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" Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder&amp;#x27;s showmance is over. The Vampire Diaries costars, who play Elena Gilbert and Damon Salvatore on the CW hit series, have called it quits after more than three years of dating, a source tells Us Weekly exclusively. In Pics: Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder: The Way They Were The couple, who first took their romance public in 2011, are &amp;quot;consummate professionals,&amp;quot; the insider says, and &amp;quot;will continue to work together and remain best friends, which is where the relationship started.&amp;quot; In Pics: Nina Dobrev&amp;#x27;s Best Red Carpet Looks Last fall, Dobrev opened up to Seventeen magazine about falling for Somerhalder. &amp;quot;I didn&amp;#x27;t want to be dating one of my costars&amp;amp;#8212;my goal on the show was to be professional,&amp;quot; she admitted. &amp;quot;But sometimes you can&amp;#x27;t help who you have a connection with, and you can only fight it for so long&amp;amp;#8212;which I did for a really, really long time.&amp;quot; In Pics: Costar Couples The Vampire Diaries is currently in its fourth season on the CW. In February, the network renewed the supernatural drama for a fifth season. Filming will begin later this year; in the meantime, Dobrev, 24, will spend the summer shooting the Fox movie Let&amp;#x27;s Be Cops, which also stars New Girl&amp;#x27;s Jake Johnson and Happy Endings&amp;#x27; Damon Wayans Jr. Reps for the actors declined to comment on the split. More from Us Weekly: In Pics: Love On Set In Pics: Biggest Celebrity Breakups Photo: Alamy"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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