But this one is much shorter and not as long ago, this is circa Season 6.
So after my ask about Nina Dobrev I decided to look a little more into her. I still have only scratched the surface and I’m keeping it that way because what I’ve found is unpleasant enough here and here and that goes well beyond hanging out with Johnny Depp or any petty squabble people seem to think is happening between her and Ian.
ANYWAY what I found in the rabbit hole was much more juicy than that. So I first came across this post and was real curious about an apparent social media beef between Kat and Nina. So after searching through the notes I found this.
Now I was really curious what this had to do with Nina and why she was side-eying her and then found this first which just fueled my search even more and then I found the post that sparked this.
You know, I always thought downgrading Elena’s character in season 6 was not only one of the best decisions the show made but Nina’s decision since she was leaving. Apparently not because this is some passive aggression at its finest.
First, she had to set an inanimate object close to her cat, second that comment, I don’t know how to take that other than directed toward Kat given what Ms.Cuddles represented on the show at the time, and lastly how cutesy did she think calling Ms.Cuddles a “fake bitch” was because that didn’t even sound like sarcasm.
I honestly never realized how much vitriol she fueled in the fandom towards Kat because I’m sure DE fans just ate this up and used it as inspiration for some of the racist tweets she received that year over Bamon getting close.
Alright, aside from Kat I’m done looking into the irl personas of the actors of TVD. I just found a post from 2013 where Ian apparently experienced racism at the airport and summed it up as “racism sucks.”
First I’m very curious about this “racism” that a white boy without even the slightest tan or any other features that would mistake him for anything other than white experienced.
Second, “racism sucks” does not sound like the sentiments of someone who actually experienced racism, they sound like the words of someone who wants attention especially since there’s no description of what even happen, it’s “someone was racist to me at the airport.”
Lastly, I knew this man was problematic AF, but dear lord this takes the cake for me. He wants to speak out against racism, actually speak out against it, he had plenty of opportunities years prior with the show he worked on, but to say some vague ass shit and end it with “racism sucks” is not only ignorant, but just there to spark of controversy to keep him relevant.
Anyway I’m done, I was just reminded why I stay as far as possible from celebrity’s personal lives–there’s always some dumb ass shit I either don’t care about or would like to remain blissfully ignorant about. My rabbit hole was but now it’s just ruined.
Make no mistake she knew exactly what she was doing with that IG post. She knows who her fans are and exactly how to control them so with something like that, don’t let the cutesy cat fool you, that was using the power she knew she had against Kat which is an all to familiar feeling from a white girl.
POC of TVD 