Congratulations are in order for The Vampire Diaries star Nina Dobrev!
The actress has announced she is engaged to her longtime partner, Olympic snowboarder Shaun White after more than four years together.
"RIP boyfriend, hello fiancé 💍♾️" Dobrev confirmed her relationship status update with a sweet social media post.
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Nina Dobrev is engaged to longtime partner Shaun White. (Getty Images for LVMH x Vogue x)The star posted some heartwarming pics from their proposal, showing off the massive, gorgeous diamond ring sitting on her finger.
"She said YES 💍♾️," White captioned his own post.
The comments were inundated with congratulations from many stars, including Kendall Jenner, Ben Barnes, Zoey Deutch and Gossip Girl alum Chace Crawford.
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"That is a niceeee setup well done (Also Congrats!!!!!)" Aussie actress and Dobrev's Vampire Diaries co-star Claire Holt said.
"I know this was y'all's dream come true but let's be honest, you made all of our dreams come true ❤️❤️❤️ love you," actress and dancer Julianne Hough wrote.
But the photos only tell half of the story how White pulled off an elaborate ruse to surprise Dobrev with his proposal.
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According to an interview with Vogue published on Wednesday, White said he enlisted a team of people in the couple's inner circle, as well as staffers from the publication, to help him fool Dobrev into thinking she was invited to an intimate dinner party with Vogue's Anna Wintour.
White said that he had his publicist send Dobrev a fake invite to the event, which was to take place at the Golden Swan in New York City.
Dobrev accepted the invite and joked that White made it "look so legitimate."
Dobrev and White were first tomantically linked in 2020. (Instagram)He even enlisted Dobrev's stylist to dress her in Chanel for the event.
Dobrev said she realised what was really happening when she walked into the venue and saw White standing underneath the floral arch.
"I went into shock," Dobrev said, later adding that White "said all the right things" before she said yes.
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According to the publication, after White proposed the couple celebrated until the wee hours of the morning with a close circle of friends and family.
"Best night of my life," White wrote on his Instagram Story on Wednesday (overnight in Australia).
The couple were first romantically linked in 2020 and have publicly documented their relationship, worldly travels and White's Olympic farewell on their social media pages ever since.
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