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          The Real Reason Nina Dobrev And Ian Somerhalder Broke Up

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          Few could argue against the fact that actors Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder had great chemistry as Elena Gilbert and Damon Salvatore on the CW drama, The Vampire Diaries.

          As such, when the pair announced they were dating back in 2011, it wasn't exactly shocking.

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          5. It even seemed as if their off-screen romance was a driving force behind their on-screen love affair. However, not all Hollywood romances have a happy ending. In 2013, the co-stars-turned-couple called it quits, leaving Vampire Diaries fans stunned.

          "Still hurt abt Nina and Ian's breakup tbh," one fan tweeted in 2014 about the split, while someone else wrote in 2018, "It's been 4 Years and I'm only sad and obsessed with Ian and Nina's breakup now." See?

          We weren't kidding about the whole "stunned" thing, folks.

          So, why did Dobrev and Somerhalder break up? Well, it turns out that there were severa