Apparently, Hayden Panettiere is so taken with her new boxer beau Wladimir Klitschko, she’s telling friends she wants to make him her husband. The Heroes actress — who stands at just five feet two inches — was first spotted with the 6ft 6in man mountain in Miami over New Year’s. The couple went public with their romance earlier this week when they posed happily together at the Best Of Musical gala in Hamburg, Germany.
And insiders say Hayden — who has previously dated her Heroes co-star Milo Ventimiglia and Welsh TV presenter Steve Jones — is besotted with her new love and is already talking marriage.
“Hayden is head over heels with Wladimir,” said a source close to the actress. “She says he’s her dream man — tall, dark and handsome! She’s hoping to have a ring on her finger by the end of the year.”
Ukrainian-born Wladimir, 33, presently holds the IBF, WBO and IBO heavyweight boxing titles. Hayden, 20, has previously revealed that she wants a big family.
“I always said I want four kids — I love kids,” she said last year. “I would love to be a mom and to have a family — for Italians, it’s the most important thing you can have.”
