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Hayden Panettiere: My Summer Vacation

The Heroes star talks to E! News about decorating her new mansion and how she gets through lonely nights

By Jennifer Cady Jul 21, 2008 6:52 PMTags
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This summer has been about growing up for Hayden "the Cheerleader" Panettiere, who's busy breaking in her first multimillion-dollar Hollywood Hills mansion. (We say “first” because there will be others. There are always others.)

The Candie's-sponsored “Wake Up Call” singer tells E! News she has been concentrating on decorating her “contemporary” home as well as squeezing a huge 14-by-14 couch into her living room.

And while Hayden lives alone for now—her best friend from back home will be moving in with her soon—she still has one source of comfort when things go bump in the night and it's not Milo (at least not all of the time)...

“My parents are, like, down the street," says the Heroes star. "So when it's late at night and I don't feel like being by myself, I'll be like [on the phone], 'Hi Dad,' and he'll be like, 'Just come over,' and I'll be like, 'Oh, OK. Pull my arm. Twist my arm. OK.' "

Awww, how cute. The cheerleader requires saving in real life, too. Granted, it's from a $4 million mansion and not some crazy dude who slices people's skulls open and steals brains, but you know what we're saying.