Ruby Rose remembers her late friend Hayden Panettiere

Ruby Rose has opened up about her close friendship with Hayden Panettiere, revealing that the pair spoke every day for five years before the actress’ death.

Ruby Rose has opened up about her close friendship with Hayden Panettiere, revealing that the pair spoke every day for five years before the actress’ death.

Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Rose remembered the Scream star as her “best friend” and said they “spoke every day for five years.”

“I didn’t even think we were gonna be friends. I didn’t know if I wanted to have any celebrity friends, ’cause I didn’t have a great experience with the industry,” Rose shared.

Rose recalled their first meeting, saying, “I saw her, she saw me, and I just remember thinking, ‘Oh, no.’ And then she ran up anyway and was like, ‘Hey, I’m Hayden. Can we go talk somewhere? We’ve got a lot in common.’ I just laughed.”

“I was like, ‘What?’ She says [that] I said, ‘I don’t think so,’ but I think I just laughed,” Rose recalled. “And then we went and talked and we had everything in common.”

Reflecting on their bond, Rose said they shared “five years of friendship,” with daily texts and regular check-ins. She also revealed that their close-knit group has grown to 14 people, whom she considers her “family.”

“Hayden, all that she ever wanted was to have her story told, her way, on her terms,” Rose said of her late friend.

Panettiere died on August 16 in South Carolina at the age of 36. The circumstances surrounding her death remain under investigation, with toxicology results reportedly still pending, according to her representative, who cited the Greenville County Coroner’s Office.

Panettiere’s boyfriend, Brian Hickerson, and his brother, Zach, were reportedly with her when she died.

According to a police report, Brian showed officers a “bag of medication” that Panettiere was taking.