Did Nina and Ian used to date?

Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder displayed stunning chemistry in the show The Vampire Diaries. At the time, they were dating each other. They had made their relationship very public. When they broke up, Ian Somerhalder decided to move on and marry his new girlfriend Nikki Reed. After a long time, Nina Dobrev had finally decided to come out and talk about their breakup as she has broken her silence about Ian Somerhalder's wedding. Read further to know what she said in an interview with E Online in 2015.

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Nina Dobrev broke her silence about ex Ian Somerhalder's wedding

Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder were dating for a long time during their shoot of The Vampire Diaries series. Fans of the show were heartbroken to know that the couple had broken up after the 6th season. Nina Dobrev even decided to leave the show and did not give any official statement as to why she did that. Various speculations start doing the rounds.

The two had moved on and Ian Somerhalder decided to get married to Nikki Reed. Ian Somerhalder's wife Nikki Reed met Ian 6 months before they got married. The two dated for 6 months when Ian Somerhalder popped the big question. Nina Dobrev reacted to their wedding news in an interview with E Online in 2015. She said that she was happy for the loved-up couple. She said that the wedding was beautiful. She also added that people were expecting a lot of drama due to media.

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In the same interview, she also mentioned that there wasn't any tension between the two and they still care for each other as friends. She said that they were professional while working together post-breakup. She also mentioned the reason why she left the show and confirmed that it wasn't because of the breakup. She said that she decided to quit the show because she was scared that she would not get any work after Vampire Diaries. So, she left the show to explore more options

About The Vampire Diaries

The Vampire Diaries is a supernational teen drama show that ran for 8 long seasons. It began in 2009 and came to an end in 2017. The plot revolves around a town called Mystic Falls which has humans, vampires, and witches. The plot is majorly focused on Damon Salvatore, Stefan Salvatore, and Elena Gilbert.

The Vampire Diaries cast includes Ian Somerhalder, Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Kat Graham, Candice King, Zach Roerig, Michael Trevino, Matthew Davis, Joseph Morgan, among many others, in pivotal roles.

Many actors end up dating their co-stars, and The Vampire Diaries stars Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder were not the exception. Their intense chemistry was evident onscreen and caused many fans to root for Elena and Damon’s characters to get together. And the actors carried their chemistry offscreen when they began dating after The Vampire Diaries aired. But, according to Dobrev, she had a rule against dating co-stars.

Nina Dobrev dated Ian Somerhalder while working on ‘The Vampire Diaries’

The first season of The Vampire Diaries premiered in 2009, but Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder didn’t start dating until 2010. And they wouldn’t officially announce their relationship to the public until 2011.

Dobrev played Elena Gilbert, and Somerhalder played Damon Salvatore in the CW show. At the beginning of the series, Elena and Damon share a “will they, won’t they” relationship. And the fact that Elena was dating Damon’s brother, Stefan, made it all the more complicated. Eventually, they gave in to their feelings for one another, and Dobrev and Somerhalder did the same in real life.

However, their relationship ended in 2013 after three years of dating. Both actors remained professional and continued to work together on The Vampire Diaries until Nina Dobrev left the show in 2015. Somerhalder and Dobrev acted together once more when she returned for the series finale in 2017.

The actor once stated that she never wanted to get romantically involved with a co-star

During an interview with Seventeen in 2012, Nina Dobrev opened up about her relationship with her The Vampire Diaries co-star.

“The first time I was on the cover of Seventeen, the cover line said ‘Nina: Why she wouldn’t date any of her co-stars,'” Dobrev shared. “And then cut to two years later [when she was dating Ian Somerhalder].”

She added, “It’s funny that I said that, but you know what? It was honestly what I believed at the time. I didn’t want to be dating one of my co-stars — my goal on the show was to be professional. But sometimes you can’t help who you have a connection with, and you can only fight it for so long—which I did for a really, really long time.”

Although Nina Dobrev publicly stated that she never wished to date a co-star, she couldn’t deny the chemistry between her and Ian Somerhalder on the set of The Vampire Diaries.

Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️ @ninadobrev
I never knew I was so lickable till we met ?… Thank you for keeping a smile on my face and being the beautiful person you are! pic.twitter.com/RjWHq3WQXC

— Shaun White (@shaunwhite) February 14, 2021

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Both Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder have moved on from their The Vampire Diaries romance. Somerhalder married actor Nikki Reed in 2015, and the couple welcomed a daughter in 2017. As for Dobrev, she has been dating Olympian Shaun White since 2020.

White told People in Jan. 2022, “Nina’s just been so supportive and so amazing through this whole process for me. Through the pandemic, she was a lifesaver — she really made that time in my life special.”