Hayden Panettiere Hates US Age Limits

Hayden Panettiere Hates US Age Limits

Can't a girl just get a drink without having to worry about government regulations?! Sheesh! Hayden Panettiere isn't happy that she can't legally walk into a bar while home in the US. She is much happier over seas where no one IDs her at a bar. It's like... so cool.

"I can buy porn or kill someone in war but I can’t have a glass of
wine. If I could change one thing about America, it would be its
ridiculous age limits on things. That’s why I love visiting Britain. I can walk into a bar and order a
drink without having to show my passport. That’s so cool."



COMMENTS...

polly polly said:

drinking is not "cool" at all....

Ashes22
690 points
Ashes22 said:

am i the only one that was with her...till i read the "that's so cool" at the end.

it kind of ruined it for me.

<a href="/user/322" title="View user profile.">Aimee</a>
1140 points
Aimee said:

I agree. She had a good point and everything, but adding "that's so cool" just made it sound like it was coming from a 13 year old. It made her sound really dumb.

<a href="/user/340" title="View user profile.">Kimm</a>
300 points
Kimm said:

Totally agree with you on that. I did agree with her until the end of the comment.

Passerby Passerby said:

Oh, is Hayden going to war?

<a href="/user/371" title="View user profile.">Manda</a>
300 points
Manda said:

lol good point

Passerby Passerby said:

who drinks a glass of wine at 18??!!....she's one of these girls who wants to play pretend "adult".

Passerby Passerby said:

Plenty of people drink wine. My family is Italian and its common place to drink wine at dinner. We're not "pretending to be adults." Personally, I hate the taste of beer and most liquor, but wine is something I actually enjoy.

fran fran said:

that whole comment was extremely unintelligent.

Anna Anna said:

Oh whatever, there are worse laws. Like women being thrown in jail for sunbathing topless on a beach, when men can be topless whenever,wherever they so choose.

equal rights for all! equal rights for all! said:

so right! talking about equal rights... when it comes to nudity or getting married legally (for example) there are still lots of inequalities in the usa...

and yeah, i think its weird that you can (again, for example) drive at 16 -- a car can be a deadly weapon -- but you are not allowed to drink some booze. what's up with that? is there any justification for it?

who who said:

Personally, I think they should outlaw the male thong on beaches. Just noooooo.

I think Ms. P needs to focus on something a little more important than being allowed to drink at 18. Yep, you can fight in a war at 18, but should you? You can buy porn, but why help to exploit woman and contribute to abuse of both women and children, because a portion of every dollar spent on porn goes to some degenerate with ideas that don't involve consensual adults...it's a given.
Why didn't she mention voting? She has a right to do that...use it to make changes that are beneficial to more than a good time. Sheesh. She definitely isn't a Lohan but she ain't mensa either.

Otis Rail Otis Rail said:

Who is this lil' twerp again, girls?

Yeah, let's let all teenagers of any age purchase and consume alcohol, one of the deadliest drugs around. Their brains aren't even developed enough to handle it correctly.

Otis Rail

eliz eliz said:

i see where she's coming from. i'm 20 years old and its sooo frustrating that i cant even drink a glass of wine with my parents at dinner because i'm 5 months shy of my 21st birthday. like, what crazy development in maturity am i going to undergo in the next 5 months?

<a href="/user/283" title="View user profile.">Lili</a>
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Lili said:

I completly agree with her!

karla karla said:

Anna,women in the US are getting trown in jail for bathing topless!???Now i am shocked! And in some Skandinavian countries women can go topless in the swimming pools:))

Ling Ling said:

I live in London and I get ID'd all the time (even in the supermarket embarrassingly enough), and I'm almost 22 ... in England they're meant to ask for your ID if you look under 21, and she definitely looks under 21!!

naidine naidine said:

i just want to say first of all the government did'nt just wake up and decided lets frustrate teenagers and not allow them to drink up untill they reach 21.for you to not even have to reason with that law proves that you have't reach that level of maturity yet.we all were teenagers at one stage but hey,we are adults who now know why you should'nt drink when you under age.as for hyden,being as famous as she is she should be careful of what she teaches out threre to her peers who look up to her.that my dear made you not smart at all by praising alcohol like it's the omly important thing on plannet earth.it also proves that there is a reason why you are still a teenager,coz if you were not i'm definetly sure that next time you will think things through before you say them.

