Nashville returns for its fifth season this January, on new network CMT. Stars Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere are back, which is good news as there was some question whether either of them would return. Hayden in particular was open about her battle with postpartum depression after her daughter, Kaya, was born in December, 2014. She went to rehab for inpatient treatment for depression this spring. After she got out, Hayden was spotted without her engagement ring, leading to speculation that she was on the outs with her fiance and baby’s father, boxing great Wladimir Klitschko. Hayden tweeted a family photo right around that time very directly denying that they were split. She wrote “Missing rings don’t mean the end of relationships.” Most recently she went to an event with Wladimir, and sources tell People they’re doing well.
“Hayden and Wladimir are in a good place and having a great time raising their daughter,” a Florida source tells PEOPLE of the Ukrainian heavyweight and the Nashville star, who this year had to confront reports of a rift in her relationship.
Add the source: “Her previous problems were never with him. She is doing great, and they are very happy as a couple and family.”
The parents of 2-year-old Kaya attended several Art Basel events with their little girl last week while staying at Klitschko’s oceanfront penthouse condo on Hollywood Beach, where they spent the days enjoying the sun, paddle boarding and beach combing.
They were even photographed making a rare public appearance at the Daily Front Row party, where an attendee tell PEOPLE they “were together and very loving. They were holding hands, his arms were around her while they were watching the beginning of one of the art shows on the ceiling of the [Faena Art Dome on Miami Beach].”
“Hayden loves Wladimir,” an industry source tells PEOPLE of Panettiere, 27, and Klitschko, 40. “They get along best when they are together. It is frustrating when he has to travel around the world for his career while she needs to be here for hers. That is tough on any couple. But they are happy and love their daughter.”
I’m just reporting this because I want to think about good news for a little bit. I want to imagine these two happy and in love, working out whatever issues they had and Hayden recovering well. She deserves so much respect for going public with her battle with depression. It’s not an easy thing to admit that you suffer from it and need to get treatment. A source tells People that “Hayden is doing well and getting her life back.” You go Hayden.
Missing rings don’t mean the end of relationships. Blessed to be with my beautiful family ? pic.twitter.com/oCiTK0ziJf
— hayden panettiere (@haydenpanettier) July 7, 2016
Standing on the original stones… #Jerusalem ?? @Klitschko pic.twitter.com/D7W8iHu8Ur
— hayden panettiere (@haydenpanettier) November 29, 2016
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