E! News caught up with the 23-year-old actress to ask her about the reported engagement rumors to her on-again/off-again boyfriend Wladimir Klitschko. She responded with a simple "no ring" while holding up both hands to show she wasn't wearing an engagement ring.
Speculation began about a secret engagement after Panettiere was spotted at the ABC upfront event in New York last week with a sparkly, platinum diamond ring. Even though she was wearing the ring on her right hand, it was rumored that she wasn't ready to reveal the engagement details.
US Weekly, had reported back in March that a source close to the actress told them that Panettiere and her 37-year-old boxer boyfriend had already begun planning a summer wedding.
"Very few people know, and she isn't wearing her ring publicly yet," the source told US Weekly.
The two had split in 2011 following a two-year relationship. They rekindled their relationship in January.
Panettiere told, Bunte, a German lifestyle magazine that even though had split they were still great friends.
"While we decided to split, we feel great sympathy and respect for each other and will surely stay close friends," Panettiere said about the split. Kitschko added that the distance played a definite role in their split.
"We had a great time together. But more and more we realized how difficult it is to maintain a relationship when living on two continents... I cherish Hayden as a person and woman," Kitschko said.
Now that the two are back together, it has been said that Kitschko has been traveling a lot more to see Panettiere to make the relationship work.
"It's like the 2.0 version," Panettiere told Glamour about getting back together with Klitschko. "I've always had great relationships and stayed really good friends with the guys I've dated. It blows my mind sometimes that us getting together has gotten so much attention."
