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Elena Gilbert could have discovered her fortunately ever after with Damon, however in actual life, Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev needs to spend the remainder of her life with Shaun White. The 35-year-old actress is engaged to the 38-year-old Olympic snowboarder, the couple revealed to Vogue in an interview revealed on Wednesday, October 30.

Whereas recalling how Shaun meticulously deliberate his proposal, Nina revealed that he popped the query earlier this month.

“He stated all the correct issues,” Nina stated, whereas Shaun gushed how “nervous” she appeared upon assembly him beneath an arch of white roses, the place the athlete acquired down on one knee.

The engagement information arrives after the pair sparked romance rumors in March of 2020, proper in the beginning of the pandemic. The duo was seen bicycling on a nature path in Malibu, together with Nina’s canine Maverick, who was safely tucked beneath Shaun’s arm throughout the bike journey. Shortly after the bike journey, HollywoodLife gained extra intel on this budding relationship on the time.

“Nina and Shaun have hung in the identical circle of buddies for years and have at all times been fairly shut. However now it’s extra on a flirtatious degree as a result of they’re each single on the similar time and naturally there’s an attraction there,” a supply solely informed Hollywood Life in April of 2020. That “flirtatious degree” positively went to the following degree, because the duo grew their relationship and have been charming followers with their cute Instagram photographs, movies, and public PDA since then.

As the connection turned extra public, Nina and Shaun went on to fortunately put up each other on their social media accounts. On Valentine’s Day of 2021, every wrote loving tributes for each other — you may see Shaun’s above, during which he principally summed up their relationship timeline in photographs.

Shaun retired from his snowboarding profession in February of 2022, and Nina confessed to being “in awe” of his unimaginable athletic talents. “I couldn’t be extra proud,” she wrote through Instagram on the time. “Of all the pieces you have got completed during the last 20 years as a competitor and the person you have got change into,” she captioned a set of photographs from his Olympic profession. “You’re certainly one of a sort.”

By the tip of that 12 months, the couple appeared extra critical than ever, heading out for a romantic trip within the Maldives that June and bringing their households collectively for a vacation getaway in Mexico in December. In 2023, they have been nonetheless going robust, with Nina and Shaun reportedly shopping for their first house collectively — a $4.3 million Hollywood Hills hideaway. 

“Nina and Shaun have been critical for a very long time, so it is smart that they’re shifting in collectively,” an insider informed Life & Model in a July 2023 report. “They’ll’t wait to show this into their dream house, with the assistance of a designer. It is a enormous step for them, and buddies are simply ready for Shaun to suggest now.”