Nina Dobrev And Ian Somerhalder Say Goodbye To Vampire Diaries, Address Feud

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There are a lot of emotions surrounding the end of The Vampire Diaries for both its stars and its fans. With the series finale coming in March, the cast recently wrapped up filming for the final episode which brought back star Nina Dobrev, who exited after season six.

While posting their goodbyes on social media, Nina Dobrev, Ian Somerhalder and his wife Nikki Reed shed some light on rumors that have been plaguing the three for years. Fans were shocked when Dobrev posted a picture of herself with her ex and co-star, Somerhalder, along with his wife, Reed, with the caption, “Can’t believe how time flies. Farewell dinner with team Somereed! So good catching up with these goofballs. All [love].”

As fans know, Someherhalder and Dobrev dated for three years before splitting in May 2013, and over a year later Somerhalder had begun a relationship with their mutual friend, Reed, and six months later they were engaged. The new relationship instantly sparked reports of a love triangle and the two actresses have been pitted against each other ever since.

Their recent dinner, however, aims to put an end to all those rumors. After Dobrev’s post, Somerhalder put up his own photo along with a detailed caption. “Chilling with these two,” he wrote. “After years of websites pretending these two badass ladies knew each other well and baseless, false information of back stabbing and hatred from low-brow websites filled the minds and hearts of fans… They finally were able to get together for their first real dinner. Let’s stop spreading hate everyone, there’s already too much of that right now in our world. Join in on the love. Only love here- always has been always will be. Media companies preying on the passion from vulnerable and or impressionable minds of fans to sell advertising through click-though traffic is a disease in our society. It’s poisonous. Let’s finish this series with respect and kindness and continue that in our lives. I think it’s time. What do [you] think?”

Reed also posted her own photo about the rumors and said in part, “So here’s to putting an end to all those fake stories of on set jealousy, betrayal, made-up-friendships lost & women hating women. Because at the end of the day, that’s what this is about: teaching girls that you have to hate other girls only breeds a generation of women who believe you have to hate other women.”

Can’t believe how time flies. Farewell dinner with team Somereed! So good catching up with these goofballs. All

A photo posted by Nina Dobrev (@ninadobrev) on Feb 7, 2017 at 9:47am PST

Chilling with these two… After years of websites pretending these two badass ladies knew each other well and baseless, false information of back stabbing and hatred from low-brow websites filled the minds and hearts of fans… They finally were able to get together for their first real dinner. Let’s stop spreading hate everyone, there’s already too much of that right now in our world. Join in on the love. Only love here- always has been always will be. Media companies preying on the passion from vulnerable and or impressionable minds of fans to sell advertising through click-though traffic is a disease in our society. It’s poisonous. Let’s finish this series with respect and kindness and continue that in our lives. I think it’s time. What do think?

A photo posted by iansomerhalder (@iansomerhalder) on Feb 7, 2017 at 1:26pm PST

For the last few years we thought addressing any baseless rumors with silence was the best way. Besides, who wants to respond to made up stories about “friends backstabbing friends”, “cheating exes”, or “cast members exiting shows” on low-brow websites like hollywoodlife that are just perpetuating trends that preceded us. Yuck. I now see that silence was taken as an opportunity to fill in the blanks with even more falsities, and juicer stories, and we, yes WE, believe we have a moral responsibility to young girls to end that narrative, because at the end of all of this, those young girls are the ones who lose. Their passion and endless devotion for a tv show is being taken advantage of, replaced with feelings of anger through divisive techniques, & even worse, their minds are being shaped & molded as their view of themselves, other girls, & what those dynamics should look like are being formed. So here’s to putting an end to all those fake stories of on set jealousy, betrayal, made-up-friendships lost & women hating women. Because at the end of the day, that’s what this is about: teaching girls that you have to hate other girls only breeds a generation of women who believe you have to hate other women. And that’s what these magazines, websites and blogs don’t understand. That is the harmful unintended consequence of their bullshit stories and we have a moral responsibility to fix that. Let’s turn this page together, as we all walk into the next chapter peacefully. And finally, let’s use this as an example of how important it is to stop this trend of writing horrible headlines about women, painting us as bitter, angry, insecure, heartbroken, childless, feuding, backstabbing monsters because whether we want to admit it or not, it changes the way all women view themselves. And shame on these websites for now targeting an even younger demographic, instilling this at an earlier age when girls are even more susceptible, more vulnerable and more malleable. When we write these headlines we teach hate. I’ve seen it firsthand. Let’s shift what we put into the universe starting now, & hopefully we will start to see a shift in the way we treat each other & view ourselves

A photo posted by Nikki Reed (@iamnikkireed) on Feb 7, 2017 at 10:51am PST

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