Hayden Panettiere on New Red 'Do: "I Was Tired of Being a Blonde"
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Why'd Hayden Panettiere ditch her blonde 'do to become a redhead?
"Because I could!" the Heroes star, 21, told UsMagazine.com at the NYC premiere of Temple Grandin Tuesday night. "I was tired of being a blonde and being... you get stuck in one thing and known for one thing and as a cheerleader or whatever that image."
Continues Panettiere,"It's fun to change things up, and I feel I don't have to overcompensate as much personality-wise when I have red hair as I do with blonde hair."
Panettiere says the new look suits her better.
"I'm typically a very fiery person anyway, but I just feel like cute and blonde and little is just so one category and one thing and changing my hair color, I feel like I don't have to overcompensate so much for the fact that I don't like being called cute or anything like that -- especially being all 5-foot-2 of me," she told Us.
Check out more photos of stars who switched up their hairstyles.
The actress also told Us that she shrugs off criticism for dating older men. (She split from Milo Ventimiglia, 32, in last February, and is currently cozying up to boxer Wladimir Klitschko, 33.)
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"It just happens to be the people that I'm drawn to, and you go, 'How old are you?' And then it's like 'Typical!'" she said while laughing. "It's just a number and it's just on a birth certificate and whoever it may be, older, younger, blonde, brunette...."
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14age is just a number? so there's no difference between a 20 year old or a 4 year old or a 45 year old, et cetera, based on their age alone?
She looks gorgeous..!!!
Wow! This color looks great on her, she is beautiful. Usually when someone goes this dark from blond they look washed out.
GORGEOUS picture of her. She looks STUNNING. I'll admit, it looks pretty nice on her. Considering hardly anyone who isn't naturally a redhead looks decent. It suits her pretty well, but she's always going to look the best as a blonde. I still love it though. She looks 20 now, instead of 18.
I'm glad she's a red-brunette. I think she looks way better than with the blonde hair.
i love it! i think it makes her look more mature and brings out her eyes!
I dig her as a redhead:-) She got style and smarts, what's not to like. I'm just hoping 53 is not too old for her:-0 LOL No honey I did not type that stuff on US blog:-( Besides my sweetie is already 14 years my younger and how lucky can a guy get!
she looks good. nothing like a pretty redhead. i get sick of everyone wanting to be blonde too!!!
This picture of Hayden is quite beautiful, the red hair suits her very well.
Love the color! Great choice!
I think she looks great!
I like this look. She looks better, much more mature & she pretty.
IM ASSUMING THIS PART IS NOT SUPPOSED TO BE IN THIS ARTICLE???? "So that is the reason why I got pregnant. It was for Casey and I, and that is also why I was so devastated when she passed away because now I have our baby in my belly, but she has passed away."
Pretty sure you don't mean to have this as the last paragraph of this article: "So that is the reason why I got pregnant. It was for Casey and I, and that is also why I was so devastated when she passed away because now I have our baby in my belly, but she has passed away." Don't you have time to proofread? It's not like this is breaking news...