Just days before the world learned that Nina Dobrev and Shaun White had called off their engagement, the actress posted a video that’s immediately sparking major speculation about what went wrong.
On Thursday, September 11, reports confirmed the fan-favorite couple had split. “It was a mutual decision, and wasn’t an easy one, but it was made with love and a deep respect for one another,” a source told People. The breakup news stunned fans, especially since White, 39, had proposed to Dobrev, 36, in New York City less than a year ago.
But a video Dobrev shared on TikTok on September 6 — just five days before the split became public — has been making the rounds online, with many wondering if it’s a subtle message about the end of their relationship.
In the clip, Dobrev appears makeup-free in a casual Nike sweatshirt, mouthing along to a snarky audio track.
@nina 👷🏻♀️🚜🔨
“How do you sleep at night knowing people don’t like you? With no underwear, in case they wanna kiss my ass,” the audio says. It continues: “What’s your advice for women trying to fix their man? Listen, Bob the Builder, he’s got 10 other women trying to fix him too, and you all look like a damn construction crew.”
While Dobrev didn’t directly address the meaning behind the post, she captioned it only with construction emojis — “👷🏻♀️🚜🔨” — leaving fans to read between the lines. And read they did.
“Not me watching this video after I found out that her engagement is off,” one fan wrote in the comments, while another said, “Well, this video makes sense immediately after the split news.” Others were even more pointed, with one user commenting, “I really hope he didn’t cheat on you.”
Life & Style has reached out to White’s team for comment on the cheating speculation but has not yet received a response. Neither White nor Dobrev have addressed the breakup publicly, and the exact reason behind their split remains unclear.
The former couple were last spotted together on August 31, holding hands at a farmers’ market in Los Angeles. Just a week later, Dobrev attended the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, walking the red carpet without her engagement ring.
Given how much of their relationship they shared online — from moving in together during the pandemic in 2020 to announcing their engagement on Instagram last October — fans will likely continue speculating about what led to their sudden breakup.
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