Passerby Passerby said:

yet we adults haven't learned that we shouldn't smoke, drink, cheat and what else... it comes with humanity..

And she didn't praise alcohol as the most important thing on earth she just think its weird that she is allowed to do about everything else without drinking alcohol... I rather not have people run of pregnant as a 18 year old so why not increase the all of the age regulations to 21?

Or in worst case to 18? since alcohol is nothing in my eyes compared to STDs, Cancer, Murder, getting a child when you shouldn't even look at one and so on...

and her questions and views on the laws makes her unintelligent? thats like me saying that you are stupid because you are a republican...

<a href="/user/507" title="View user profile.">Sorcha</a>
770 points
Sorcha said:

I agree with Hayden. The US age limits are dumb. If your old enough to fight in a illegal, pointless war you should be old enough to drink.

karla karla said:

naidine
Teenagers are from 13 to 19 after that they are not teens anymore and at 21 is just dumb to call someone a teenager,immature and etc.,many people at that age live alone,have even families,work and take care of themself.And glass of wine..common!what´s the deal with glass of wine??or a beer!?That´s why once people allowed to drink get trashed cause they don´t have the tradition and culture to enjoy a nice cup of wine or a beer with the diner for example.

<a href="/user/278" title="View user profile.">Miss_M</a>
300 points
Miss_M said:

Dear Hayden, we too have bars and pubs here that will ask you if you are 21 yet.

I frequent a bar that is for over 21 years only because, frankly, when you reach a certain age group you don't want to hang out with young girls (who ever so often can't handle their alcohol).

And sorry, there is nothing cool about 18 year old girls who go out and get drunk.

As for "You can buy porn, but why help to exploit woman and contribute to abuse of both women" ... I don't see where it helps exploiting women. Every woman has a right to say no and doesn't have to do porn. If you need to earn money there are other ways to do so.

<a href="/user/371" title="View user profile.">Manda</a>
300 points
Manda said:

hear hear!
buying a playboy isnt contributing to the abuse/exploitation of women...they all CHOSE to go to playboy and audition to get in

<a href="/user/75" title="View user profile.">Riviera</a>
3040 points
Riviera said:

Yes, 21 is a strict age limit. In other countries, it's 18 or 19. And you don't see them having a worse alcohol problem compared to the US. I just think Americans are much more conservative than other nations, especially when it comes to nudity and religion. Violence, that's a whole other issue. Americans don't have a problem with selling guns in stores to just about anyone, or showing extreme violence on the 6 o'clock news. There's something seriously wrong here.

<a href="/user/371" title="View user profile.">Manda</a>
300 points
Manda said:

also an extremely good point

Ursula Ursula said:

When I was 18 (I'm 25 now), even I understood the reason behind that law. This solidifies my dislike for her. How bout she have her dad, Milo, buy her some franzia and call it a day. Just another young punk that's blind to reality.

maggie maggie said:

I think US is the only country in the entire world that have age limit of 21. Every other countries including Canada, UK is 18 or 19 and some countries don't even have any age limit. Where I'm from, it's 19 and I didn't turn into a raging alcoholic. I don't think there's anything wrong of having a glass a wine with your dinner.

Passerby Passerby said:

Like, it will be totally awesome to see her in rehab before she's ever 21.

Deanna Deanna said:

I agree with her. Granted, the way she presented it makes her sound like she's not the brightest person, but still. She has a very valid point. At 18 you can serve the country, buy porn, and vote, but not buy alcohol? I just think the age restrictions are a little ridiculous. I understand the need for age limits, but there should at least be some consistency.

karla karla said:

Riviera,
tumbs up!Your comment was briliant!Americans have problem with saying words like "fuck","butt" and etc. but have no problem watching violent movies and gore...

<a href="/user/89" title="View user profile.">jessbeth</a>
300 points
jessbeth said:

We can drink over here at 18 and I think that's alright. Some people will just get drunk and make idiots out of themselves no matter what age they are anyway. It doesn't sound like something she would say for some reason. I've seen a few interviews with her and I just can't imagine her saying this.

<a href="/user/380" title="View user profile.">audrey</a>
10715 points
audrey said:

I'm not sure if the law here in Canada has changed yet or not, but when you are a teenager you can not purchase cigarettes, alcohol, or violent video games. We have stickers on cd's with cursing in the lyrics, and just recently all our cigarettes have to be covered up...kinda like porn. You can't buy a coat with a tie going through the hood, and even my garbage bags have warning labels on them. However at the age of 14 you can legally have sex with an adult.

