“Nashville” actress “pulled a Jennifer Lawrence” on her way out

May 8, 2014 10:19 GMT  ·  By

Jennifer Lawrence already has some unwanted experience with falling on the red carpet and even on live television, during the most important broadcast of the year, the Oscarcast, which is why Hayden Panettiere’s fall at the MET Gala 2014 on Monday is now being described in terms of “pulling a Jennifer Lawrence.”

The “Nashville” actress was among the first celebrities to arrive on the red carpet outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York for the annual Ball. This year’s edition was an homage to “America’s First Couturier,” designer Charles James, so the theme of the night was old-school glamor.

She wore a giant Dennis Basso ball gown in pastel colors, with a giant print of a giant flower in the front. The creation was a bit out of the ordinary but in perfect keeping with the theme of the evening.

As you can probably imagine, as beautiful as these gowns are to look at, they’re just as difficult to wear. Hayden was well aware of the challenge ahead of her, which explains why, when she arrived, she actually cheered loudly for making it up the stairs without a problem.

Celebrity Yahoo! reports that, once at the top of the stairs, the actress actually threw her arms up and yelled “Hallelujah! I made it up the stairs,” much to the delight of the photographers.

Unfortunately, she could not boast of the same achievement at the end of the evening, when it came to leaving for home, as the video below can confirm. Halfway down the stairs, Hayden must have tripped on her huge gown and high heels, and fell on all fours.

To her credit, much like the aforementioned Lawrence, she laughed it off and even tried to joke with photographers to not take her picture. Which, of course, they did. Even funnier was the fact that Rihanna was walking right behind Hayden when she had her mishap, and could hardly hide her giggles behind her hand.

From photos snapped right after the fall, Hayden didn’t mind. From Lawrence’s experience, who tripped and fell on the stairs at the Oscars as she was going to collect her award, in situations like these, it’s best to just laugh it off, and graciously save face, to the best of your ability.

Stairs mishap aside, Hayden was deemed one of the best dressed celebrities on the red carpet at the gala, which is also dubbed the “Oscars of fashion.” So it was a win for her in the end.