THOMAS DEKKER - OUTRAGED DEKKER BLASTS HEROES ROMANCE

Former HEROES star THOMAS DEKKER has lashed out at ex-castmate MILO VENTIMIGLIA for dating pretty teen HAYDEN PANETTIERE, calling the romance "gross". Dekker, who is now the star of Terminator TV spin-off The Sarah Connor Chronicles, played 18-year-old Panettiere's best friend in the first season of the sci-fi phenomenon. And he can't believe 30-year-old Ventimiglia is dating a girl almost half his age. The outraged actor, 20, tells U.S. magazine Life + Style, "I think it's gross, to be perfectly honest. It's kind of like if I were dating a 12-year-old! "I'm definitely surprised they're together. For me, it would be a struggle to be with someone in such a different age range."