The Australian actor, 32, played Rebekah Mikaelson on The Vampire Diaries and its spinoff,” The Originals, also said that she’s a rule about not dating costars. While Holt clarified that it could be too embarrassing for her personally, it has worked out good for a number of her buddies.

“I had been on The Originals at there, so I don’t know that the timing,” Holt explained on the Monday, May 17, installment of this “Not Skinny But Not Fat” podcast. “But frankly, they were really — they kept it super professional.”

Dobrev, 32, and Somerhalder, 42, started dating in 2010 and took their romance public in 2012. They divide in 2013, however they continued to work until the Canadian celebrity left the show at 2015 (though she returned to get the 2017 series finale).

For the two seasons where Dobrev and Somerhalder worked collectively as exes, at which point their personalities were in love, they seemingly made sure their private difficulties were not a problem for their coworkers.

“They did a fantastic job at handling that. Nonetheless, it’s difficult. Like for a whole lot of people, it is really tough.”

Somerhalder wed spouse Nikki Reed in May 2015, and they welcomed daughter Bodhi in July 2017. The few remain friends with the Degrassi alum, which they have publicly addressed several times.

In 2019, a Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen viewer requested Dobrev if it had been”weird” for her to become friends with her ex and his new wife. “I don’t think that is weird at all. I believe that is amazing,” she explained at the time. “Why can’t everybody be friends?”

“Nina and Shaun are very happy together at the moment,” a source told Us Weekly exclusively in April, adding that they”wouldn’t be surprised if an engagement is around the corner”

The insider added that the actress is very pleased with their relationship. “Nina has a lot of relationships not work out in the past, but ever since fulfilling Shaun, you could tell she’s only really excited about just how far this relationship has arrived,” the source stated. “They’re gradually taking steps to beginning a future together.”