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Nina Dobrev and Vampire Diaries boyfriend Paul Wesley 'despised each other' for first '5 months' on set

Published: 19:34 EDT, 10 June 2019 | Updated: 19:52 EDT, 10 June 2019

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Nina Dobrev just revealed that she 'despised' her The Vampire Diaries love interest Paul Wesley 'for the first five months' of shooting The CW supernatural soap in 2009.

The Bulgarian-born, Toronto-raised 30-year-old and the New Jersey-born 36-year-old played on/off lovers Elena and Stefan for six seasons until her unceremonious send-off in 2016.

'Paul and I didn't get along at the beginning of the show. I respected Paul Wesley, I didn't like Paul Wesley,' Dobrev admitted on the Directionally Challenged podcast - according to E! News.

'Paul and I didn't get along at the beginning': Nina Dobrev just revealed that she 'despised' her The Vampire Diaries love interest Paul Wesley 'for the first five months' of shooting The CW supernatural soap in 2009 (pictured in 2010)

#Stelena: The Bulgarian-born, Toronto-raised 30-year-old and the New Jersey-born 36-year-old played on/off lovers Elena and Stefan for six seasons until her unceremonious send-off in 2016 (pictured in 2009)

'I remember everyone would walk up to me after the show aired and they'd be like, "Are you and Paul dating in real life?" Because everyone thought that we had such good chemistry.'

Nina (born Nikolina Dobreva) continued: '[There's] a fine line between love and hate, and we despised each other so much, that it read as love. We really just didn't get along the first maybe five months of shooting.'

The Fam actress compared it to a 'sexless marriage' and shrugged: 'When you work with anyone, or are spending a lot of time with anyone, little things are gonna annoy you about them.'

Now the Drake video vixen calls Paul 'one of my best friends' and they frequently reunite with her real-life ex-boyfriend Ian Somerhalder (who played his brother Damon).

Dobrev admitted on the Directionally Challenged podcast: 'I respected Paul Wesley, I didn't like Paul Wesley. I remember everyone would walk up to me after the show aired and they'd be like, "Are you and Paul dating in real life?" Because everyone thought that we had such good chemistry. [There's] a fine line between love and hate, and we despised each other so much, that it read as love'

The Fam actress compared it to a 'sexless marriage' and shrugged: 'When you work with anyone, or are spending a lot of time with anyone, little things are gonna annoy you about them' (pictured in 2018)

'We ended up getting to a good place': Now the Drake video vixen calls Paul 'one of my best friends' and they 'hang out a lot' with her real-life ex Ian Somerhalder (R, pictured in 2013)

'We hang out a lot,' Dobrev noted. 'We ended up getting to a good place.'

For the last few weeks, Nina - who boasts 31M followers - has been in Europe and on Sunday she Insta-storied bikini-clad snaps of herself partying in Porto Santo Stefano.

Joining the Ryerson University drop-out were her gal pals - A Fine Line Clothing designer Alisia Sophia, Switch Boutique Jennifer Cohen, and Established Jewelry designer Nikki Erwin.

On the personal front, E! News reported in February that the Then Came You actress was secretly dating Wharton School of Business grad, Grant Mellon.

'#SundayFunday': For the last few weeks, Nina has been in Europe and on Sunday she Insta-storied bikini-clad snaps of herself partying in Porto Santo Stefano

Ladies in red: Joining Dobrev were her gal pals - A Fine Line Clothing designer Alisia Sophia, Switch Boutique Jennifer Cohen, and Established Jewelry designer Nikki Erwin