Is it universally accepted that Jeremy Piven is totally skeezy? Piven turns 44 years old later this month, and yet whenever he makes the news for his “dating” habits, he’s always hitting on teenage girls, or girls barely out of their teens. There were rumors that Piven had a big crush on Megan Fox last year – when she was 21 years old. Allegedly, Piven went up to Megan at last year’s Spike TV Awards and struck out with this line: “I don’t know you, but I should.” It was also reported that Piven was “staring at her like she was a lamb chop.” Megan walked away – which I have to give her credit for. A few months later, Piven allegedly struck out with Hayden Panettiere at one of the post-Emmy parties. But that hasn’t stopped the lust in Piven’s heart for the 19-year-old Hayden:

Jeremy Piven seemed fully recovered from mercury poisoning at Thursday night’s “Entourage” premiere in LA.

Spies at the Belvedere-hosted soiree on the Paramount lot told us, “Piven was looking Hayden Panettiere up and down in between sips of vodka and soda.”

The 19-year-old “Heroes” starlet was with Alexis Dziena, who was in one episode of the HBO show, while Jamie-Lynn Sigler cuddled with beau Jerry Ferrara, who plays Turtle.

[From Page Six]

Gross. But you know what’s even grosser? Hayden might have been up for it. That girl likes older men – her ex-boyfriend Milo Ventimiglia and her current boyfriend/hookup Steve Jones are both 32 years old. That’s right – the same guy she was hooking up with in Cannes in May, they’re back on. They were seen together this weekend:

Recently claiming she’s single and mingling, Hayden Panettiere did more of the latter recently during a night out with her most recent fling, Welsh TV host Steve Jones.

While they were rumored to have split, it seems like they may have the makings of a full blown summer romance. According to an onlooker at Firefly restaurant, the two got close throughout the night as they hung out with other pals. At one point, the actress even slipped into his lap.

One point of contention: who picked up the bill. After a little squabbling, Panettiere grabbed the nearly three hundred dollar tab.

The two were first spotted sunning on a yacht together in the south of France during the Cannes film festival. They also had dinner in London with Elton John and his partner David Furnish.

[From Radar]

So is Hayden Jeremy’s soul mate or what? She’s practically jailbait, she digs older men, and she doesn’t seem to worry about sticking with relationships. Sounds like “the Piv” should have tried his chances once again with Hayden. So, so gross.

Jeremy Piven and Hayden Panettiere are shown at the Entourage season premiere on 7/10/09. Credit: PRPhotos