Nina Dobrev shocked Vampire Diaries fans in June when she revealed that she actually hated costar Paul Wesley, despite their on-screen chemistry.
The two are close friends now, but it’s kind of amazing how well Nina faked it for those early seasons.
Now Paul Wesley has come forward to confirm Nina’s story, and he confesses he didn’t like her much either!
Paul addressed the couple’s mutual disdain while speaking with reporters at the Television Critics Association summer press tour on Thursday.
“I think the point that Nina was making, and I’ll totally back her up on this, is that we totally clashed [the] first couple years,” Paul said. He didn’t mention any specific confrontations, but admitted he and she had the tendacy of “just getting on each other’s nerves.”
But Paul, now 37, wants us to know that that’s in the past, and that he and Nina later “developed this wonderful friendship.”
“So it’s like this nice, happy ending,” Paul told reporters. For Paul, part of the problem with Nina was overexposure.
The two went from being total strangers to seeing way, way too much of each other. Both of the stars were also constantly exhausted from the rigorous filming and promotional schedule.
“When people work together nonstop, do press nonstop for years and years on end,” Paul reasoned. “You don’t appreciate the person that’s in front of you.” “You’re like, ‘Oh, you know, I’m exhausted and tired,'” he added.
Paul continued, “And I think now, it’s such a nice story because we’re such good friends.”
It can be so stressful when you can’t find any time off from a busy work schedule, and only see the same few coworkers all day.
In that pressure cooker scenario, you can start to resent even the tiniest flaws of those around you.
We can forgive these two for rubbing each other the wrong way back in the day, and we love that they’re so tight now.
It’s actually shocking for all the Vampire Diaries fans out there to know that the two co actors actually hated each other in the beginning.
