00:00Have you met Reyna?
00:01I know you. You're burning it up out there, girl.
00:03Aw, thank you.
00:05My mama was one of your biggest fans.
00:07She said she'd listen to you while I was still in her belly.
00:09Well, bless your little heart. That is a charming story.
00:13You probably gotta go on soon.
00:14I'm sure you're gonna wanna make sure you got those girls tucked in there real good.
00:17Starting with episode one of Nashville,
00:20there was tension between Hayden Panettiere and Connie Britton's characters.
00:24They played cross-generational country music rivals in the hit 2000 teens drama.
00:28At the time, people drew comparisons to Faith Hill and her younger competition.
00:35Hey, everyone!
00:41What?
00:42Mrs. Tim McGraw later claimed her reaction at the 2006 CMAs was all a joke.
00:47As for Panettiere, she's now pulling back the curtain on her dynamic with her Nashville co-star,
00:53calling it deeply uncomfortable to balance real life with their catty characters.
00:58In her new memoir, This Is Me, A Reckoning, out now,
01:02she noted that her character, Juliette Barnes, wasn't supposed to be the show's star.
01:07Not even close.
01:08The star was Connie Britton's character, Raina James, a country diva in her, quote,
01:14Twilight years.
01:15Panettiere wrote,
01:16Unfortunately, after the pilot, it was clear that my billing had gone way up.
01:21I went from maybe number five in terms of importance to nipping at Connie's heels.
01:26Panettiere said this should have been her Emmy-nominated co-star's time to shine.
01:31Britton was fresh off Friday Night Lights, where she played Tammy Taylor, a.k.a. Coach's wife.
01:37Panettiere wrote that she was terrified of Britton and made sure not to step on her toes.
01:41She told EW that when her character acted so passive-aggressive in their first scene together,
01:47Panettiere actually kept apologizing and that Britton was amazing and so supportive.
01:52In her tell-all book, Panettiere also came out as bisexual and name-dropped her ex, Milo Ventimiglia.
01:58The hero's co-stars dated when she was 18 and he was 29.
02:02Now 36, the actress is also opening up about several shocking incidents from her past.
02:08She claimed an Oscar-winning actor and director exposed himself to her when she was 19 at an industry party
02:16at her L.A. apartment.
02:17In another alarming story, a female friend she trusted forced her into a bed with a naked and famous 30
02:24-something British singer-songwriter.
02:26She was just 18 at the time.
02:28She physically put me in the bed next to this undressed man who was very famous and had his hands
02:41like this.
02:42Like, my hair stood on end and I became ferocious.
02:50I was like, this is not happening.
02:51I think I can't keep my hair in the morning.
02:52I was I'm sorry.
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