Nina Dobrev, Candice King and Kat Graham Have "Vampire Diaries" Reunion at Fan Convention: 'Still Just Kids'
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12/07/2024 06:25 PM
The trio participated in a panel — and shared a heartwarming video — from the I Was Feeling Festive 2 convention in Covington, Ga., on Dec. 6
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From left: Nina Dobrev, Kat Graham and Candice KingNina Dobrev, Candice King and Kat Graham are reminiscing about their Vampire Diaries days!
The trio reunited on Friday, Dec. 6, at the I Was Feeling Festive 2 convention in Covington, Ga., where they participated in a panel discussion and even took some photos with fans.
The following day, the former costars — who starred together in The CW series before it ended in 2017 — jointly shared a video on Instagram in which they recreated a still from the show, set to the Simple Plan song "I'm Just a Kid."
In the clip, the three actresses can be seen posing together by the convention's stage, channeling a TikTok trend where they recreated a throwback photo.
"We're still just kids 🤍," Dobrev, 35, captioned the post.
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During their onstage panel, the actresses were met with enthusiastic applause from fans. But at one point during the event, things took a turn when a portion of the stage's backdrop — featuring some Epic Cons signage — began to fall toward Dobrev, as seen in a fan-shot video shared on TikTok.
The actress quickly rushed from her seat as her costars motioned for her to move out of the way. Dobrev then gave her castmates a hug, before joking to the crowd, "I thought it was a spider."
Dobrev, Graham, 35, and King, 37, first appeared together in The Vampire Diaries in 2009 as Elena Gilbert, Bonnie Bennett and Caroline Forbes, respectively. The series wrapped in 2017 after eight seasons.
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It's been a milestone year for Dobrev, who got engaged to Olympic snowboarder Shaun White in October. According to Vogue, White, 36, popped the question with a five-carat diamond ring under an arch of white roses at New York City's Golden Swan restaurant. "I went into shock," Dobrev recalled to the outlet of the proposal. "I just froze and stared at him."
White later revealed on Instagram that he was "still floating" after the big life news, while reflecting on the couple's journey.
"I'm beside myself to be with this amazing woman and to be joining her beautiful family!! Our quarantine romance turned into this beautiful relationship and now a forever love," he wrote. "Believe me when I say that this app mostly shows us at our best. Behind the curtain like any relationship, we've had our struggles. But it's our ability to communicate and repair that keeps us moving forward together."
White added, "I'm so thankful for the life lessons, gratitude, adventure and love that Nina has taught me, and I only wish to show her the same in return. I guess we are doing the dam thing, baby!"