<a href="/user/310" title="View user profile.">Mr. T</a>
330 points
Mr. T said:

She can move to England and take her dolphins with her. Mindless twit.

me646 me646 said:

All this bitch does is complain about her life. What an ungrateful snob. Kids should NOT be allowed to drink cuz they are just that KIDS. Like she is so grown or something, get a grip. Hollyweird is full of pathetic, whiney LOSERS these days. Holy Shit.

LJR LJR said:

So, if putting age limits on drinking is "so not cool" then any age could buy alcohol? Even 10 year olds? She didn't say lets lower the drinking age to 18, she said that having age limits is basically stupid.....

Some quotes about saving the whales she is so smart and then others, like this one, reminds me that she is not.

Karen Karen said:

Then get thine young ass to Britain, ASAP! Crikey, does this midget twat think that she is the only under-ager to wish the drinking laws were in her favour?? She's only upset because despite morphing into a 40 yr old since dating her pedophile boyfriend, she can't go to bars with him for another couple of years.

Ugh, this is why I don't watch Heros!!! Yet, I'm shallow enough to comment on this. I even disgust myself...

<a href="/user/311" title="View user profile.">Ellie</a>
32725 points
Ellie said:

Uh, it is very, very dumb. I remember going to a restaurant with my boyfriend once. It was 3 months before my 21st birthday but my bf was already 21 at the time. He ordered a glass of wine and I wanted to just take ONE tiny sip to taste it. The waitress came over right away asking for my ID... than when she saw that I wasn't 21 she called over the manager who made a huge fuss about it and told me not to do it again or else I would have to leave (and we had just oredered our food - it didn't even come to the table). And the entire time we were eating the manager was standing about 15 feet away "talking" to someone and WATCHING us eat to make sure that I didn't take another sip of the wine.
It was pretty embarrassing and ridiculous... I'm glad there weren't many other people sitting around listening to the bs.

P.S. Just because you're not 21 doesn't mean that you're a "kid."

Gemms Gemms said:

I have to take some issue with your condescending attitude whoever wrote this. 21 is a very arbitrary age to impose a rule on. Are you any smarter at 22 or 20? We don't know. Hayden makes an excellent and intelligent point. She is asking the validity of an arbitrary rule about drinking alcohol when 18 year olds are dying in Iraq and Afghanistan or coming back battering women and turning out to be alcoholics. Even besides the extreme point, children who start tasting alcohol at younger ages are less likely to go through alcohol poisoning at sme rambunxious frat party in uni. Maybe if they tasted wine at a normal family dinner at 14, itd take the mystery of alcohol out of their system. Maybe try a different European strategy since clearly the victims of DUI's would not like to die because of these dumb rules and their repurcussions.

Americans are the rulers of arbitrary bible belt imposed conservative rules. For a country touting democracy its kind of ridiculous that South America and Asia has had presidents of color and women of power far before the States had. So maybe there is something to people criticizing the arbitrary laws of this country EH WRITER?
I really detest the ditsy connotation. detest. check the attitude and read between the lines Vera and company.

<a href="/user/600" title="View user profile.">Escapee</a>
300 points
Escapee said:

Actually, I think Hayden has a good point! A soldier can go to war for 2 years, come back and still don't be allowed to have a beer. I don't think that's right...However, she's not sending out a good message by saying it's 'cool', but on the other hand - I'm not english so don't shoot me- doesn't she just mean by saying 'that's so cool' that it's cool that you don't have to go and show ID every time?

<a href="/user/260" title="View user profile.">xy mom</a>
6335 points
xy mom said:

Ahhhhh...with age comes wisdom. 18 is VERY young. As is 21. As with all laws the beginning is intent. An intent to keep young people safe.
She shouldn't complain cause how many of these pictures do we look at of underage girls going into clubs. It's not like any Hollywood club is going to turn her down.

Passerby Passerby said:

doesn't matter if she ends it all with "it's so cool" or not. The facts are there.. she cant go into a bar but she can go to war, buy cigs or get pregnant...

Alcohol isent the most dangerous thing in the world.. I rather have people drinking and get pregnant then killing and smoking (smoked for 10 years now and I hate myself for that)..

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