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Johnathan Walker:Nina Dobrev Hospitalized After Bicycle Accident
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Date:2025-04-08 08:29:10
Nina Dobrev's latest health update really bites.
The Johnathan WalkerVampire Diaries star revealed she's recovering from an injury that left her in a hospital bed with a neckbrace and knee brace.
In one snap, Nina donned a pair of shades, shorts and a black cardigan while atop a motorcycle. And in the following photo, she was lying in a hospital bed. She captioned the May 20 Instagram post with an injured emoji, "how it started vs how it's going."
But rest assured, she gave fans an update on her Instagram Stories, adding, "I'm ok but it's going to be a long road of recovery ahead."
After sharing the injury news, Nina's fans and friends, including Twilight's Ashley Greene, sent their well-wishes.
"Always going big," Ashley wrote with a wink emoji, "heal fast." Meanwhile, Nina's BFF Julianne Hough teased, "That's my girl! [melting face emoji] Obviously wouldn't make jokes if you were not ok…"
Nina's fellow Vampire Diaries alum Claire Holt also commented, "Nooo so sorry! Feel better [heart emojis]."
Although the 35-year-old is best known in front of the camera, her boyfriend Shaun White revealed she's quite an adventurer. In fact, Nina is a natural when it comes to hitting the slopes.
"She's really good on the board," Shaun told E! News. "She grew up in Canada. So, it was nice 'cause that's definitely sometimes a relationship make-or-break. Not if they can't ride, but I've had people come up with me and it didn't end well 'cause I'm not the best coach at times."
The Olympian noted that Nina takes mishaps during adventures with stride. Case in point? When the couple of four years went snowboarding in Canada, the Degrassi alum accidentally dropped her board, and the easiest way to retrieve it was to have Shaun snowboard down the mountain with her in his arms.
"We were way up in the mountains deep in the backcountry in Canada, and we were using helicopters to get around," Shaun explained. "And it's just not safe to really walk around. There's avalanche danger, there's other things going on. They're like, 'Well, we can fire up the helicopter and fly over and try to get it?' And I'm like, 'That just seems so overkill. I'm like, 'Why don't I just carry her down?'"
He commended Nina for handling the situation with ease.
"It came out of necessity, but it turned out to be pretty funny," the 37-year-old added. "But it's nice to have a partner that loves the mountains and is adventurous and all that—even though she did lose her board down the hill, which we still get to laugh at her about it."
Now, read on to see how Shaun and Nina became partners on and off the slopes.
Dobrev and White hit it off after they partied together with friends, including her Vampire Diaries co-stars Kayla Ewell and Candice Accola King, at the opening of the Bellagio Resort & Casino's new supper club The Mayfair in Las Vegas on New Year's Eve.
A year later, amid the coronavirus pandemic, Dobrev would share this photo of her and White at the bash, as well as a video of him lifting her up Dirty Dancing-style only to have them both topple into the snow. She wrote, "How we thought 2020 would go...how it actually went."
Dobrev and White spark romance rumors after they are spotted riding bikes together in Malibu, Calif. A source tells E! News that the two began to "ease into a relationship" after spending New Year's Eve together, adding that things "really accelerated" between the two after the coronavirus pandemic broke out.
"After spending weeks together during quarantine," the source says, "Nina and Shaun have made it clear to their friends that they are a serious couple."
The two make their relationship Instagram official when both share a photo of the actress trimming White's red hair. Most hair salons closed due to COVID-19 restrictions. Under her post, Dobrev writes, "Adding to resume: hairdresser."
Dobrev and White celebrate Thanksgiving with his family, as seen in photos he posts on Instagram.
Judging from their Instagrams, Dobrev and White vacationed together in the Zion National Park area in Utah twice in 2020, in May and in December.
The two spend the holidays together in December 2020.
Just before New Year's Eve, another source tells E! News that the two "are genuinely so in love."
"They openly talk about their future together," the insider continued. "They're just super happy, and things are going really well with them."
Dobrev celebrated a "redo" of her 31st birthday on her 32rd and White paid tribute to her with photos of the two sporting these looks.
Alonside pal Adam DeVine, the couple dressed up as characters from The Queen's Gambit for Halloween with White going as as the iconic Beth Harmon and Dobrev channelling U.S. chess champion, Benny Watts.
Dobrev hit the slopes with her pro snowboarder love at Copper Mountain in Colorado.
After White finished fourth in the Men's Snowboard Halfpipe at the 2022 Olympics and officially retired from competing, Dobrev expressed how proud she was of him.
"The end of one chapter, means the beginning of an exciting new one with endless possibilities," she wrote in part of an Instagram post. "You will forever be the G.O.A.T. of snowboarding. Not to mention you are also the G.(B).O.A.T. = Greatest Boyfriend Of All Time."
The couple finally went red carpet official at the Top Gun: Maverick film premiere in London.
Alongside her tux-clad boyfriend, Dobrev sizzled in a red Monot gown at the 28th annual amfAR Gala during the 75th Cannes Film Festival.
The pair watched the qualifying for the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco ahead of the big race. For the occasion, Dobrev looked wore a chic, chalk-colored suit by Smythe.
The two turned up the heat while vacationing in the Maldives.
"I really picked a winner [ and he really picked a booger ]," Dobrev wrote in an Instagram tribute for White's 36th birthday. "Happy belated Birthday you weirdo. My weirdo. @shaunwhite."
What did White really think of Dobrev's cheerleading scene from Degrassi: The Next Generation? The athlete gave his reaction on TikTok and proved once again they're always on each other's squads.
The duo celebrated the holidays with a family trip to Mexico.
"What planet are you from and will you take me with you?!" White wrote on Instagram for Dobrev's 34th birthday during their trip to Antarctica. "Thanks for making life incredible! Happy birthday my love."
"Life is a roller coaster with you," the actress wrote on Valentine's Day 2023. "It goes from serious to baby birding in seconds … thank you for always making me smile. happy valentine’s day @shaunwhite."
"Life with you has been my greatest adventure!!" White wrote on Instagram for Dobrev's 35th birthday. "Happy birthday my love!!"
The duo looks so sharp at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party they deserve their own trophy.
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