article_snippet.sent: That was the sentiment of many "Vampire Diaries" fans on Tuesday after " star Nina Dobrev " star Nina Dobrev announced " star Nina Dobrev will be leaving the show at the end of this season.
article_snippet.sent: I always knew I wanted Elena's story to be a six season adventure, and within those six years I got the journey of a lifetime," " star Nina Dobrev posted on " star Nina Dobrev social media accounts after a "goodbye party" at Lake Lanier outside Atlanta, where the show is filmed.
article_snippet.sent: Many chastised the show's producers, some even Dobrev herself, for allowing the show to go on to a seventh season this fall after " star Nina Dobrev departs.
article_snippet.sent: Many were upset that Dobrev's departure could sink hopes of seeing a satisfying denouement to the relationship between Dobrev's character, Elena Gilbert, and love interest vampire Damon Salvatore.
article_snippet.sent: Producer Julie Plec issued a statement supporting Dobrev's decision.
article_snippet.sent: Nina is excited to spread Nina wings, get some rest, travel the world and also take it by storm, and we support Nina a thousand-fold," Nina said in a statement supporting Dobrev's decision, according to media accounts.
article_snippet.sent: we will miss Nina and the four hundred characters Nina played, but we look forward to the insane and exciting challenge of continuing to tell stories of we Salvatore Brothers and we much-loved and gifted ensemble.
article_snippet.sent: Dobrev seemed to anticipate the pain, urging fans to hold on through the show's finale next month.
highlights_snippet.sent: Vampire Diaries" star Nina Dobrev announces " star Nina Dobrev's leaving the show .
  