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Fans were heartbroken when Nina Dobrev, one of the stars of The Vampires Diaries, exited the show at the end of Season 6. Although the actor offered little explanation at the time, she recently revealed what prompted her to leave.

In an excerpt from I Was Feeling Epic: An Oral History of The Vampire Diaries, Dobrev said it was the pay disparity with Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder, who played Damon and Stefan Salvatore, that forced her to exit the series. “It was a bit of a tricky situation because my contract only said to play Elena, but I was playing multiple characters, which doubled my workload,” she explained.

“I had…

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