Vampire Diaries’ Nina Dobrev reveals ‘uncomfortable’ NSFW reason she turned down Boardwalk Empire role for CW show

NINA Dobrev has revealed she was once considered for a role on the HBO series Boardwalk Empire.

But the former The Vampire Diaries star said the pay cable network asked her to give up a little too much.

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Nina was a guest on Live with Kelly and Mark Tuesday, promoting her new Netflix movie The Out-Laws.

The 34-year-old reminisced about coming out to Hollywood at 19, and instantly striking gold, with offers from both shows.

But there was a catch.

“I wasn’t allowed to test for both Vampire Diaries and Boardwalk Empire,” she confessed. “And I didn’t know, like, how do you make a decision?”

Host Kelly Ripa interrupted, complementing: “there was no bad choice – they were both great.”

Then Nina shared: “I think the thing that ended up being the deciding factor was that, I was 19 or 20, and Boardwalk Empire required me sign a nudity clause.

“But it wasn’t in the script. It was like, at some point, there might be nudity and you’ll have to do it.”

Nina, who went on to play both Elena Gilbert and Katherine Pierce on The CW’s iconic supernatural drama, said at the time, she felt too young, kind of scared and not very comfortable with the nudity possibility.

“Obviously, now in retrospect I look back on it and I’m like, ‘Well, should have done It then,'” she said, disappointing fanboys everywhere.

Even Kelly, 52, seemed upset by the decision, joking: “If I had your body I’d insist! I’d be doing this show nude!  I’d be like, there needs to be a nudity clause at all times!”

Nina seemed to agree, admitting: “I was never younger and perkier than when I was 19. So if I was going to do it, I should have done it then.”

SNOW BUSINESS

Nina and longtime boyfriend Shaun White have been together since 2020, and first made their relationship Instagram-official that May, when the actress shared a photo of the two of them with her holding scissors and him rocking a “frightened” face.

Despite making things official to the public in May 2020, the couple actually started dating the month prior.

They first met in 2019 at an event for motivational speaker Tony Robbins in Florida, where they both gave presentations.

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Following the event, the two decided to grab a bite to eat, which is when Shaun, 36, found out just exactly how famous Nina was.

“I actually didn’t know anything about her,” Shaun recalled to People when talking about their relationship in January 2022.

He then went on to reveal that he had walked up to members of the restaurant staff thinking that they wanted a picture with him but had found out it was the other way around.

“Can we get a photo … with her?” the waiters asked the Olympic snowboarder.

“And I was like, ‘What’s happening? What’s going on?’ It was actually really funny,” he continued.

THE EYES HAVE IT

Tuesday’s episode of Live had a patriotic feel to it, even after Kelly exploded after a makeup mistake on the set.

The Live! set was decorated with American Flag ornaments, balloons that were the same color as the U.S. Flag, and the actual American Flag since today is the Fourth of July.

Kelly’s T-shirt with the Flag on it and sparkly headband that said, “Yay USA” in patriotic colors underscored her reverence for Independence Day.

Following Kelly and Mark’s initial introductions, Mark, 52, began rattling off the “most popular Fourth of July food in each state.”

The Riverdale actor informed his wife and the audience that the top Fourth of July side dish in Kelly’s hometown New Jersey was baked beans.

She originally thought it was corn on the cob.

Amid Kelly rambling about why she always avoided baked beans at barbecues growing up, Mark paused her to remove the “little eyelash” from her cheek.

“It’s good luck,” he revealed as he blew the eyelash into the air, gaining a loud awe from audience members.

An unaffected Kelly sarcastically replied: “It’s only good luck if it’s a real eyelash,” which earned a big laugh from Mark and the crowd simultaneously.

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