Hayden Panettiere grew up on the King of Pop’s music and was so excited when she thought she may meet him at a party.

“The Heroes schedule is grueling. Twelve to 14 hours a day straight,” she says. “There is no sitting down, for sometimes six or seven days a week.

“The only reason I missed meeting Michael Jackson is because on Halloween when I was supposed to go to a party that he was at, they had us working from 3pm to 7am and I missed Michael Jackson. I am so upset because I am a huge fan.”

Michael Jackson died Thursday (June 25) after suffering an apparent cardiac arrest at his home in Los Angeles. He was 50.