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Nina Dobrev Shares Fiery Message About Having to "Fake It" After Shaun White Breakup
Shaun White may have slid into a new relationship.
Nine months after the snowboarder and Nina Dobrev ended their engagement following five years together, White is sparking romance rumors with model Angela Garten.
Indeed, the pair enjoyed a day out in New York City on June 4, including a walk along the sunlit streets, a joint ride on a bike and shopping together. At one point, the duo even shared a sweet hug inside one store.
Despite the cozy outing, neither White nor Garten has addressed their relationship status.
As for Dobrev, while the Vampire Diaries alum has yet to debut a new relationship, she has shared some cryptic insight into her life after she and the Olympian parted ways.
In fact, in November—two months after she and White broke up—Dobrev seemingly alluded to her newfound single era with a TikTok video set to Ariana Grande’s 2014 song “Break Free.”
"If you want it, take it / I should have said it before,” she lip-synced on TikTok to the track while flipping off the camera, before brandishing her empty ring finger and mouthing the words, “Tried to hide it, fake it / I can't pretend anymore."
And just days before her and White’s breakup became public, Dobrev shared an eyebrow-raising message about having to “fix” a man.
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"How do you sleep at night knowing people don't like you?" the Love Hard star lip-synced in the Sept. 5 clip. "With no underwear, in case they wanna kiss my ass."
She continued, “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."
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Two days later, Dobrev stepped out to the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Eternity without the engagement ring White had given to her a year earlier, with their breakup being confirmed four days after that.
While Dobrev and White have not addressed their breakup publicly, E! News confirmed their split later that month. A source at the time told People, who was first to report the news, "It was a mutual decision, and wasn’t an easy one, but it was made with love and a deep respect for one another.”
As for other celebrity pairings who, like White and Garten, debuted romances in the summer heat, read on.
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Jacob Elordi & Kendall Jenner
While the origins of their romance initially sparked in spring 2026, the Frankenstein actor and the Kardashians star took their relationship to the next level in May 2026.
In addition to a double date alongside Kendall's sister Kylie Jenner and her longtime boyfriend Timothée Chalamet, the duo were spotted on several romantic getaways in early summer 2026, including in Hawaii and Japan.
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Tom Cruise & Ana de Armas
With the changing seasons, however, it appeared things cooled off once more, with mulitple outlets reporting the duo called it quits in October 2025.
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Jessica Alba & Danny Ramirez
While fans know Jessica Alba played Sue Storm, they might not be as caught up on the romance rumors she sparked in summer 2025.
Six months after her split from husband Cash Warren, the Fantastic Four actress was spotted hanging out with Top Gun: Maverick’s Danny Ramirez. In fact, they were seen boarding a flight from Cancun to Los Angeles in July 2025, per a video shared by TMZ.
This was no summertime fling, though. The duo continued to go strong well into the following year, stepping out for a Miami getaway in May 2026.
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Jennifer Aniston & Jim Curtis
The one where Jennifer Aniston sparked romance rumors with Jim Curtis.
Reports spread that the Friends star and the hypnotist are dating after they were photographed vacationing together in Mallorca in early July 2025. And while they've yet to comment on if they're more than friends, Jennifer has dabbled in Jim's area of expertise to help with her fear of flying.
"I have been doing some hypnosis lately," she told Travel + Leisure in April, "and one of the requirements is to remove all of those superstitions."
While summer was the time for their romance to heat up, Jennifer proved the duo was going the distance when she hard-launched their romance on Instagram in November 2025.
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Megan Thee Stallion & Klay Thompson
But while the pair appeared to go strong for several months, Megan shared things went south the following spring.
"I've made the decision to end my relationship with Klay," Megan said in a statement to E! News in April 2026. "Trust, fidelity and respect are non-negotiable for me in a relationship, and when those values are compromised, there's no real path forward."
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Reese Witherspoon & Oliver Haarmann
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Anna Kendrick & Alex Edelman
This is a truly aca-awesome romance.
Anna Kendrick and Alex Edelman fueled dating speculation after they were spotted hanging out together on multiple occasions in summer 2025. For instance, the Pitch Perfect star and the comedian were photographed driving together in Studio City, Calif., and shopping at an outdoor market in L.A. that July.
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Elliot Page & Julia Shiplett
What better way to celebrate Pride Month? Elliot Page and Julia Shiplett hard launched their romance in June 2025. The Umbrella Academy actor debuted his relationship with the Overcompensating star by posting a selfie of the pair and adding rainbow and heart emojis.
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JoJo Siwa & Chris Hughes
"It’s not platonic any more," JoJo admitted to The Guardian in an interview shared June 2, "and it’s been a beautiful development, a beautiful connection, and I’m absolutely head over heels for him and he’s the same way."
In fact, Chris says they've already thought about next steps.
"I’d love to marry her," he told The Sun's Fabulous. "I’d be lying if I didn’t tell you I run through scenarios of our wedding day. We’d have a proper English wedding and I can imagine her in a full wedding dress. We both want kids. We come from loving families. My mum loves her. She’s my best friend. I love that she’s the person I have to do nothing with and still have the best time. That’s everything to me."
By the following summer, the couple celebrated one year together.
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Katurah Topps & Sabiyah Broderick
Katurah Topps and Sabiyah Broderick found a love that has outlast their run on season 45 of Survivor.
"On Survivor, we both struggled with fire," Katurah wrote in a June 2025 Instagram post. "I couldn’t make it and she went a week without it. But what we’ve built together? That’s a fire that finally lit itself!"
"From Players to Partners, from Castmates to Co-dreamers…" Katurah continued. "Meet Survivor’s FIRST Black Queer Woman Couple."
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Connor Newsum & Carmen Kocourek
Connor Newsum and Carmen Kocourek dropped the bombshell that they were dating in July 2025.
The Love Island USA season six star revealed his relationship with the season five alum on Instagram, notifying his fans he had an "update" and proceeding to post a series of snapshots of the pair.
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