“I was on The Originals at that point so I don’t know the timing,” Holt recalled during an appearance on Dear Media’s Not Skinny But Not Fat podcast. “But honestly, they were really — they kept it super professional, it never got weird, like props to them.” It was “all love” as Dobrev hung out with Somerhalder and Reed. The trio posed for a cozy photo that Reed had taken, where the Twilight actress stood in the center, flanked by Dobrev and Somerhalder smiling on either side. “And yet our characters are still dating on the show,” added Somerhalder.
Their vampire legacy is still steaming up the fandom and never really ended for true fans of the series. So what do we still know about these two, even though they’ve both moved on? We’re spilling the deets and revisiting one of The Vampire Diaries’ favorite couples. They got engaged in October 2012, but ended their relationship two years later. As for Dobrev’s former costar, Somerhalder tied the knot with Reed in 2015. The Twilight actress later shared her secret to making their marriage work, which included being invested in each other’s goals.
The star appeared on the series alongside Ian Somerhalder, and Paul Wesley, to name a few, solidifying herself as a teen drama icon. Well, as if starring in a drama wasn’t enough, it appears as if the on-screen shockers started making way into Nina’s personal life, especially when it came to her relationship with Ian. In June 2009, Somerhalder was cast in the role of Vampire Damon Salvatore as a series regular in The CW television drama series The Vampire Diaries. The series premiere attracted The CW’s highest premiere ratings of any season premiere since the network began in 2006.
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Like most of Ian’s previous relationships with his co-stars, this one also fizzled out. You might recognize her as Rosalie, Edward’s sister from the Twilight movies. The two first sparked rumors of a romance in 2014 and by February 2015, they were engaged. Judging by all their PDA-packed photos on IG, the married pair is still going strong. ‘I remember everyone would walk up to me after the show aired, and they’d be like, “Are you and Paul dating in real life? Paul dated TVD guest-star-turned-The Originals lead Phoebe Tonkin for several years following his split from ex-wife Torrey DeVitto, who played Meredith Fell in season three.
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Ian Somerhalder with his wife Nikki Reed (Instagram, @iansomerhalder)When Ian was still shooting forThe Vampire Diariesand hadn’t met Nikki, he invested heavily in his own company that later collapsed due to greed and fraud. The three are good friends to this day and continue to catch up whenever they run into each other. Unlike many Hollywood relationships, Somerhalder and Dobrev didn’t end things on a bad note and remain friendly and jovial toward each other. Dobrev was even good friends with Reed, Somerhalder’s current wife.
“I don’t think that’s weird at all. Why can’t everyone be friends?” Dobrev questioned. “I think they have a beautiful baby, and they are happy, and so am I. What’s bad about that? I don’t see any problem with that.” Fellow cast member Madison Bailey, who plays Kiara, echoed what Stokes and Cline had to say about it being a safe environment.
Lupita Jones is an actress, producer and winner of Miss Universe 1991. Ian and her sparked dating rumors when they were spotted attending several events together in 2008. They were first linked in 2010 and reportedly split three years later, but continued to play an onscreen couple.
Sharing the same photo, Reed wrote about her gratitude for her pregnancy and excitement to share the news. On Valentine’s Day 2019, Somerhalder gave both of the women in his life a special shout-out on Instagram. In an interview with PEOPLE, Reed opened up about how she and Somerhalder’s lifestyle changed after the birth of their daughter Bodhi — namely, how they now travel together.
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Their whirlwind romance culminated in the announcement of their engagement in December 2017 and the pair married eight months later . This was the second time down the aisle for Holt who was briefly married to producer Matthew Kaplan from 2016 to 2017. After almost five years of dating, the “Roswell, New Mexico” actor organized ilikeyou com a private sailboat ride in Santa Monica so he could pop the question to Ewell. “I told the captain over the phone, “We have to do it right away because the nerves are going! It all started when a fan called into the show, asking whether the actor finds it “weird” that she’s close with both Somerhalder and his wife, Nikki Reed.
For their first Valentine’s Day as a married couple, the newlyweds fittingly spent the day at a charity event. Reed and Somerhalder both served as Monarchs of the Mystic Krewe of Mardi Paws — which benefits nonprofit animal welfare organizations in Louisiana — where Somerhalder is from. Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder were one of the many couples that met while filming The Vampire Diaries. And their relationship delighted the Damon and Elena stans of the world. Somerhalder and Dobrev broke up in 2013, but Dobrev didn’t leave The Vampire Diaries for another two years after that.
Delena fans were thrilled when it was revealed the co-stars were dating in real-life, eventuallycalling it quits in 2013 after three years together…just as Damon and Elena were finally getting together on the show. The costars, who dated in real life from September 2011 to May 2013 have quietly given their relationship another go, CelebDirtyLaundry reports. The Twilight actress and The Vampire Diaries actor were first linked in 2014, and by 2015, they were married. Since then, the couple have welcomed a daughter, Bodhi Soleil, and have started their own respective businesses.