Hayden Panettiere blames the intrusive nature of tabloid media with destroying her lovelife. The Heroes actress, 19, quickly became a tabloid darling after she began dating her 30-year-old co-star, Milo Ventimiglia, in 2008.

The couple split in February; now Hayden is convinced that Hollywood couples rarely stand a chance because fans’ interest in their lives puts added pressure on the relationship.

“It’s very, very difficult and people have no idea what they do to peoples’ relationships. They destroy them. The paparazzi and the public,” Hayden says in a revealing interview with Company Magazine. “The public wants to read about your personal life, and the paparazzi give it to them by nosing into your personal life and saying things that are just not true and horrible.”