Nina Dobrev and Shaun White 'grew apart' before split
Nina Dobrev and Shaun White "genuinely just grew apart and saw they would be better off just as friends and not husband and wife", according to pals.
Nina Dobrev and Shaun White “grew apart” before their split.
The 36-year-old Vampire Diaries actress and the 39-year-old sports star recently called off their engagement, ending their five-year relationship, but friends insist there is “no drama here”.
A source told Us Weekly: “There was no drama here. No cheating was involved. They were loyal to each other their entire relationship. At the end of the day, they’re human beings, just like everyone else. They genuinely just grew apart and saw they would be better off just as friends and not husband and wife.”
Another friend claimed the couple were actually planning their wedding when they decided to split.
The source said: “They had finally started planning the wedding and things were in motion. It’s still very fresh, but she’s been supported by her closest girlfriends who have been checking in on her.”
Meanwhile, it was recently reported that Nina is devastated by the break-up.
A source told PEOPLE: "She is devastated. There was one reason: She wanted a family and wanted to get married - and he didn't."
The former couple got engaged last October after four years of dating.
Just a few months before the split, Shaun spoke of how "excited" he and Nina were to be planning their wedding.
He told PEOPLE: "It's very exciting to have new aspirations and new things that we're going after and together. It's very humbling and very exciting, and she's excited.
"We've gotten a lot of advice from different people who have planned their own weddings and things. So we're definitely gathering information and now trying to see what's going to work best for us in any way."
Shaun thought it was "fun" to be planning the "next chapter" of their lives as a couple.
The former Olympian shared: "It's like you took that next step and yeah, it's just a fun sort of planning phase of life.
"Like, 'What's the next steps, and the next chapter and where do we want to be?' It's fun. It's fun to have somebody to plan all that with."
