.<\/p>\n The incident allegedly happened at the end of the party, after Panettiere exited an increasingly uncomfortable conversation with a group of men. As she was putting on her coat to go, the man approached her under the pretense that gum was stuck to his pants.<\/p>\n \u201cI looked down and recoiled,” Panettiere wrote. \u201cThis well-respected, award-winning actor’s testicles were hanging out from his unzipped fly.\u201d<\/p>\n COMPLEX SHOP:<\/b> Shop the brands you love, anytime and anywhere. Uncover what’s next. Buy. Collect. Obsess.<\/a><\/p>\n She continued, “The gum on the pants, however, was a head-scratcher. It hadn’t hurt me, and I was sure it was a drunken joke, but I’d never seen a grown man do something like that. I was shocked.”<\/p>\n Panettiere chose to keep the incident to herself, feeling \u201cthe moment had passed.\u201d At the time, she chalked up the behavior to certain older men simply having \u201cno manners.\u201d It\u2019s unclear who the man was.<\/p>\n The 36-year-old began acting when she was 11-months old, starring in an ad for a Playskool toy train in 1990. In the 90s, she went on to land bigger roles on soap operas like One Life to Live<\/em> and Guiding Light <\/em>before her breakthrough role in the sci-fi drama series Heroes<\/em> in 2006, where she played Claire Bennet, a high school cheerleader with regenerative healing powers. In 2012, she also landed a major role as Juliette Barnes in the musical drama series, Nashville<\/em>.<\/p>\n Her memoir, This is Me: A Reckoning<\/em>, is out now.<\/p>\n <\/a> Hayden Panettiere Claims She Was Once Lured Onto a Boat With a Naked and \u2018Very Famous\u2019 Actor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/a> Hayden Panettiere Comes Out: ‘Yes, I Am Bisexual’<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n <\/a> Hayden Panettiere Says One Interview Cost Her a Major Brand Deal<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Jennifer Lopez Opens Up About Her Chemistry With \u2018Ted Lasso\u2019 Star Brett Goldstein<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\n TLC Launches First-Ever \u201890 Day Fianc\u00e9\u2019 Fan Convention<\/a><\/i><\/b><\/p>\nRelated News<\/h3>\n
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