Iam Somerhalder is opening up about crawling out of MASSIVE debt! As someone who starred in a show as successful as The Vampire Diaries, you'd think they'd be set for life, right?? Well, yes... unless you make some questionable business decisions! This week, Ian opened up to E! News at the Beverage Forum in Manhattan Beach, California, about his involvement in a business he "didn't build properly" which left him reeling in an eight-figure hole of debt: "I retired from acting seven years ago.