Hayden Panettiere was on Ellen last week, and she overshared as we’ve come to expect from her. Not only did Hayden open up the interview with an overly dramatic demonstration of herself talking on the phone while getting a bikini wax, she also brought up how large (in stature) her fiance, Wladimir Klitschko, is. Yes it’s something that people notice, especially when we see photos of the two of them together. This is her go-to topic when she’s on Ellen, and she loves to conjure up images of how it works between them.
Hayden also talked about how she thinks her kids with Wladimir will end up “normal” because she’s really little and he’s huge so she expects their kids will be a balance between them. She may be right. She then explained that Wladimir, who is from the Ukraine, didn’t understand what a honeymoon was and didn’t know why he wasn’t supposed to see her in her gown before the ceremony. Here’s more, thanks to Huffington Post:
“He’s very confused about our traditions,” Panettiere explains. “[He asked], ‘What is this honeymoon?’ I said, ‘It’s when you go on a vacation afterwards.’ Or [I told him] you can’t see the bride in her dress before, [and he said] ‘Why? Why not, it’s dress.'”
One thing the 24-year-old doesn’t want her 37-year-old husband-to-be to find out is who exactly pays for pricey celebration.
“He doesn’t know the woman’s side of the family is supposed to pay for the wedding,” she jokes. “Shh … We don’t need him to know that.”
As for whether or not Panettiere and Klitschko want to have babies, the actress tells DeGeneres that she’s hoping their kids will be normal-sized.
“He’s huge. I mean, I know that I’m small, but he’s large,” the 5-foot actress says of the 6-foot-6 Ukrainian boxer. “That’s how we met, I said, ‘You’re huge,’ and he said, ‘You’re tiny.’ And that was it!”
“It’s God telling us we’re too far on either side of the spectrum. He needs to make normal people,” Panettiere jokes. “[Wladimir’s] got bowlegs, I’ve got knock knees so they’re going to have straight legs and be normal height”
I get that Hayden is excited about her engagement and wedding, but I was uncomfortable with how much she shared, and how she imitated her fiance’s accent. This is a guy with a PhD who speaks four languages and she made him sound like an idiot. Hayden and Wladimir broke up for the last time (before their reconciliation earlier this year) in 2011 right after she talked about their sex life on Ellen. I got the impression that Wladimir is a more private person and wasn’t on board with all the publicity. Their breakup could have been a coincidence though. With Hayden you know what you’re getting, and she’s not about to tone it down for anyone.
Here’s part of the interview. At the end Hayden talks about a baby raccoon that was caught in their wall. It’s cute.
Photos of Hayden and Wladimir are from June and July. She’s shown at an event on 11-24-13. Credit: FameFlynet and WENN.com
He is a really bright guy and I don’t get what he sees in her – she is so shallow.
He’s a sportsman – they either marry their childhood sweetheart or an actress/model. It’s the rules!
Plus she seems pretty harmless to me.
But she’s so witsy bitsy and adorable! According to her, anyway. Sorry. It irks me when women think they’re just so cute because they’re small, and always have to remark on it.
Same here. Knew a woman in college who was about 5’3 and was always going “I’m so small, the best things come in small packages! Aren’t I cutesy-wutesy!” Made me want to gag. I’ve always been irked by petite women who feel the need to talk about how “cute” they are. Sorry, ladies, but if you are over the age of six, you are NOT CUTE ANYMORE.
THIS. I hate to stereotype, but I’ve met numerous petite women who all say the same things: I’m so small, I’m so petite, nothing fits me, he can just pick me up and toss me around, I’m a spinner! STFU. Lol. I think that men who love petite women fill these gals’ heads up with this stuff, plus they’ve probably been told their whole lives how cutesy wutesy they are.
Gag me.
Do I sound jealous? Mmmhh, I’m 5’6 and I love my height, but I’ve often dreamed of being petite in stature so I could still feel “small” in heels. I guess it’s like how skinny women are praised in our society; society wants us to basically “disappear” and pose no physical or vocal threat to the manly mens.
We have to say that because it makes us feel better about being so small…and makes it appear to others that we are confident in our small size. lol
Well I do it to my friends…but people should be more tolerating, it’s such a silly thing not worthy of being all fussy about I think.
haha I’m 5’3 and if anything…my friends have made jokes about me all my life about my size. Which I’m totally cool with, I really don’t care. I’ve never taken on the “cutesy” approach cause I find that annoying too. lol
@alexandria – 5’6 sounds like an greatttt height!!
I know Hayden is often exaggerating a bit in talkshows, but you have to know first it’s her job to do that in this kind of comedy talkshows, secondly she has stage fright and this behaviour is also a way for her to get along with it. If you see more personal interviews or private videos of her, which her friends sometimes post on instagram, she is completely different much calmer, nicer and more modest. Even if she plays a trick on somebody in private videos she is nicer. Her behaviour in shows is just a role she plays not her real character. Maybe this is not the best way to deal with you stage fright, but she is not perfect. But do you know somebody who is perfect?
I am confused – Ellen doesn’t seem to know who he is. I mean is Vladimir Klitschko not known in the US? Because as a multiple world champion in heavyweight boxing, he’s an absolute legend. Even for people like me, who never actually cared for boxing. I was under the impression he’s actually more famous than she is…
Yeah I was thinking the same!Also,I though she would talk about current situation an Ukraine and how amazing + important Klitschko brothers are but no….she decided to talk about baby raccoon and waxing her vag
She talked about the problematic situation between ukrain and russia on Live with Kelly and Michael, she talked about how she visited a KZ in germany and how important it is to know a lot about history and learn from it in a recent interview with a german Nashville fanpage and she will talk about the problems in ukrain on december 5th when she will attend the Kltschko Foundation Gala.
