OLYMPICS legend Shaun White and Nina Dobrev first met during a brief encounter at an awards show in 2012. After being formally introduced seven years later, the couple are still going strong despite their busy schedules. White, the Winter Olympics star, recently launched a new halfpipe league that will offer more than $1.
5 million in prizes. The Vampire Diaries star Dobrev , meanwhile, is promoting her new movie Reunion. White and Dobrev keep their relationship fresh by rotating who organizes date nights.
"We do date night every week and we alternate [planning]," the Canadian actress told People . Read more on Shaun White "So, one week I'll plan it and he won't have any idea what we're doing so it's a surprise for him. "And then the following week, he'll plan and it'll be a complete surprise for me.
"And we do that every single week.” The pair officially met at a Florida workshop organized by motivational speaker Tony Robbins in late 2019. Most read in Olympics Following the event, they decided to have dinner together at a nearby restaurant.
And he was blown away about just how famous she was. "I actually didn't know anything about her," White told People . When a few members of restaurant staff came over and asked for a photo with her and not him, he was completely taken aback.
"I was like, 'What's happening? What's going on?' he recalled. "It was actually really funny." The couple sparked dating rumors in February 2020, when they separately posted photos from a South African safari.
"That was actually how we kind of started our relationship," White told Us Weekly . "And she [thought], 'Oh, this guy, he came to play. He's serious.
' "So that's a thing that we share together. We both enjoy traveling." The following February, the couple celebrated their first Valentine's Day together.
In an Instagram post, Dobrev wrote: “My favorite snow cone flavor is White. happy we got ‘stuck together’ last year and stuck it out ;) "Happy valentine’s day to my quarantini in crime..
." "Nina's incredible. What an influence on my life Leading up to the 2022 Beijing Olympics, White gushed about their "beautiful relationship".
"Nina's incredible. What an influence on my life," he told People . "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." Since White's retirement from athletic competition, their relationship has gone from strength to strength. And they recently celebrated July 4 together with some patriotic costumes.
In April 2023, White said he felt "no pressure" to propose to Dobrev. "We're just enjoying our time together right now," White told People . "But I told her, I was like, 'Look, after the Olympics, I finally got my freedom to do whatever.
Read More on The US Sun "And let's just have fun and be together and support each other.'" He added: "But you never know. We'll see what happens.
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