Welcome back to Humor Nation. The epic love story of Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert on the Vampire Diaries is one of the major driving forces of the show. It’s no surprise that the chemistry between Ian Somerhalder and Nina Dobrev was undeniable right from their first scene. It genuinely felt like they share a deeply profound connection. We have seen many on-screen relationships translate into real-life relationships. A similar thing happened with these two who first became friends and then lovers. However, they tried keeping their relationship a low profile to not attract attention from the fans.
So Take A Look At 5 Interesting Facts About Ian Somerhalder & Nina Dobrev Relationship
5. NINA’S NO-DATING RULE
These two fell in love while working together on the Vampire Diaries. But did you know that Nina Dobrev had a rule to not date her co-stars. In an interview given, the actress talked about never crossing that professional boundary and a NO-NO to dating and love with the co-actors. However, when she expressed how she couldn’t stop herself from falling in love with Ian Somerhalder. Nia said that she genuinely believed in what she said in her interview about keeping things professional. However, sometimes you cannot deny when they is a true connection. You can fight or deny it for a while which she also tried.
4. FRIENDS FOREVER
When Ian and Nina broke up, there are various stories and speculations in the online media such as it were due to they were unsure of the direction of their relationship, or their inability to settle down. But it turned out that all those were rumors and there was no truth to it. However, even after their breakup, they maintained great friends who helped each other out on various occasions. Nina dismissed all the rumors by confirming that they didn’t break up due to some bad event, and neither there was the absence of friendship or love. The actress told the world that their friendship is still intact and remains as strong as ever, she still cares about Ian, and it won’t change. They will always remain, friends, as they were friends first before they started dating. When Ian’s dog Nietzsche was about to deliver puppies. Nina came to Ian’s aid to help the dog with delivering the babies safely.
3. THEY ARE PROFESSIONALS
Both of them have also remained professional as despite their breakup in the real life, their characters Damon and Elena kept dating until the end of the show. Their characters still shared affectionate moments on the screen which could have made things awkward. They both had every right to not be involved in any such storyline, but they are the masters of the craft and did what was asked of them, keeping their professional and personal lives separated. In 2014, they both appeared at the People’s Choice Awards to collect the award for ‘Best Chemistry’, note that they have broken up by this moment. But the two collected the award together and joked about their breakup as how they started dating on TVD then they started dating IRL. Then their breakup happened in real life, but they still dating on the show, but it’s all good, and not awkward. Even Clair Holt who played Rebekah had pointed out in an interview as how Nina and Ian remained SUPER PROFESSIONALS, there was no drama or weirdness.