Hayden Panettiere says she avoided using names in her memoir because she did not want to drag anyone ‘through the mud’

TRIGGER WARNING: This article includes references to sexual abuse.

Hayden Panettiere has recently gone viral after the release of her memoir. From revealing details about how she was groomed as a child actress to coming out as bisexual, the book has been a tell-all about the issues that she went through in her life as an actress. However, following the release, many people have been criticizing her for not naming some of the people that she has talked about in the book. However, Panettiere has another take on the matter.

Hayden Panettiere talks about not taking names in her book

The actress, while in a conversation on ‘The Tamron Hall Show,’ explained that she creatively chose not to take the actual names that were involved in some of the things that she went through in the industry. She cited that she did not want to drag anyone’s name in the mud when her book came out. “I wanted to tell my stories without dragging anyone else through the mud. As much as I wanted to call people out, this is still an industry that I have to exist in, and people are not readily willing to admit to what they did.”

As for claims about doing this for publicity, the actress defended her book and cited that this was not done to sell the book ‘This is Me: A Reckoning,’ and then made a sarcastic comment, citing, “You don't make a story like that up to sell a book.”

What is Hayden Panettiere being called out for

The ‘Nashville’ star, whose memoir was released earlier this month, tells the story of her life from her days as a child actress in the industry, and the atrocities that she went through. One of the details where she kept the name of the person hidden included how someone that she had put a lot of trust and faith in had put her in bed with someone extremely famous. In her book, she also commented about how she was even flashed by an actor whom she only referred to as an Oscar-winning star. She had stated that “I looked down and recoiled. This well-respected, award-winning actor’s testicles were hanging out from his unzipped fly.”

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