18 year-old Heroes star Hayden Panettiere will appear in the upcoming film “Fireflies in The Garden” with Julia Roberts. She has what could be a new interview with the Sunday Mirror, but they don’t say they actually talked to her and it could be one of those pieced together stories where they just take bits and pieces of things she’s said to other outlets, rephrase them slightly, and slap up a story and hope no one will notice.
Hayden supposedly said that she doesn’t go out, that she hides from the paparazzi, and that she finds living in LA and dealing with the “business… very intrusive.”
‘I don’t ever go out,’ she says, of her life in Hollywood, where she drives everywhere to avoid being recognised on the street. ‘I stay at home. I go from garage to garage, and keep myself out of sight.’ The 18-year-old, who has been catapulted into the A-list since taking on the role of cheerleader Claire Bennet in the top-rated US drama, admits she finds being famous ‘a pain in the ass’.
‘I love where I live and that I have wonderful friends there and I love what I do, but it really has a major impact on your life. This business is very intrusive. People want to know what you’re doing every day, and it becomes less about your craft and your art, and your love for acting, than it is about when you put food in your mouth, or when you’re walking your dog…
‘The interesting thing to me is, if you think about it, the glamour of Hollywood has been dimmed down by people that don’t necessarily love what they do or their craft,’ she says. ‘I think people who are mainly in the public eye and deal with this [attention], a lot of them like it and enjoy it. I don’t really enjoy going out, it’s a nightmare in my opinion.’
[From Sundaymirror.co.uk]
I don’t want to knock Hayden, because I have a high opinion of her after she did drop out of the spotlight and started pursuing her own interests like animal protection and activism. But a year ago she really bugged the shit out of me, because it was like she was everywhere. In fact she was out at practically every event, she went to Koi and Mr. Chow regularly, and she was even rumored to have been calling the paps herself to alert them to her whereabouts.
She may not be a hypocrite by saying that it all bugs her now, and it really does seem like she matured and realized that being an attention whore was not productive or rewarding for her. You have to give the girl credit for evolving and growing as a person, unlike some other obvious drunken attention-seeking examples. But maybe Hayden should have a little more perspective on the way that fame and those same events and photographers helped her before she trash talks the way they invade her life now.
Hayden Panettiere is shown at the Humane Society Genesis Awards, where she was presented with an award for her activism, on 4/2/08, thanks to Splash News.
i agree w/CB. You wanna give her props for not being out there so much but I think its just a matter of time until she falls into bad habits. Hopefully she’ll prove me wrong!
I can’t imagine how much it really must suck to not be able to go out with your friends without being mobbed by paps trying to shove a camera up your skirt when you get out of a car.
Buut I guess it is part of the business these days
Her “problem” is that she is trying so hard not to be another Lohan. Notice how hard she tries to be seen as mature and level headed.
She’s 18, the places she could (legally) go beyond Starbucks and Orso to be photographed are limited. Once she hits 21, I’ll look for her in the bars and at the after-hours parties. Until then, she should be chill.
but add, she’s been going to clubs since she was like 15-16.
You have to wonder though, how much of it is people who are supposed to be helping direct her career telling her that she needs to be spotted. It’s all publicity and maybe she didn’t realize the kind of impact it would have.
That being said, I kind of think she’s annoying. But that’s just me.
I don’t think she minds being photographed in “fair game” places like red carpet events or “The Ivy”, but it was pretty creepy when you see shots of her going to the movies (which happened multiple times). There are very few celebrities they follow around to quite that extent. I don’t think she tipped the paparazzi off–she looked pretty surprised and a little annoyed.
Ahhhh…… poor thing 🙁
Why don’t you come with Auntie Sasha and she’ll make you feel all better.
CAN’T SHE PLUCK HER BROWS A BIT MORE?
I hate overplucked eyebrows. Good for her for staying natural, at least in that department.