Hayden Panettiere screams at a TV reporter

I disliked Hayden Panettiere for a long time. I had absolutely no specific reason for it, it was just a gut feeling. Then she did a lot of cool and dangerous things for dolphins, and I decided to force myself to like her. I’m not going to kid you, the process wasn’t easy, but I was committed to it. And I think I got 75% there before Hayden blew it. And by “blew it,” I mean acted like a total bitch and freaked out on reporters.

Hayden Panettiere lost her cool at an event in Hawaii over the weekend.

The 19-year-old Heroes star — who recently split with Milo Ventimiglia because of her club-going ways — was testy when she first stepped on the red carpet at a fundraiser benefiting the Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific Foundation Sunday in Honolulu.

“Back up!” she yelled at photographers.

After posing for photos, she brushed by reporters. A female television reporter touched her shoulder and asked, “May we talk with you, Hayden?” Miffed, the actress jerked her head around and screamed, “Don’t you ever touch me!” She then icily asked a red carpet handler, “Oh, am I supposed to do interviews?”

Approaching various media outlets, she snapped again: “You all make my life miserable” and refused to answer any questions.

After the red carpet, Panettiere hung out in a private cabana with Justin Long and his brother. She then moved to a private dining room, where she and Long sat across from one another, chatting for more than an hour.

[From Us Weekly]

Us Weekly titled this story, “Hayden Panettiere Shoves TV Reporter,” yet they never actually mentioned any shoving. So either they drastically exaggerated the headline or they completely forgot the most important – and dramatic – part of the story. Nonetheless, Hayden was clearly acting like a complete bitch. But I have to be fair – I certainly behaved like a spoiled snot on occasion at her age. I just didn’t have anyone reporting on it. So I’m not going to completely write her off as a totally flawed human being, because she might be better at dealing with frustration in a few years.

Though she has been linked to a lot of older men, so you’d think Hayden would have a bit of maturity by now.

Here’s Hayden at LAX today with “Days of Our Lives” star Darin Brooks, returning from Hawaii. She clearly is having a real problem with the paparazzi. Images thanks to Pacific Coast News.