Mystic Falls may be fictional, but the heartbreak is very real. Arielle Kebbel has confirmed that she and her Vampire Diaries costar Zach Roerig have split — and the 41-year-old actress opened up about it publicly for the first time this week on Kaitlyn Bristowe's podcast Off the Vine.
When Bristowe, 40, asked about her relationship status early in the episode, which aired Thursday, February 19, Kebbel didn't hesitate. "I haven't been in a relationship in quite some time," she shared. Without missing a beat, Bristowe offered her condolences, but the John Tucker Must Die star gently waved that off — “No… don’t, please” — before opening up further.
"For me, definitely, it was one of the hardest things I've ever done," she explained. "But now I'm in a place of really leaning into my own life choices... [getting] to know myself in a way" she described as "raw" — one she said she couldn't have accessed even six months prior. She added that the experience has pushed her to "change patterns for myself in the future, for my heart, for my soul." Roerig, also 41, has not publicly addressed the split.
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The relationship itself had only become public about a year earlier — and in a way that felt tailor-made for longtime fans. In April 2025, the actors appeared together at Epic Cons’ “I Was Feeling Epic” fan convention in Covington, Georgia, the real-life filming home of Mystic Falls. During the event, Roerig surprised Kebbel with flowers and the two kissed onstage, a moment captured in fan videos that quickly circulated online. Kebbel later reacted to reposted clips with heart emojis, a low-key confirmation that they were officially together.
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It was a fitting storybook beginning for two fan-favorite TV mainstays whose shared history runs deep. On The Vampire Diaries, the supernatural CW drama that aired from 2009 to 2017 across eight seasons and 171 episodes, Kebbel played Lexi Branson. Roerig, meanwhile, played Matt Donovan. Their characters didn't share many scenes, but their offscreen connection clearly had its own timeline. The pair had already worked together on the 2023 Hallmark film Love in the Great Smoky Mountains: A National Park Romance, in which they played former sweethearts who reunite.
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— ᴏʟᴜᴍɪᴅᴇ ? (@mideysmith) February 19, 2026The show has long had a habit of turning costars into couples. Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder dated IRL from 2010 to 2013. Joseph Morgan married costar Persia White in 2014. And in 2023, Candice King confirmed her romance with The Originals star Steven Krueger.
Last summer, their relationship reached a new milestone when King announced their engagement on Instagram. A few months later, she revealed they’re expecting their first child together, due in May 2026.
View this post on InstagramFor Kebbel, the timing of the breakup news coincides with one of the biggest moments of her career. She stars as U.S. Marshal Belle Skinner in Marshals, the highly anticipated Yellowstone spinoff on CBS, premiering March 1. During a recent appearance on CBS Mornings, she revealed that multiple country music stars are set to guest on the series throughout the season.
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