The Claire Bennet depicter in TV series "Heroes" says she was often emotionally tortured by her classmates who envied her fame.
- Jul 10, 2009
AceShowbiz - Notwithstanding her nowadays fame, Hayden Panettiere admits she finds it "not easy being beautiful and special and talented." In an interview with Details for its August 2009 issue, she tells the reason why, revealing "I was tortured, emotionally tortured by these girls. Every time I came back from filming, it would be me trying to find my way back into the clique. And they weren't having it."
"I remember hearing in first grade, 'Oh, why does she get to skip school?'," she recalls. "It wasn't like I suddenly started feeling different. I always knew that I was. I never felt I missed out - in fact, it was like, 'Oh, thank God I'm not that'."
Hayden, who is best known for playing the role of Claire Bennet in TV series "Heroes," also addresses on a more personal matter, her failed love relationship with ex-boyfriend Milo Ventimiglia. "When it comes to relationships, it's nice to have something that is your own and not everyone else's. That's not part of my job," she explains, before then adding, "I never stood up on a podium and said, 'Vote for me - I'm perfect. I'll be this for you and never do anything wrong'."
She goes on relating the attention she gets with the relationship of her parents, especially after her father was imprisoned for assaulting her mother August last year. "It's turned my life upside down and shaken it," Hayden tells Details of the incident. "It was very tough, especially since it's my family. It's one thing if you do it to me. I get frustrated, but I can handle it. But when it involves my family, my friends, forget it - I lose my ... I learned the game. The more I react, the angrier I get, the more satisfaction they get. That's exactly what they want."
