The Vampire Diaries alums Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder might not play brothers on TV — however their love for one another is eternal.
“Our TV present ended and I can’t stay with out him,” Wesley, 41, informed Extra in a Friday, December 1, interview. “And I stated, ‘Pay attention, our contract with Warner Bros. might have expired, however my contact with you is created from love. It’s everlasting.’”
Wesley and Somerhalder, 44, starred as vampire brothers Stefan and Damon Salvatore, respectively, on the hit CW sequence for eight seasons from 2009 to 2017. After hanging up their fangs, they teamed as much as create their liquor model, Brothers Bourbon, which launched in 2021.
“That is one thing we wished to do since season 2 of [The Vampire Diaries],” Somerhalder informed Additional of the model. “We have been kiddos. So, it’s fairly particular, the truth that we get to do that collectively. It’s a dream. It’s a tricky actuality to create however it’s a dream.”
The Vampire Diaries’ 2009 premiere launched followers to one of the memorable vampire-themed sequence to this point. The CW present, which ran for eight seasons till 2017, occurred within the fictional city of Mystic Falls, Virginia, house to legendary creatures and people alike. Along with tales of individuals changing into vampires, or discovering out […]
Somerhalder added that the pair, who blended the bourbon collectively in his kitchen, run the enterprise as a “group” and a “household,” which makes the method “actually particular” for each of them.
“It’s my longest relationship,” Somerhalder quipped of their partnership, to which Wesley replied, “That’s true.”
Wesley famous that the duo are opposites who “complement” each other in actual life, very similar to their TVD counterparts did on display screen. “Our characters have been very yin and yang on the present, and in actual life, we’re very yin and yang as nicely,” he stated. “I’m kind of the everlasting pessimist and he’s the everlasting optimist.”
On TVD, these outlooks tended to be swapped. As they each fought for the love of the identical woman (Nina Dobrev), Wesley’s Stefan was typically depicted because the hopeful protagonist whereas Damon served because the darkish, sarcastic anti-hero of the sequence.
Each on and off display screen, the pair “stability one another,” Somerhalder defined. Wesley, in the meantime, described their dynamic as oil and vinegar, calling it one thing you “placed on a salad and it tastes scrumptious.”
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Regardless of their unbreakable bond, Somerhalder jokingly clarified to Additional that the pair do try to take care of separate lives. Somerhalder tied the knot with spouse Nikki Reed in 2015 and the couple share daughter Bodhi, 6, and a son, 4 months, whereas Wesley has been relationship Natalie Kuckenberg since November 2022.
“Full disclosure, we don’t stay collectively,” Somerhalder quipped. “However we mainly do.”
