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"Now that they&amp;apos;ve called it quits off-camera, shooting season five of The Vampire Diaries is bound to be at least a little awkward for Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder -- but there&amp;apos;s no bad blood, a source close to the couple assures Us Weekly, which broke news of the breakup on Thursday, May 9. &amp;quot;There was no mean spiritedness behind of either of their motives&amp;quot; for ending their three-year relationship, the source explains.\r\n\r\nCW stars Dobrev, 24, and Somerhalder, 34, went public with their romance back in 2011 and &amp;quot;will continue to work together and remain best friends,&amp;quot; a second source previously told Us.\r\nThe split, in some ways, was bound to happen. &amp;quot;The relationship kind of brewed out of a friendship and the fact that they had to get into a romance for the show,&amp;quot; the first insider explains, adding that the breakup &amp;quot;was inevitable.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nThe ten-year age gap may have also played a role, the same source says. &amp;quot;I think she decided she wanted to experience other things.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nNeither has publicly commented on the split, although Somerhalder may have been hinting at the end of the romance via Twitter -- quoting playwright Lillian Hellman on Thursday: &amp;quot;A thought for today: &amp;apos;People change and forget to tell each other,&amp;apos;&amp;quot; Somerhalder shared with his 3.6 million followers."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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