Hayden
Panettiere Opens Up About Stephen Coletti Split 2/29/08
Heroes star
Hayden Panettiere has spoken for the first time about her split from
boyfriend Stephen Coletti, revealing she just wanted some time alone.
The 18-year-old beauty ended her one-year relationship with the Laguna
Beach star last September (07) - insisting the pair had parted on
amicable terms.
And Panettiere, who is now dating her Heroes co-star Milo Ventimiglia,
admits she desperately needed her own space.
She tells American magazine Seventeen, "I just knew I wanted to
breathe. I wanted to be single at the time. It just hit me like a ton of
bricks - this is the time I need to be with myself."
And she admits she's not an easy girlfriend: "It takes such a
secure person to be with someone like me; it takes so much confidence, it
takes so much trust."