She could have talked about that on Ellen but Ellen is a comedy talkshow and trust me, noone there want’s to hear about serious things, except you make fun of it, but in this case that wouldn’t be appropriate.
Naw, I have *no* clue who he is. None. So if you don’t follow boxing and/or most sports — you wouldn’t necessarily know him.
Now she’s been in several very popular TV shows….
Oh ok, I guess it depends on the continent then. In Europe you probably would have a hard time finding someone who hasn’t heard of him.
I don’t follow boxing but know who he is. I mean, come on. The first time I saw him was in a German Kinder add.
Barely heard of her.
It really depends on where you live. Nashville is not on TV here atm (don’t think it will ever be) and Heroes was a huge disaster.
None of my friends would know here.
My husband (we are in Canada) knows who he is, but he is a huge sports fan so that is not surprising.
I get what you mean, but personally, I thought it was cute. Demeaning his intelligence probably wasn’t her intent. She was just showing there was more of a culture barrier and it was funny/cute story.
I really doubt he didn’t know what a honeymoon is. Everybody knows that.
Just out of curiosity, how long does a wedding reception in the US last? When do the guests go home?
The wedding reception is usually several hours long but will depend on when it starts (earlier in the day means it’s shorter than one starting later in the evening). And guests go home after the reception.
Round here we start around 3 pm and the last guests go home around 6 am. And the bride and groom are the last to go. Is it longer in the US? It probably isn’t.
No, everyone does not know that. Russia only got used to the concept of mixed drinks about a decade ago. The concept of a honeymoon would be foreign to someone who came up in the Soviet Union era.
She just made a joke. Maybe klitschko didn’t know the english word Honeymoon
whats interessting to me is that shes oversharing now- heavy demonstrations in ukraine at the moment and wladimirs brother vitali klitschko whos political active after he finished his boxing career wants to dethrone janukowitsch. info like that would look a bit weird if youre the sister in law of a politician!
She is who she is. I don’t think she was demeaning him or his intelligence. I’ve met a few really smart people who have been a little lost in life’s day to day.
It’s Ellen not 60 minutes, isn’t this the sort of stuff that usually happens.
I personally thought it was a funny interview. I do not think she was oversharing at all, nor do I think she was demeaning him. Lighten up people!
I didn’t see the big deal either. She wasn’t mocking him, she was just pointing out their cultural differences!
That wasn’t so bad, she wasn’t exactly graphic about it, and the hedgehog pic was adorable.
Yeah I really don’t think she was “mocking” him – he’s her fiance after all so she obviously loves him. I think it was a cute story about how their cultures are different. Let’s not be so damn PC all the time everyone
Klitschko is also talking about Hayden not knowing ukrainian traditions on ukrainian TV. I think for them it’s normal to make that fun. Hayden has empathy for others and wouldn’t do that if Wlad would feel hurt. But if she knows that someone doesn’t take her sarcasm too serious she makes that fun.
I didn’t think it was bad at all. I remember watching Lisa Kudro on a talk show. She mocked her in-laws about not bathing and smelling bad since they were French. She didn’t seem to catch any flack.
As a tall (5’9″) woman, I wonder why the tallest men always seem to prefer the shortest women. It seems like it could make intimate moments rather awkward.
Eh, I tend to not see the issue. My sister is engaged to a Russian man who is very educated, but he is, by his own admission, a fish out of water here and gets that some good-natured ribbing is to be expected. When they visited his family over there, it was her turn to take some jokes too. Marrying a person of another culture can be a unique challenge in some ways. Personally, I don’t see this as mockery. I tend to see it as joking about the issues that can come with marrying outside your own culture.
Sounds more like teasing to me.
Who doesn’t make their husbands sound like idots when imitating them?
I agree, Julianna….my hubby and I do this to each other. We aren’t so thin skinned to think that we are perfect to take it as offensive. We can laugh at ourselves.
She is NOT demeaning him. As a Russian, I would like to say that we are a WEIRD PEOPLE, LOL. For example, my mother is horrified that people have baby showers. In our culture, buying things before the baby is born is very bad luck. If she knows I am going to one, she will basically say, “OK, OK. So I suppose you vant friend’s baby to die? That is fine. Go and curse your friend’s baby.”
The stuff she is saying about him isn’t rude or demeaning, it’s just highlighting funny cultural differences.
He is NOT Russian.
Meh. I really don’t think she’s “mocking” him in a cruel way, tbh. She’s just over the top, and based on comments on here and other comments I’ve heard he makes fun of her confusion with Ukrainian traditions too. I think they are just very playful, and that she is kind of a ham. She’s supposedly matured a lot since she was on Heroes, and I’ve read a few interviews of her when she was promoting Nashville and she came across well.
I like her a lot actually. I always thought it was admirable how she supported environmental causes specifically with the ocean. She seems funny and sweet and down to earth. I think they make a nice couple. The best to them! 🙂
I really liked this interview–I loved when she imitated his accent. I probably would’ve done the same. I don’t know much about Hayden, but I do like her. I’m glad she knows what she wants and just goes for it. I think they do look cute together. And hopefully they both worked out the kinsk in their relationship.
It’s possible their kids would turn out average height, but definitely not guaranteed. The way it worked with my parents is with three kids they got one of each – one average height, one short, and one tall.
Did the Stumpster get bolt-ons?