Married noughties TV couple reveal they’ve QUIT acting after hit show and massive movie franchise – and have new jobs
NOUGHTIES stars Ian Somerhalder and wife Nikki Reed have revealed they have ditched fame and have totally different jobs now.
Actor Ian, 45, shot to fame in The Vampire Diaries, while Nikki, 37, is known for the Twilight saga.
The couple, who tied the knot in 2015, have two children, Bodhi Soleil, seven, and Eagle, two.
The pair got together during the height of the fame, coincidently both starring in famous vampire franchises.
Ian was known for playing Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries, while his wife starred as Rosalie Hale in all the Twilight movies.
But the happy couple have ditched fame, and have switched to running a business.
In a rare public appearance, the husband and wife opened up about life away from acting.
Speaking at the 2024 Environmental Media Association Awards, Ian explained why he had taken the decision to step away from acting.
“I think it’s in the rear view mirror. I do,” Ian told People of his acting career.
“Well, I dunno, we got the rights back for V Wars, but I just don’t know how the hell we would ever make a TV show.
“We’re building three companies at the same time, raising kids.”
Ian and Nikki both appeared on season one of V Wars, which aired for just one season on Netflix.
But they have switched their attention to business and have been hard at work on their supplements empire, The Absorption Company.
Nikki said: “I don’t make any definitive statements about anything.
“I don’t look at anything.
“I work over 90 hours a week right now. I’m running a company full time and just launched another, a shared company with the Absorption Company.
“And I just can’t imagine being able to pivot my energy away, but there’s no door closed.”
A few years ago, Ian opened up about how his wife had helped him when he found himself landed in a HUGE amount of debt, which spiralled during The Vampire Diaries.
Posting a birthday message to her in 2021, he wrote: “This mama. This human. I owe you such gratitude for it all.
“What many of you may not know is this woman is the reason I was actually able to build @brothersbondbourbon.
“I’ve never disclosed this publicly, but this woman worked selflessly for 2yrs to build me out of a terrible business situation I got myself into.
“Before Nik and I got together I built a company while shooting TVD that was important to me.
“I invested heavily, I made huge personal guarantees to banks.
“However due to greed and fraud within that company and fraudulent activities from our biggest customer, not to mention the temporary collapse of the oil and gas industry – I was left in an EIGHT- FIGURE hole. It was awful.”
Ian went on to detail his money struggles to his 20 million followers.
He continued: “A true nightmare day in and day out. I had to travel the world weekly to pay for massive monthly six-figure bank notes and ended up in the hospital 4 times in 2 years.
“This woman here decided that she didn’t want to see her husband ruin his body/mind/spirit and pulled up her bootstraps and got down in the trenches assembling a team to get to the negotiating table to find a way out.”
Furthermore, the star admitted the time was the “most eye opening and truly humbling experience”.