Shaun White & & Nina Dobrev’s Love Story TIMELINE
Invest adequate time dating in Hollywood, and you’ll develop a prepare for how to deal when a relationship goes sideways.
Nina Dobrev‘s method, for example, includes her passport. The Bulgaria-born, Canada-bred starlet has actually “been type of all over,” she shared in a 2018 interview with Cosmopolitan“I do not typically spend lavishly on product things; I spend lavishly on flights and travel. I’ve been to Thailand, Japan, Australia, Brussels, Switzerland. [I like] finding brand-new cultures, satisfying brand-new individuals, avoiding my typical schedule.”
As in, having no schedule at all, which is what she does when she’s off-the-clock. “I’m one of those individuals who strives and plays hard– I go 130 percent in either instructions,” she continued, keeping in mind that wanderlust strikes even harder when she’s recuperating from a split. Asked to share her reliable separation method, she informed the mag, “An airplane ticket, a glass of tequila and a group of sweethearts.”
Having an appealing brand-new romantic possibility tag along works as well.
Like clockwork in early 2020, some 3 months gotten rid of from the end of a 1 year love with writer-directorGrant Mellonthe starlet scheduled it to a brand-new experience in South Africa.
Absolutely nothing appeared uncommon as she published ‘grams from her journey to Cheetah Outreachand a morning trek to the top of Lions Head MountainAs she continued to share pictures from her safari vacation, a couple of her more eagle-eyed fans kept in mind that Olympian Shaun White appeared to be matching the starlet’ journey over on his own feed, down to the artistic, magic-hour solo shot in the middle of Kruger National Park.
In the beginning glimpse, The Vampire Diaries alummarking her 35th birthday Jan. 9, and the three-time Olympic gold medalist, 37, might not have actually looked like apparent travel friends– much less a winning match. And yet, 4 years into their coupling, Dobrev’s buddies are enthusiastically rooting them on.
The starlet having actually datedTVD costar Ian Somerhalderfor 3 years, followed by relationships with stars Austin StowellGlen Powelland after that filmmaker Mellon, “Shaun is a departure from previous guys Nina has actually been with,” a source informed E! News in March 2020. “Her buddies are happily shocked.”
Dobrev and White, on the other hand, are simply plain delighted that their tentative, let’s-see-where-this-goes connection has actually progressed into a full-fledged thingsomething they didn’t rather anticipate when they were sounding in 2020 together in Las Vegas, presented by shared pals.
“They relieved into the relationship gradually,” an expert described to E! NewsWhen quarantine hit, the lack of work and most social events offered them absolutely nothing however time together. Stated the expert, “Things have actually truly sped up throughout this social distancing duration.”
And having actually marked off all the always couple turning points (Thanksgiving? Yup! Joint Christmas? Uh-huh. Huge home reno? Why not?), there’s simply one huge one looming.
“They are really so in love and are so adorable together,” a source informed E! News in late 2020. “They honestly speak about their future together. They’re simply extremely pleased, and things are going truly well with them.”
Which, perhaps we should have seen this coming?
Due to the fact that inform us she wasn’t explaining the 11-time ESPY winner when she detailed her perfect partner to Cosmo back in 2013, stating, “You either have chemistry or you do not, however a great deal of what attracts me is a guy’s mind and humor and skill.” Possibly a record-breaking 15 gold X Games medals?
And while the starlet valued “a male in a fit looking assembled and dapper,” she stated, “I likewise type of like the I-just-rolled-out-of-bed, a-little-bit-of-scruff, uncomplicated, not-trying-hard-but-still-sexy guy.”
Dobrev mark off White’s boxes also.
Throughout his Olympic run in 2018, the professional athlete explained to Individuals what kept his relationship with then-girlfriend Phantogram rocker Sarah Barthelsliding along. “We reside in 2 various worlds, so that’s why it’s good to come together and share stories from the roadway,” he discussed. And though Dobrev is a passionate snowboarder herself, safe to state she will not be critiquing White’s Double McTwist 1260.
White likewise stated he values somebody who not just gets his peripatetic way of life, however lives it themselves: “It’s great to not have someone like, ‘When are you getting home?'” he kept in mind. “They get it, they comprehend being on the roadway.”
And he simply may have discovered that flexible, daring partner in Dobrev. Due to the fact that, as it ends up, their list of commonness extends far beyond similarly requiring professions and a stamp-filled passport. “Nina and Shaun share a great deal of resemblances,” the expert informs E! News, “they are both extremely favorable, and social and delight in hanging out outdoors and remaining active.”
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And while Dobrev can’t precisely claim 3 Olympic gold medals, she does understand how to shred.
“I really have actually been snowboarding because I was actually little,” she exposed while stopping by E!’s Daily Popin 2022. “I skied initially and after that I switched to snowboarding at most likely 8 or 9.”
Which was an enjoyable surprise for White the very first time they required to the slopes. “He was anticipating to await me and it was rather the opposite,” she shared. “I had actually currently passed him by a landslide. Now I can maintain!”
With many excessive experiences, it can be difficult to equal the travel-loving set. Accidentally going public with their coupling in March 2020– a joint bike trip in Malibu blowing their cover– the duo practically quit on pretending they weren’t checking out the nation together, each publishing about their spring “#QuaranTrip” through Lake Powell, Utah, Nevada and Arizona’s Red Rock State Park in addition to that July 4 snowboarding trip.
By late May, they ‘d completely ripped the band-aid off, offering fans a peek at Dobrev’s hair stylist abilities in their very first joint ‘gram“Nina does not take sharing her individual life really gently,” the expert discusses to E! News. “It demonstrates how delighted and safe and secure she is with Shaun and their relationship that she wants to take this action.”
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Which chemistry Dobrev discussed? It’s definitely there, as evidenced by their August 2020ocean romp in Mexico– a piggyback trip and deep water smooch the things of rom-com emphasize reels.
“Nina and Shaun enhance each other extremely well,” the expert informed E! News. “They have comparable energy, they both are enjoyable, low-maintenance individuals who like to laugh.”
Not to point out, they’re encouraging AF. COVID procedures avoided Dobrev from joining her male at his 5th— and last!–Olympic Games in Beijingshe sent him off with rather the goodbye. “My sendoff to China was so lovely,” he raved on Today“She made this amazing video of all my pals and household. Truly unbelievable.”
Since that’s how she sees him. “I am truly thrilled for him,” she stated throughout her lookon E!’s Daily Pop“Just to enter the Olympics at all is among the hugest achievements, not to mention to get in 5 times. I’m so thrilled. I’m so pleased with him.”
It’s a love he might feel all the method in China.
“I want she might have been here,” White stated on Today“She was attempting her hardest to slip in somehow. You understand, she’s been so helpful and so terrific, actually simply in my corner every action of the method.”
(This story was initially released on Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020 at 12 a.m. PT.