Shaun White 'Brings Out the Best Version' of Nina Dobrev, Says Pal Kayla Ewell

Mar. 15, 2025

Shaun White and Nina Dobrev.Photo: Samir Hussein/WireImage

Nina Dobrev’s close friend (not to mention former roommate and costar)Kayla EwellknowsThe Vampire Diariesalum as well almost anyone — and, with that perspective, she can officially vouch for boyfriendShaun White’s positive effect on Dobrev’s life.

“I lived with Nina for years,” Ewell, 37, told PEOPLE at the This Is About Humanity 4th Anniversary Soiree on Sunday in Los Angeles. “She and I are so close, and it’s so fun to finally see her with someone that brings out the best version of her.”

The actress, 33, and the Olympic gold medalist, 35, are “so much fun together,” Ewell continued, describing them as “jokesters.”

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Novlan, 36, chimed in in agreement saying the pair is “running out of places [to travel] — they’re going to have to go to the moon.”

This weekend Dobrev and White traveled together to Switzerland for the OMEGA Masters tournament event honoringGeorge Clooney.

And it turned into a mini-Vampire Diariesreunion with former cast matePaul Wesley, who was just in New York City for the US Open to promote his Brother’s Bond Bourbon with onscreen siblingIan Somerhalder.

From Switzerland, White share a photo onInstagramwith Wesley, 40.

First spotted togetherin March 2020, White and Dobrev made their romance Instagram-official with aset of photosin April 2020 that showed theDegrassialum giving White a quarantine haircut amid the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

They made their red carpet debut earlier this year when they both attended theTop Gun: Maverickpremiere in London in May.

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Throughout their relationship, they’ve regularly updated fans with sweetInstagram tributes, especially when it came to White’s journey to the 2022 Winter Olympics. Dobrevproved to be the snowboarder’s biggest fanduring the lead-up to his final Olympic run.

Before the 2022 Beijing Olympics,White spoke to PEOPLEin October 2021 about the support Dobrev has shown him throughout their “beautiful relationship” while he trained for the big event.

“Nina’s incredible,” he began. “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.”

source: people.com