Six Seasons And Out: Nina Dobrev Departs ‘The Vampire Diaries’

TWILIGHT gave the world a lot. Don’t believe me? Well without the TWILIGHT film franchise we wouldn’t have a HUNGER GAMES franchise, meaning we might not know who Jennifer Lawrence is. We also wouldn’t have the brilliant vampire teen TV series The Vampire Diaries. Based on a series of novels by author L.J Smith the show chronicles the adventures of Elena Gilbert and her friends who reside in Mystic Falls; a town overrun with vampires, witches, werewolves and more. The show had a fairly weak first series, it’s tone too TWILIGHT but thankfully since the second series it’s gone from strength to strength. It even got its own spin-off series The Originals which was recently granted a third season. Given the shows continued success and popularity it may come as a shock to some viewers as leading lady Nina Dobrev has announced that the current series is her last.

Taking to her Instagram account  the young actress revealed that the sixth season of the hit show is her swan song. Read Dobrev’s touching goodbye below:

Dearest TVD Family, I’ve just spent the most beautiful weekend on Lake Lanier in Georgia with my own TVD Family, the cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries. I want to be the first to tell you that it wasn’t just a holiday celebration, it was a goodbye party. 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. I was a human, a vampire, a doppelganger, a crazy immortal, a doppelganger pretending to be human, a human pretending to be a doppelganger. I got kidnapped, killed, resurrected, tortured, cursed, body-snatched, was dead and undead, and there’s still so much more to come before the season finale in May. Elena fell in love not once, but twice, with two epic soulmates, and I myself made some of the best friends I’ll ever know and built an extended family I will love forever. There’s more to come before we wrap this up, and I promise you’ll get to hear all about my experiences over the next month as we approach the season finale (I have given an exclusive interview for the June issue of SELF Magazine that I am excited for you to see!), but until then I invite you to hop on the roller coaster ride that is Elena Gilbert’s life and join me as I celebrate her and prepare to say goodbye to her — and to my work family — as I move on to the next chapter of my life. I want to share this goodbye with all of you (this weekend’s pictures were just the beginning). You, the wonderful fandom who gave more love, support and passion than anyone could have ever imagined seven years ago, when a young Degrassi girl from Canada showed up in LA to audition for ‘that Twilight TV show.’ 😉 I love you all. Fasten your seatbelts. If you think you know what’s coming, you don’t. Love, Nina

A photo posted by Nina Dobrev (@ninadobrev) on Apr 6, 2015 at 5:01pm PDT

Dobrev had a very public relationship with her co-star Ian Solmerhalder who has recently got engaged to TWILIGHT actress Nikki Reed. I’m sure they’ll be many that blame this new relationship for her departure however Dobrev has been steadily building up her film career in her downtime from the show and now seems like the perfect moment for her to strike out on her own.

So what do you make of these events? Are you happy or sad that Elena is leaving? Can the show survive without her? Most importantly how do you think Elena will make her exit?

Source: Instagram