Fans left devastated as actress announces she is quitting show
Fans of The Vampire Diaries have been left devastated after star Nina Dobrev announced she is quitting the show.
Having starred in the popular TV show since 2009, Nina took her fans by surprise with an Instagram post this morning explaining her decision to leave the show and declaring her love for the cast and crew.
Nina previously dated her co-star Ian Somerhalder for two years between 2011 and 2013 before they split. Ian is now engaged to actress Nikki Reed.
“Dearest TVD Family,
I've just spent the most beautiful weekend on Lake Lanier in Georgia with my own TVD Family, the cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries. I want to be the first to tell you that it wasn't just a holiday celebration, it was a goodbye party. I always knew I wanted Elena's story to be a six season adventure, and within those six years I got the journey of a lifetime. I was a human, a vampire, a doppelganger, a crazy immortal, a doppelganger pretending to be human, a human pretending to be a doppelganger. I got kidnapped, killed, resurrected, tortured, cursed, body-snatched, was dead and undead, and there's still so much more to come before the season finale in May. Elena fell in love not once, but twice, with two epic soulmates, and I myself made some of the best friends I'll ever know and built an extended family I will love forever. There's more to come before we wrap this up, and I promise you'll get to hear all about my experiences over the next month as we approach the season finale (I have given an exclusive interview for the June issue of SELF Magazine that I am excited for you to see!), but until then I invite you to hop on the roller coaster ride that is Elena Gilbert's life and join me as I celebrate her and prepare to say goodbye to her — and to my work family — as I move on to the next chapter of my life. I want to share this goodbye with all of you (this weekend's pictures were just the beginning). You, the wonderful fandom who gave more love, support and passion than anyone could have ever imagined seven years ago, when a young Degrassi girl from Canada showed up in LA to audition for 'that Twilight TV show.' 😉 I love you all. Fasten your seatbelts. If you think you know what's coming, you don't.
Love, Nina”
Fans of the actress have been expressing their upset at the news she is leaving the popular show:
Can't believe @ninadobrev leaving TVD. How can they continue without the Star? Is she taking the cure? #NinaDobrevForeverOurPetrova
— Douglas A. Wong (@DouglasAWong) April 7, 2015
HOW is nina dobrev leaving tvd when she is the main character idgi
— nasty (@sielchan_) April 7, 2015
Ahh when I read that Nina Dobrev was leaving vampire diaries it hit me more than I thought it would the show won't survive with out her
— S_P_B (@BShania23) April 7, 2015