Shaun White is chatting about his post-retirement life during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week.
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Nina Dobrev, 33, has a vested interest in this year’s Winter Olympics. Her boyfriend Shaun White, 35, hopes to add to his gold medal collection (he’s got three already) in the snowboarding competitions. Nina isn’t attending the Beijing Games due to COVID restrictions, but a source close to The Vampire Diaries star EXCLUSIVELY tells HollywoodLife that she’ll proudly be watching and supporting from home.
“When Nina first started dating Shaun, he had already accomplished so much in his lifetime. And she loves Shaun with all her heart but she would never keep him from continuing to follow his dream,” the insider said. “Nina couldn’t be more proud of Shaun and she is in awe of his talent.”
The source added, “The fact that he’s made it to the Olympics five times is completely mind-blowing to her. Nina and Shaun have been there for each other these last couple years and Nina plans on continuing to support Shaun as he competes in Beijing.”
Related GalleryWhile Nina “would have loved” to travel to Beijing and support her Olympic beau, she “didn’t think it was a good idea” due to the ongoing pandemic, our source said. The Bulgarian-born actress also “has work obligations” that require her to remain in the U.S. “Nina also understands that Shaun has his hands full with press, appearances, training, etc. She’s going to play it safe and cheer him on from back in the US,” the source explained. “She can’t wait to see him crush it.” HL reached out to Nina’s rep, but we haven’t heard back.
Nina and Shaun started dating during the initial COVID-19 quarantine in 2020. At the time, a source told HL that Nina “wants to let what happens happen” in terms of her relationship with Shaun. Since then, the couple has proudly flaunted their
Shaun White is chatting about his post-retirement life during an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live this week.
Simone Biles has shared her support for Winter Olympics star Mikaela Shiffrin after she posted a heartbreaking message to fans.MORE: Simone Biles is engaged! See the heartwarming proposal and stunning ringMikaela took to social media to share a powerful message about the online hate and trolling she has received as she struggled through the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Mikeala was one of Team USA's big hopefuls but she failed to finish the women's combined event, and lost control during the opening few seconds of her run in the giant slalom; Mikeala was defending her 2018 gold medal.WATCH: Simone Biles falls off mat during Tokyo 2020 qualifying roundsShe fell and skied out, ending her 30-race streak, and ended up being disqualified from the event."I know this all too well.
The Vampire Diaries. But despite their different career paths, the couple has gradually become regarded as one of the most endearing —especially as White performed in his last Olympic Games in Beijing in February 2022. After connecting at an event in late 2019, the couple locked down together and is still going strong in 2022. Here's everything you need to know about Shaun White and Nina Dobrev's relationship.July: At the 2021 Teen Choice Awards, Shaun White presented the cast of Nina's show The Vampire Diaries with the awards for Choice Show in the sci-fi/fantasy category.
a heartfelt message live on NBC. He thanked his American compatriots and called snowboarding the love of his life. (No, I’m not crying, you’re crying.
Though many call Shaun White, 35, the G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time) of snowboarding, Nina Dobrev, 33 has coined a new term for him to celebrate his final Olympics: G.(B).O.A.T. (Greatest Boyfriend of All Time). Nina gushed over her BF of two years in a new Instagram post, where the actress revealed she was “in awe” of his accomplishments, writing: “You are one of a kind.”
2022 Winter Olympics. The 54-year-old American actor appeared on Thursday's episode of , and revealed that he was rooting for the Jamaicans this year, after starring as a member of the country's 1988 Olympic team in the classic film .«After doing a movie like , you always feel like you're part of the country,» Yoba said, speaking in the Jamaican accent he used in the 1993 film. «I have to root for Jamaica.
the Washington Post . Survivors of the camps have reported acts of torture, rape, and forced sterilization. Though China to have closed the camps, in 2020 a BuzzFeed News revealed that the government had built “high-security camps—some capable of housing tens of thousands of people” in which to forcibly house Uyghurs.
