Hayden Panettiere has seen many ups and downs in her life, and through them all, she’s been admirably honest and open with her fans.
Now, Hayden has revealed that she has been holding one thing back — she’s bisexual.
The actress shared the news with fans while promoting her upcoming memoir.
“That’s something about me I was never able to share with the world because it was just never the right time,” she told Us Weekly in a new interview, adding:
“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.”
Hayden added that it is “sad I had to wait until I was 36 years old to share that part of me, but better late than never, right?”
