"“That's something about me I was never able to share with the world,” she said, “because it was just never the right time. It was either... I was too young, and I was being forced to be perfect at all times. I was not encouraged to just be myself.”"
"“Then came the period where it felt like people coming out, especially women, saying that they were bisexual or liked girls, was a fad. I was afraid that if I was honest, it was going to be like me jumping on the bandwagon. It was a very difficult topic to articulate properly. It's sad I had to wait until I was 36 years old to share that part of me, but better late than never, right?”"
"She said she has not yet fallen in love with a woman, but has dated women before. “It was scary,” she said, recalling the paparazzi always following her around. She said she has always been more into women than men but didn't “have the courage to throw myself fully emotionally into it.”"
"“Because then if I did fall in love, that wasn't something that I wanted to ever have to hide.” She celebrated that declaring “I am bisexual” in the interview was the first time she said it out loud. The actress also told Us Weekly it did not occur to her to share this part of herself with the world until she began writing the memoir."
Hayden Panettiere came out as bisexual in her forthcoming memoir, This is Me: A Reckoning, releasing May 19. She said she had never been able to share her sexuality publicly because it was not the right time, citing being too young and being forced to be perfect. She described fear that bisexuality might be treated as a fad and worried that honesty would be seen as joining a trend. She said she has dated women but has not yet fallen in love with a woman. She stated she was more into women than men but lacked the courage to fully invest emotionally. She said writing the memoir prompted her to declare “I am bisexual” out loud for the first time.
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