The singer met Panettiere on the set of 2006’s “Bring It On: All or Nothing.”

Hayden Panettiere says Rihanna has 1 question for her every time she sees her

The singer met Panettiere on the set of 2006's "Bring It On: All or Nothing."

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May 25, 2026 5:00 p.m. ET

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- In an interview with EW, Hayden Panettiere has "a moment" about *Bring It On: All or Nothing* turning 20 this summer.

- "When fans would come up who loved that movie, they would freak out — have a physical, visceral reaction to me that I had never seen before,” Panettiere says.

- The actress also details meeting Rihanna on set: "The first thing she asks is, ‘Oh, how's your mom?’"

Hayden Panettiere can’t believe it's been two decades since she played cheerleader Britney Allen in the third installment of the *Bring It On* franchise — and since she's met Rihanna.

“Oh God, does it really?” Panettiere replied to ** when she was informed about the film's anniversary this summer. “I was just with one of my dear friends, Evan Ross, and we were talking about how long we'd known each other. *Remember the Titans* came up and I thought in my head, I was like, 'Oh my God, it's been 26 years.' So now you're telling me *Bring It On* has been how many years? My head's in my hands.”

Panettiere added, “I'm having a moment. I cannot believe I've been around — I still don't feel like a full-grown adult!”

Panettiere, now 36, starred in *Bring It On: All or Nothing*, six years after the OG film starring Kirsten Dunst was released.

“I loved the passion that people had for *Bring It On*. When fans would come up who loved that movie, they would freak out — have a physical, visceral reaction to me that I had never seen before,” Panettiere explained. “It's so satisfying as a performer, doing anything, anyone giving you that much love, it's incredible for your soul. And Rihanna! I met Rihanna when she was 17 and I was 16 on that.”

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Rihanna, then known for her debut single “Pon de Replay,” made a cameo as herself to judge the cheerleading competition and perform.

Hayden Panettiere in 'Bring It On: All or Nothing'.

“I run to her all the time. And the first thing she asks is, ‘Oh, how's your mom?’” Panettiere told EW. “I met a lot of very cool people on that project, plus anything having to do with sports or being athletic, I’m in.”

Panettiere’s mother, Lesley Vogel, worked closely with her daughter during the first two decades of her career. The actress details the moment that she informed her mom that she would no longer like to have a professional relationship in her book, *This Is Me: A Reckoning. *

“All I wanted was to discover what it was like to have a ‘normal’ mother–daughter relationship, and that dynamic didn’t involve contracts, producers, boho tops, or drinking wine at industry parties,” Panettiere, who was starring on *Heroes* at the time, wrote. “Mom picked up her purse, clenched her jaw, and looked straight at me. ‘You owe me,’ she answered. … I knew I’d done the right thing, but I sensed something in me had died.”

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The twosome are currently estranged, with Vogel making it clear to Page Six that she wasn’t happy with her daughter detailing their personal ups and downs in her book. “The craving of drama and punitive action is traditional and to be expected,” she said in part.

Panettiere replied in a statement of her own. "When people ask me about the relationship, if there's any hope for the future, I always say that I leave that door cracked open in case because who doesn't want a relationship with their mother? You pray for it and you hope it eventually comes, but she slammed that door pretty hard in my face," Panettiere said. "She has very clearly prioritized herself, which I should not be shocked by. I can't imagine how she feels about doing what she did and saying what she said. I don't know how she lives with that.”

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