Last week, I linked a story about how Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder were teasing a “thirsty” engagement. Some of you thought I was being a bit mean, so let’s talk it out. Nikki and Ian went public in July with some farmer’s market and outdoor exercise photos. They almost immediately adopted a horse together, and raved about it on social media. All of that was fine and even normal by celebrity standards. I guess. But their antics escalated. By September, Nikki and Ian were grinning outside a Toronto “novelty” shop where they dropped $1000 on adult toys. That seems pretty thirsty to me. Why did they need to buy all that stuff all at once as the paps waited outside the store? Mail-order discretion, yo.
Earlier this month, Nikki finalized her divorce from Paul McDonald (after two years of marriage). That’s when she and Ian started visiting jewelry stores. Now E! has spoken with multiple sources who say Nikki and Ian are engaged:
Ian Somerhalder and Nikki Reed are bride and groom to-be!
The 36-year-old Vampire Diaries star and the 26-year-old Twilight star are engaged, multiple sources confirm exclusively to E! News. The exciting engagement comes about six months after they first started dating.
The engagement isn’t a surprise to insiders close to the couple. One source says that Somerhalder told Reed he had “been in love with [her] for years,” long before they took their friendship to the next level. “They’re so happy,” the source tells E! News. “They were crazy happy from the start. Their families love each other. It just feels really right.”
Reed and Somerhalder first sparked romance rumors when they were spotted getting their PDA on in July at an L.A. farmers market.
They also recently started their own production company together. “Nikki and I are starting a production company and we’re going to be able to tell even more stories that we really want to tell, everything from documentaries to TV shows to movies…all kinds of stuff,” Somerhalder told E! News just this week. “Having the success of a television show like [Vampire Diaries] really allows you to be able … now I get to start spreading my creative wings as well.”
“It’s going to be awesome,” the hunky star added of their joint project. “Listen, it’s about telling stories and it’s about creating the content to tell those stories and whose going to distribute that content.”
[From E! Online]
They’re starting a production company together? These two move fast. A quick marriage will be stressful enough. Nikki and Paul married when she was 23. She’s only 26 now, but Ian is 36. Maybe he wants to hurry up and start a family. He and Nikki have already adopted a zoo together. Congrats to the happy (and yes, thirsty) couple.
Nikki also appears in the February issue of Nylon to promote her music. She spoke about her debut film, Thirteen, which was semi-autobiograpical and depicted a life of teenage drugging, crime, and cutting. Nikki said she was too young for stardom: “It was a feeding frenzy, and I wasn’t ready. I couldn’t understand what was happening. I didn’t have any media training–I didn’t have anybody but myself.” It sounds like her life has been a constant roller coaster, and that won’t change anytime soon.
P.S. Nikki and Ian walked their first red carpet together at the Warner Bros. Globes afterparty. Nikki wore Katharine Kidd, and pics are in the gallery.
Photos courtesy of Fame/Flynet & WENN
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