This text initially appeared on E! On-line.
Nina Dobrev and Shaun White are taking their relationship to new heights.
The Olympic gold medalist and “Vampire Diaries” actress simply introduced their engagement after 5 years of courting.
“She mentioned sure,” White wrote in an Oct. 30 Instagram publish, with pictures that confirmed off his romantic candlelight proposal. Dobrev later added in her personal publish, “RIP Boyfriend, good day fiancé.”
Within the pictures that captured the couple’s thrilling relationship milestone, Dobrev wore a black sparkly costume with polka-dot patterned tights, black heels and her hair in a easy straight coiffure. In the meantime, White sported an all-black tuxedo.
The candid images have been particularly candy, showcasing Dobrev’s response to White getting down on one knee and an up-close shot of Dobrev’s easy engagement ring, with a big square-cut diamond within the middle of a skinny band.
Dobrev and White’s huge information comes after an eventful 12 months for the couple — because the “Love Laborious” actress underwent a critical knee fracture from a biking accident that landed her within the hospital and was adopted by months of rehabilitation.
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Nonetheless, the 35-year-old proved that the retired Olympian was her largest supporter all through her restoration, sharing that he bought a sweatshirt emblazoned with the various eras of her “Vampire Diaries“ character Elena Gilbert — and sported it for her in a goofy video she shared in a well being replace social media publish in June.
Since they first started courting in 2019, Dobrev and White have confirmed to be one another’s other halves, first debuting their romance as they quarantined collectively in the course of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic lockdown. It was at that time that their relationship “actually accelerated” and the 2 “made it clear to their associates that they’re a critical couple,” a supply beforehand instructed E! Information.
And when White retired from skilled snowboarding in 2022, he raved of Dobrev’s “love and assist” by means of the life transition — particularly contemplating a lot of his household and associates couldn’t be there to see his last competitors on the Beijing Winter Olympics.
“She knew all of my family and friends could not be there and he or she acquired everybody collectively and made this unbelievable video of everybody saying how a lot they want they could possibly be there and sending their love and assist,” the 38-year-old instructed E! Information on the time, including that he performed that video “on daily basis” whereas in Beijing. “In order that was simply so fantastic. It actually set the tone for the remainder of the journey.”
The tip of White’s snowboarding profession was additionally solely the start of one of many couple’s favourite joint actions: snowboarding collectively. Certainly, the Canada native and former Olympian are two peas in a pod after they hit the slopes.
“She’s actually good on the board,” White gushed of Dobrev to E! Information earlier this 12 months. “She grew up in Canada. So, it was good ‘trigger that is positively typically a relationship make-or-break. Not if they cannot trip, however I’ve had individuals give you me and it did not finish nicely ‘trigger I am not the very best coach at occasions.”
Dobrev’s affinity for snowboarding is simply one of many many causes their relationship all the time sticks the touchdown. As White added to E! Information, “It is good to have a accomplice that loves the mountains and is adventurous and all that.”