{"id":1043,"date":"2026-05-06T16:50:50","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/hayden-panettiere-reveals-point-of-contention-in-milo-ventimiglia-romance\/"},"modified":"2026-05-06T16:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T16:50:50","slug":"hayden-panettiere-reveals-point-of-contention-in-milo-ventimiglia-romance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/hayden-panettiere-reveals-point-of-contention-in-milo-ventimiglia-romance\/","title":{"rendered":"Hayden Panettiere reveals &#8216;point of contention&#8217; in Milo Ventimiglia romance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/05\/Untitled-4-copy.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hayden Panettiere said her inability to tell ex Milo Ventimiglia \u201cI love you\u201d was a major \u201cpoint of contention\u201d in their relationship.<\/p>\n<p>The actress reflected on dating her \u201cHeroes\u201d co-star when she was 18, and he was 29, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/celebrity-news\/news\/hayden-panettiere-gets-honest-on-loss-addiction-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new interview with US Weekly<\/a> while promoting her upcoming memoir, <a data-aps-asc-tag=\"pagesix-20\" data-aps-asin=\"1538773422\" data-wrapped-template=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url\" href=\"https:\/\/r.pagesixlink.com?btn_ref=org-282f0dd399864b44&amp;btn_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FThis-Me-Reckoning-Hayden-Panettiere%2Fdp%2F1538773422%3Ftag%3Dpagesix-20%26asc_refurl%3Dhttps%3A%2F%2Fpagesix.com%2F2026%2F05%2F06%2Fcelebrity-news%2Fhayden-panettiere-reveals-point-of-contention-in-milo-ventimiglia-romance%2F%26asc_source%3Dweb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-nyp-affiliate=\"true\">\u201cThis Is Me: A Reckoning,\u201d<\/a> out May 12.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery relationship I\u2019ve ever been in, I invested my whole self in,\u201d Panettiere told the outlet. \u201cI saw him as my partner and that it was going to hopefully keep going and evolving and lead to marriage.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Hayden Panettiere told US Weekly that not being able to say \u201cI love you\u201d to ex Milo Ventimiglia was the \u201cpoint of contention\u201d in their relationship (They are pictured above at the \u201cIt\u2019s A Mall World\u201d premiere in 2007). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Panettiere (seen above with Ventimiglia at Comic-Con 2007) said she felt \u201cuncomfortable\u201d over not being able to express her love for her ex when they dated.  <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The \u201cNashville\u201d actress said she \u201cwas unable\u201d to say \u201cI love you\u201d to Ventimiglia, which made her \u201cfeel so uncomfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could only say \u2018I love you\u2019 in a casual way,\u201d Panettiere explained, noting that since Ventimiglia was \u201colder,\u201d he was \u201cmore aware\u201d of what those words mean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that said a lot,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Panettiere, 36, and Ventimiglia, 48, dated from 2007 to 2009 after meeting on the set of the NBC superhero series.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Panettiere (pictured above on the cover of US Weekly) also noted that Ventimiglia was \u201colder,\u201d so he was better at expressing his feelings for her. <span class=\"credit\">Storm Santos\/US Weekly<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Panettiere (seen above on the cover of her upcoming memoir) met Ventimiglia on the set of \u201cHeroes.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">Grand Central Publishing<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before their final split, Ventimiglia briefly broke up with Panettiere and then took her back, which she believes was because of her heavy emotions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne hundred percent it was only because I was over the toilet, hysterically crying,\u201d she told the outlet. <\/p>\n<p>The \u201cScream IV\u201d actress said her \u201cworld had crumbled\u201d when the pair initially split, which she felt \u201cwas so out of left field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNothing that big or explosive had happened,\u201d she explained. \u201cNothing had really gone wrong. Nobody cheated.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Panettiere was 18 and Ventimiglia was 29 when they dated (The exes are pictured above at Comic-Con 2007). <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Panettiere said Ventimiglia (both pictured above in \u201cHeroes\u201d) took her back after their initial breakup because she \u201cwas hysterically crying.\u201d <span class=\"credit\">\u00a9NBC\/Courtesy Everett Collection<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Panettiere recalled the \u201cThis Is Us\u201d actor was in \u201cpure shock at how visceral and massive my negative reaction was, and he immediately took it back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ventimiglia, who is now married to model Jarah Mariano, with whom he shares<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/01\/31\/parents\/this-is-us-star-milo-ventimiglia-welcomes-first-baby-with-wife-jarah-mariano\/\"> 1-year-old daughter Ke\u2019ala Coral<\/a>, has not spoken about dating Panettiere since 2017, when he said he\u2019d \u201cnever do it again.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Panettiere (seen above with Ventimiglia and Zachary Quinto) added that she felt like her \u201cworld had crumbled\u201d when the pair broke up. <span class=\"credit\">Evans Ward\/BEI \/ Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Ventimiglia is now married to Jarah Marinao (both pictured above), with whom he shares a 1-year-old daughter. <span class=\"credit\">RochelleBrodinPhoto \/ Shutterstock<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThere are things that happen to you in your life that shape who you are,\u201d he told Mr. Porter at the time, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/880196\/milo-ventimiglia-reveals-what-he-learned-from-dating-hayden-panettiere\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">E! News<\/a>. \u201cEverything I\u2019ve been through from jobs to friendships to partnerships, everything has built me to who I am. You learn from it. You learn a better way of doing things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But Ventimiglia admitted he \u201cwouldn\u2019t change a thing\u201d about the pair\u2019s relationship because it gave him \u201cperspective.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After splitting from Ventimiglia, Panettiere dated <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/04\/15\/hayden-panettieres-life-as-ex-vladimir-klitschko-fights-in-ukraine\/\">Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko<\/a> on-and-off from 2009 to 2018, during which they <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2022\/09\/28\/hayden-panettieres-daughter-had-trauma-reaction-to-separation\/\">welcomed daughter Kaya, 11.<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>The \u201cThis Is Us\u201d actor (seen above) previously said that he \u201cwouldn\u2019t change a thing\u201d about his relationship with Panettiere. <span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><figcaption>Panettiere (seen in the selfie above) is currently promoting her memoir out May 12. <span class=\"credit\">haydenpanettiere\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The \u201cRemember the Titans\u201d actress also got into\u00a0a volatile, allegedly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/04\/21\/hayden-panettieres-ex-brian-hickerson-sentenced-to-45-days-in-jail\/\">abusive romance with Brian Hickerson<\/a> that lasted from 2018 to 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In the US Weekly interview, Panettiere said it was \u201ctraumatic\u201d and \u201cbrutal\u201d to revisit her experience with domestic violence in her book.<\/p>\n<p>She also <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/06\/celebrity-news\/hayden-panettiere-comes-out-as-bisexual-details-scary-experience-dating-women\/\">came out as bisexual<\/a>, discussed her brother <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2023\/02\/20\/hayden-panettieres-brother-jansen-dead-at-28\/\">Jansen\u2019s tragic death<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2024\/09\/22\/celebrity-news\/hayden-panettiere-speaks-on-viral-uncomfortable-interview-i-hadnt-slept\/\">her addiction struggles<\/a>, and more in the interview.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2026\/05\/06\/celebrity-news\/hayden-panettiere-reveals-point-of-contention-in-milo-ventimiglia-romance\/\" target=\"_blank\">Source link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hayden Panettiere said her inability to tell ex Milo Ventimiglia \u201cI love you\u201d was a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Untitled-4-copy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/login9ja.com\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}