Hayden Panettiere Talks Domestic Violence In August's Seventeen Magazine
Hayden Panettiere is on the August 2009 issue of Seventeen magazine. The 19 year old I Love You Beth Cooper star opens up about love, family and her dad's 2008 domestic violence arrest.Here is the some of the highlights from the interview:
On her dad’s 2008 arrest for felony domestic violence against her mother: “I don’t know that I dealt with it any specific way. I mean, it’s hard enough going through it personally within your family
, let alone when the entire world knows about it.
It put my dad in this light that is so not him. You know your mind goes to: ‘He abuses, he beats his wife.’ For my dad to have that reputation now — which is so not who he is — kills me.”
On protecting her parents: “I know that I’m strong enough to deal. I’m less concerned about myself. But when it involves my family or people I care about, I mean, I’ll fly off the handle for my family.”
On dating: “I don’t know how to date. I’m not good at learning that sometimes you don’t like someone in that way — and figuring out how to deal with that. Because I don’t want to hurt his feelings. Right now, I’m just enjoying having fun. It’s when your not looking for anything that something winds up coming along, whether it’s a best friend or a guy.”
If Hayden were President: "If I was going to change the law, I'd actually say [you should be allowed to do] everything at 20. Being able to have a drink should be 20, being able to vote, at least being legally held responsible as an adult. Twenty years old, that's an adult."
