130. They Dated?! — The Vampire Diaries Cast
Nostalgia & Now
Kelli Williams
4.8 • 660 Ratings
🗓️ 15 March 2026
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Wait… they dated?!
The cast of The Vampire Diaries had way more off-screen relationships than you might remember.
This week Kelli kicks off a new series, “They Dated?!”, breaking down at least five surprising cast romances and one couple that actually stood the test of time. If you thought Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder were the whole story… think again.
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| 0:00.0 | What's gonna dance like it's 2005. Come on get up. |
| 0:06.3 | What a time to feel. |
| 0:07.8 | Talking nostalgia and now, biggest fan in the crowd. |
| 0:11.9 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:13.6 | Uh-huh. |
| 0:14.8 | It's the good bitch. |
| 0:17.9 | What's up, everyone? |
| 0:19.1 | Welcome to another episode of nostalgia and now. |
| 0:21.5 | As always, it's me, your host, Kelly Williams. |
| 0:23.9 | In this week, we're launching a new series called They Dated, where I talk about couples who dated in the past that you may have forgot about. |
| 0:31.9 | This episode, though, is about the Vampire Diaries cast. |
| 0:35.2 | Because when I think about the CW, I think about how it was basically like Hinge or Tinder for like |
| 0:41.1 | C, B-list celebrities of the early 2000s, all the cast members dated each other. |
| 0:46.7 | I will also eventually go into One Tree Hill. |
| 0:49.1 | I just figured you guys have heard me talk enough about One Tree Hill. |
| 0:52.6 | And I love the Vampire Diaries. I actually think I might like the vampire diaries enough about One Tree Hill. And I love the vampire diaries. I actually think I might |
| 0:56.2 | like the Vampire Diaries more than One Tree Hill. When I rewatched it recently, I was like, wow, |
| 1:01.6 | this show was good all the way up until about the fifth season. I will say fifth season, |
| 1:06.2 | the CW Curse started to really hit them. But I loved Vamp vampire diaries. And this is a cast who has dated |
| 1:12.7 | each other. They are very incestuous with one another. Not to be weird. I know that sounds like a |
| 1:17.6 | weird name, but like they all dated each other. Okay. And I think most people just kind of talk about |
| 1:23.0 | Paul and Phoebe Tonkin maybe and definitely Nina and Ian, but a lot of that cast has dated each |
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