It’s been an emotional week for many Vampire Diaries fans, with the surprising news that Nina Dobrev has left the show.

There are lots of questions: How will the show go on? Who will be the focus now? Will the CW pay for therapy for Damon and Elena fans? (They should.)

One question, though, that keeps popping up, and it seems to be based on speculation from people who follow celebrity gossip but don’t really watch or follow TVD, is this:

Did Nina Dobrev leave The Vampire Diaries because of her split from Ian Somerhalder?

Fans and media alike are asking whether she’s leaving the show because of a wounded heart, or because it’s just too awkward on the set, after Ian and Nina split up and he moved on with Nikki Reed, to whom he is now engaged.

This question keeps rearing its head everywhere, so for what it’s worth, here’s what we can tell you:

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You can still purchase a Team Elena wristband, this will be the last of them, once they are sold out that will be it, due to Nina leaving The Vampire Diaries I figured I could sell the rest of these so fans can always show their Elena Pride.

Nina Dobrev took to her instagram on Monday to be the first to tell her fans that she will not be returning to The Vampire Diaries Next Season. I am completely sad and heartbroken over the news but I completely support Nina’s decision and will continue to follow her career in wherever she goes just like I did when she left Degrassi and it led me here to an amazing TVD Family and an entirely new world but now it is time to say goodbye to our favorite character Elena Gilbert this season. Read Nina’s post below:

Dearest TVD Family,

I’ve just spent the most beautiful weekend on Lake Lanier in Georgia with my own TVD Family, the cast and crew of The Vampire Diaries. I want to be the first to tell you that it wasn’t just a holiday celebration, it was a goodbye party. I always knew I wanted Elena’s story to be a six season adventure, and within those six years I got the journey of a lifetime. I was a human, a vampire, a doppelganger, a crazy immortal, a doppelganger pretending to be human, a human pretending to be a doppelganger. I got kidnapped, killed, resurrected, tortured, cursed, body-snatched, was dead and undead, and there’s still so much more to come before the season finale in May. Elena fell in love not once, but twice, with two epic soulmates, and I myself made some of the best friends I’ll ever know and built an extended family I will love forever.

There’s more to come before we wrap this up, and I promise you’ll get to hear all about my experiences over the next month as we approach the season finale (I have given an exclusive interview for the June issue of SELF Magazine that I am excited for you to see!), but until then I invite you to hop on the roller coaster ride that is Elena Gilbert’s life and join me as I celebrate her and prepare to say goodbye to her — and to my work family — as I move on to the next chapter of my life. I want to share this goodbye with all of you (this weekend’s pictures were just the beginning). You, the wonderful fandom who gave more love, support and passion than anyone could have ever imagined seven years ago, when a young Degrassi girl from Canada showed up in LA to audition for ‘that Twilight TV show.’ 😉 I love you all. Fasten your seatbelts. If you think you know what’s coming, you don’t.

Love, Nina