Nina Dobrev and Shaun White looked in love only 11 days ago.
Olympic athlete White, 39, and Vampire Diaries actress Dobrev, 36, were last seen out in public on August 31.
They were holding hands while at a Farmer’s Market in Los Angeles.
A week later, however, the romance seemed to be off. On September 7, the actress did not wear her five-carat diamond engagement ring when hitting the premiere of Eternity during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival.
So something must have happened to the lovebirds from August 31 to September 7.
On Thursday, it was claimed by People that they had ended their engagement after one year. ‘The split was mutual and made with love and a deep respect for one another,’ an insider explained to the site.
They first began dating in 2020 and got engaged in October 2024.
Nina Dobrev and Shaun White looked in love only 11 days ago when they were last seen out in public on August 31. They were holding hands while at a Farmer’s Market in Los Angeles
On September 7, the actress did not have on her five-carat engagement ring while attending the premiere of Eternity during the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival
There is more evidence Dobrev and White are over.
She has unpinned her engagement post on Instagram, which featured photos from the Olympic gold medalist’s romantic candlelit proposal.
White and Dobrev often shared glimpses of their relationship with fans, from traveling the world together to supporting each other’s careers.
In January 2024, Dobrev revealed they like to ‘do date night every week’ and ‘alternate [planning]’.
‘One week I’ll plan it and he won’t have any idea what we’re doing so it’s a surprise for him. And then the following week, he’ll plan and it’ll be a complete surprise for me. And we do that every single week,’ she gushed to People.
Dobrev explained that these special experiences ‘keeps things sort of exciting and interesting and dedicates time for the two of us to spend together’.
‘It’s interesting because during the Olympics and leading up to the Olympics, he was traveling all over the world, trying to get to the mountains and training,’ she noted.
‘So for a lot of our relationship, it was me traveling to where he had to be, except for during COVID when I was in between jobs.’
On August 24, the sports figure bought his lady love flowers while in Los Angeles
The former couple, who first began dating in 2020, had been together for five years. White, 39, popped the question to The Vampire Diaries actress Dobrev, 36, in October 2024
In October, she revealed White popped the question by writing: ‘RIP boyfriend, hello fiancé.’
Meanwhile, White took to his social media to proudly declare: ‘She said YES!’
Photos showed the moment White dropped to one knee to ask for Dobrev’s hand in marriage with a five-carat ring by Lorraine Schwartz, as she cupped her mouth in shock.
After accepting his proposal, they shared a sweet embrace, with Shaun lifting her off her feet.
White went to extraordinary lengths to make the proposal happen.
After previous plans at proposing fell through, he decided to propose in late October at a restaurant called The Golden Swan in New York City.
In the weeks leading up to the proposal, he hid their engagement ring in multiple spots around their home, including the tool shed and sock drawer.
But Dobrev wasn’t feeling well in the days leading up to the proposal and decided to stay in to remain well for an upcoming trip to Africa.
Undeterred, White decided to continue with his proposal plans and arranged for his publicist to send Dobrev a fake invitation to an intimate dinner with Anna Wintour to get her to the restaurant he planned to propose at.
White and Dobrev often shared glimpses of their relationship with fans, from traveling the world together to supporting each other’s careers; seen in October 2024
‘He made the invite look so legitimate,’ she told Vogue at the time.
The Vampire Diaries star even had a styling session done ahead of the event which she thought the magazine was covering, but instead was actually all organized by White.
But Dobrev was a few minutes late to the event, prompting some anxiety as she said Vogue events typically start right on time.
‘I was in a panic that Anna was waiting for me,’ she shared.
The restaurant was also completely quiet as she arrived – contributing to her concerns about being tardy.
Once she entered the restaurant, however, White and a photographer were the only people inside. ‘I went into shock. I just froze and stared at him,’ she said, before going into a state of joyful disbelief.
