During her career, the late Hayden Panettiere played a host of characters that managed to strike chords with the general public. One of the standout performances of her TV-based work is arguably Nashville’s Juliette Barnes, who’s an ambitious country signer. Panettiere played Barnes for a total of six seasons and, in that time, she played out the ups and downs of the character’s tumultuous life and career. And, as it turns out, Panettiere once revealed one detail about her character to real-life singer Taylor Swift.
Panettiere was friendly with a number of notable celebrities during the early aughts (and many of them sweetly paid tribute to her after her passing). One of those people was Swift, and the Grammy winner spoke about the friendship during an interview with 1075TheRiverNash, which was shared to YouTube years ago. At the time, the “Wildest Dreams” performer shed light on the connection she and Panettiere but, even more notably, the actress dispelled a major piece of gossip regarding “bad girl” Juliette:
