sweet-talkShaun White and Nina Dobrev in July 2024. (Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)After five years together, Nina Dobrev and Shaun White have called it quits, according to news reports. The Olympic snowboarder proposed to The Vampire Diaries star nearly a year ago, in October 2024. Dobrev, however, has since unpinned the Instagram post announcing the engagement, which was previously front and center at the top of her grid.
Dobrev and White have yet to address their breakup publicly, though a source close to the duo told People that "it was a mutual decision, and wasn't an easy one."AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementThe longtime couple was last photographed together in late August, though Dobrev was photographed solo on the red carpet for the Eternity premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this month.
From sparking romance rumors in 2020 to their eventual engagement in 2024, here's a look back at Dobrev and White's five-year relationship.2020: Sheltering in place togetherDobrev and White, who first met at a motivational workshop in Florida, initially sparked romance rumors in February 2020, when they shared separate Instagram posts in the same location. They went on to make their relationship Instagram official two months later, in April 2020, when they posted a video of Dobrev washing the dishes with White's hands.
When the couple decided to move in together during lockdown, they busied themselves with side projects, like painting and at-home repairs.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement"We went to the hardware store, bought a bunch of paint and brushes and definitely got in over our heads, but it was really fun," White told People of their days in lockdown, before gushing about how supportive the Canadian actress is. "Nina's just been so supportive and so amazing through this whole process for me. ... Through the pandemic, she was a lifesaver - she really made that time in my life special."2021: A public declaration of loveOn Valentine's Day in 2021, Dobrev and White publicly celebrated their relationship with an Instagram post. The Degrassi actress shared a photo of the pair with her dog, Maverick, along with the caption, "my favorite snow cone flavor is White. happy we got 'stuck together' last year and stuck it out ;) happy valentine's day to my quarantini in crime... 🤍"While the couple continued to shelter in place amid the coronavirus pandemic, White told Us Weekly that he did manage to pull together a sweet first anniversary celebration."I wanted to re-create our first date, but everything was closed," he told the outlet in June 2021. "I managed to sweet talk the owner of the place to open up for us. It was actually pretty fun to have a place all to ourselves."AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAhead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, in which he competed, White further detailed his relationship with Dobrev and the positive influence she's had on him."Nina's incredible," he told People. "What an influence on my life. Not only does she run her own show, her own world, companies she's involved in, things she's producing, all this stuff going on. She holds me to this same high standard, which is so wonderful to have in a partner."2022: A foray into snowboarding and a red carpet debutWhile chatting with E! News in January 2022, the Love Hard star revealed that she had surprised White during their second big vacation together. While White, who made his fifth Winter Olympics appearance that year, knows his way around a mountain, Dobrev says she can hold her own too."I think [White] was more surprised when we went [snowboarding] for the first time," she told the outlet. "He was expecting to wait for me, and it was quite the opposite. I had already passed him by a landslide ... I can keep up!"AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWhen White retired from snowboarding following the 2022 Winter Olympics, Dobrev threw a retirement party to celebrate his storied career. The actress shared a photo of the festivities, where guests wore long red wigs in honor of White's famous hair color.
Dobrev and White went on to make their red carpet debut as a couple at the London premiere of Top Gun: Maverick in May 2022.
Shaun White and Nina Dobrev attend the Top Gun: Maverick London premiere in May 2022. (Samir Hussein/WireImage via Getty Images)2023: White supports Dobrev at a movie premiereIn June 2023, White joined Dobrev at the Los Angeles premiere of her Netflix film The Out-Laws. They cleaned up well too: Dobrev wore a sparkly Khaite minidress, while her Olympian beau opted for a dark plum suit.
The couple stepped out together once more, in September 2023, when they attended the second annual Albies in New York City in coordinating Versace looks.
Nina Dobrev and Shaun White at the Albies in New York City in September 2023. (Nina Westervelt/Variety via Getty Images)"An immensely important evening to shine a protective light on the many courageous individual