Proposal Details – Hollywood Life

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Elena Gilbert could have discovered her fortunately ever after with Damon, however in actual life, Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev desires to spend the remainder of her life with Shaun White. The 35-year-old actress is engaged to the 38-year-old Olympic snowboarder, the couple revealed to Vogue in an interview printed on Wednesday, October 30.

Whereas recalling how Shaun meticulously deliberate his proposal, Nina revealed that he popped the query earlier this month.

“He stated all the fitting issues,” Nina stated, whereas Shaun gushed how “nervous” she appeared upon assembly him underneath an arch of white roses, the place the athlete obtained down on one knee.

The engagement information arrives after the pair sparked romance rumors in March of 2020, proper in the beginning of the pandemic. The duo was seen bicycling on a nature path in Malibu, together with Nina’s canine Maverick, who was safely tucked underneath Shaun’s arm throughout the bike journey. Shortly after the bike journey, HollywoodLife gained extra intel on this budding relationship on the time.

“Nina and Shaun have hung in the identical circle of mates for years and have all the time been fairly shut. However now it’s extra on a flirtatious degree as a result of they’re each single on the identical time and naturally there’s an attraction there,” a supply solely instructed Hollywood Life in April of 2020. That “flirtatious degree” positively went to the following degree, because the duo grew their relationship and have been charming followers with their lovely Instagram photographs, movies, and public PDA since then.

As the connection turned extra public, Nina and Shaun went on to fortunately submit each other on their social media accounts. On Valentine’s Day of 2021, every wrote loving tributes for each other — you may see Shaun’s above, during which he mainly summed up their relationship timeline in photographs.

Shaun retired from his snowboarding profession in February of 2022, and Nina confessed to being “in awe” of his unimaginable athletic talents. “I couldn’t be extra proud,” she wrote through Instagram on the time. “Of all the things you will have achieved during the last 20 years as a competitor and the person you will have change into,” she captioned a set of photographs from his Olympic profession. “You might be considered one of a sort.”

By the tip of that 12 months, the couple appeared extra severe than ever, heading out for a romantic trip within the Maldives that June and bringing their households collectively for a vacation getaway in Mexico in December. In 2023, they have been nonetheless going robust, with Nina and Shaun reportedly shopping for their first dwelling collectively — a $4.3 million Hollywood Hills hideaway. 

“Nina and Shaun have been severe for a very long time, so it is smart that they’re shifting in collectively,” an insider instructed Life & Fashion in a July 2023 report. “They will’t wait to show this into their dream dwelling, with the assistance of a designer. It is a enormous step for them, and mates are simply ready for Shaun to suggest now.”