'Nashville' actress Hayden Panettiere has revealed that she was offered drugs and alcohol as a child actor.
The 23-year-old actress, who shot to fame in US daytime soap 'One Life to Live' when she was six-year-old, credited her family and friends for helping her avoid the same pitfalls as troubled actresses Amanda Bynes and Lindsay Lohan, reported Contactmusic.
"I'm no different to anyone else and those same doors were opened to me and they are very easy to walk through - drugs, alcohol, being in inappropriate places where you shouldn't be at a certain age. It's a very tough position to be in but I had great people to pull me back from it," she said.
Panettiere accepts the fact that a child artiste has to go through a lot of stress in the industry.
"Being a young female growing up in this industry is tough. And I grew up in the generation of the wild child. I was guilty by association.
"So everyone sits there and waits for you to fall of your horse. But as long as you have people who are willing to tell you the truth and are not afraid to tell you the truth, and who are there to yank you back when you need it and give you a reality check, it makes a world of difference.
