 In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Hayes said, "To me it's also just about being misunderstood.Just me being in high school, just the smallest scale I know compared to a lot of stories that I've heard, a lot of people that I've met ... yes, I was a total geek, I was a total nerd, and you know, I still am, and I'm proud of that.But it took me a while to realize that it's OK to be proud of that, right?