Hayden Panettiere has revealed that she identifies as bisexual. The Heroes actress opens up about her attraction to both women and men for the first time in her new memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning. In an interview with Us Weekly about the book, the 36-year-old explained that she never felt able to reveal her
Hayden Panettiere ha rivelato di identificarsi come bisessuale.
L’attrice di Heroes parla per la prima volta della sua attrazione sia per le donne che per gli uomini nel suo nuovo libro di memorie, This Is Me: A Reckoning.
In un’intervista con Us Weekly sul libro, la 36enne ha spiegato che non si è mai sentita in grado di rivelare pubblicamente la sua sessualità perché era “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,” ha detto. “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?”
La star di Heroes ha condiviso che lo era “much more into women” rispetto agli uomini durante la crescita e ha frequentato donne in privato nel corso degli anni. Tuttavia, ha confessato di non averlo mai fatto “the courage” affezionarsi emotivamente a uno.
“It was scary, though, because there were paparazzi always waiting for me outside, to follow me everywhere. I had very little privacy,” ha continuato. “I have explored it, but because I hadn’t shared this with anybody, I didn’t really 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.”
Quando le è stato chiesto come avrebbe etichettato la sua sessualità, Panettiere ha detto alla pubblicazione: “I’m comfortable to confidently say that yes, I am bisexual. I said it! This is the first time I got to say it out loud.”
L’attrice aveva precedentemente avuto una relazione con il suo co-protagonista in Heroes Milo Ventimiglia e il pugile ucraino Wladimir Klitschko. Condivide una figlia di 11 anni di nome Kaya con lo sportivo, il suo ex fidanzato.
This Is Me: A Reckoning uscirà il 19 maggio.