A proud support system! As Shaun White made his Beijing Olympics debut in the men’s snowboarding qualifying round, girlfriend Nina Dobrev had a pair of special guests watching the event with her.
Go Team USA! Nina Dobrev cheered on Shaun White, while he competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics for snowboarding on Wednesday February 9. The 33-year-old actress posted tons of videos of her TV screen while her boyfriend, 35, shredding up the slopes to try to win yet another gold medal for the United States in Beijing. Nina topped it all off with a sweet photo with her boyfriend on screen to show that even miles apart, she’s rooting for him.
With the first full day of games tucked away, NBC posted some early numbers from the Beijing Winter Olympics and the glass seems to be half full.
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNBC Sports says 16 million viewers tuned in to watch the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics opening ceremony on Friday, an all-time low for Olympic ceremonies on linear television.That’s around 43% down compared to the 28.3 million viewers that watched the PyeongChang Winter Olympics opening ceremony in February 2018.Friday’s torch-lighting in Beijing aired live on NBC and the streaming service Peacock beginning at 6:30 a.m. ET yesterday morning and was replayed again in primetime.
Shaun White has announced that he is retiring from professional snowboarding.
Chinese authorities interrupted a Dutch journalist’s live report on the Winter Olympics Friday, dragging him off-camera and creating confusion as to why his broadcast was halted.
Team USA all the way! Nina Dobrev might’ve grown up in Canada, but she is happily rooting for her American boyfriend, Shaun White, to take home the gold at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
2022 Winter Olympics are underway! The opening ceremony was held on Friday, at Beijing's National Stadium, which is also known as the «Bird's Nest,» and signaled the official start of the Games.The Parade of Nations, the part of the ceremony that highlights each competing nation in the Games, featured many standout moments including a shirtless skeleton competitor, a long-awaited moment for Jamaica, and a Ralph Lauren-clad Team USA.While the U.S. counted its second-largest Olympic delegation in history, other countries had just one athlete set to compete on their behalf. It all came to a close with an epic torch lighting that differed from years past.Keep reading for the five biggest moments from the opening ceremony.With Tonga's Pita Taufatofua sitting out the Olympics for the first time since 2014, fans worried that the cross-country skier's absence would mean they'd be deprived of a shirtless, oiled-up athlete during the Parade of Nations.
only 15 out LGBTQ athletes competed.Outsports reports that the athletes hail from 14 countries and will compete in nine different sports, including ice hockey, figure skating, skiing, and snowboarding.They include veteran LGBTQ competitors like Canadian figure skater Eric Radford, the first out gay man to win a gold Winter Olympics medal, bisexual Dutch speed skater Ireen Wüst, the most decorated LGBTQ Olympian of all time, and gay skier Gus Kenworthy, who will be competing for Great Britain after switching from Team USA (Kenworthy holds dual citizenship).Also Read: A tennis player yelled anti-gay slurs at the Olympics. He blamed the weather.The Beijing Winter Games will also feature a number of freshly out LGBTQ athletes, including Brazilian skeleton athlete Nicole Silveira and Team USA figure skater Timothy LeDuc, who will be the first out nonbinary athlete at the Winter Olympics.Team USA’s Brittany Bowe, a world record-holding speed skater, holds the honor of being the only out LGBTQ athlete to be chosen as a flag bearer for the Winter Olympics opening ceremony.Bowe, the only openly LGBTQ woman athlete on Team USA, will compete in her third Olympic games in Beijing.
Shaun White, 35, is a champion on the ski slopes. The famous snowboarder has competed in four Olympics (soon to be five, with the 2022 Beijing Games) and has won three gold medals in the half-pipe. Shaun’s also won 13 gold medals at the X-Games — the most of any snowboarder ever. Off the slopes, Shaun currently enjoys time with girlfriend Nina Dobrev, 33. Shaun dated other women before Nina. Some of those connections were brief, unconfirmed romances, while others lasted for years. Take a ride down memory lane and learn all about Shaun’s dating history.