the actor Hayden Panettiere He has shared more details about an alleged disturbing experience from his early days in the Hollywood film industry, when a woman billed as a “friend” put him in bed with a man. The actor created waves online when he spoke briefly about the incident on Jay Shetty’s podcast. However, now with the release of her memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, she looks set to go into more detail about the shocking incident.According to excerpts from the memoir, Panettiere alleged that an industry acquaintance named ‘Stella McAmis’ took her to a room on a yacht when she was 18 to meet a popular British singer. “He was shirtless and propped up on some pillows with his arms behind his head,” Panettiere wrote. “From the waist down, he was covered with bed sheets, and I could see the outline of his body underneath.”Panettiere also alleged that McAmis encouraged her to sleep with the singer. In the book, Stella said, “I want you to get into bed with him. He’s got a really big dick.”The actor said that he initially filled in and went under the covers because he trusted the woman, who he believed was a close friend at the time. However, after Stella left the room, Panettiere wrote that once the two were alone, he stopped escalating the situation further.Reflecting on the experience, Panettiere said, “I felt like I was kicked in the face.” She added: “He trusted me, pampered me and treated me like his best friend, then he turned around and treated me like a girl. I deserved better than that, a lot.”In a previous chat with Shetty, Panettiere opened up about the incident on the boat and revealed that she was taken downstairs to a “very small room” where the woman “physically put me on the bed next to this very famous unclothed man.”Without naming the woman or the man at the time, he added that the man in question acted “like it was just a normal day for him”.“I became a freak,” she recalled. “I said, ‘This is not happening'”Panettiere’s memoir, This Is Me: A Reckoning, delves into the emotional personal and professional moments of the actor’s life and career in Hollywood.
