Hayden Panettiere , who says she has dated women in the past, is now “comfortable” with describing herself as bisexual .

The Scream franchise alum, whose new memoir This Is Me: A Reckoning is out later this month, recently spoke with Us Weekly ahead of the book’s release. During the interview, she reflected on having dated women earlier in her career, though the persistent presence of paparazzi complicated this period of her life.

“I have explored it, but because I hadn’t shared this with anybody, I didn’t really have the courage to throw myself fully emotionally into it,” she said, as seen here .…