Ian Somerhalder Says His Wife Nikki Reed Pulled Him Out Of Massive Debt And Doing So Nearly Killed Her
May 28 is, as we know, International Ian Somerhalder Day because, on that day in 2015, Ian Somerhalder told fans waiting for him outside of his hotel in Paris that he would not be taking any pictures that day since it was HIS day. Well, if you’re his wife Nikki Reed, then for two years, every day was Ian Somerhalder Day, or specifically, Get Ian Somerhalder Out Of Debt Day. Because while trying to honor Nikki on her birthday, Ian went on about how she rescued him from financial ruin, and the process was so horrible that it put him in the hospital four times and nearly put her in a coffin. The fuck kind of mob shit did Ian get himself into?!
42-year-old Ian and 33-year-old Nikki started dating in 2014. They got engaged a few months later in 2015 and were married on April 26 of that year. And after Ian secretly threw out Nikki’s birth control pills, she got pregnant and gave birth to their first child, a daughter they named Bodhi Soleil Reed Somerhalder, in 2017. On Friday, Ian put up an Instagram post for Nikki’s birthday, which was on May 17, and wrote that before they started dating, he began building a company while working on The Vampire Diaries.
According to Ian, he put a shit load of his own money into the company and made huge promises to banks. But because of scheming going down within the company, fraud from the company’s biggest customer, and the collapse of the oil and gas industry, he ended up under a humongous eight-figure pile of debt. The stress of trying to pay back the banks put him in the hospital four times in two years. Nikki couldn’t just stand by and watch Ian’s spirit get destroyed by debt, so she became a one-woman CreditRepair.com and put together a team to negotiate his debt down and get him back in the black. But helping Ian took a toll on Nikki and her tombstone almost read: Died From Trying To Get Ian Somerhalder Out Of Debt.
Even though Ian’s failed company was probably related to the oil and gas industries, I’m getting pyramid scheme vibes from this. Maybe it’s because I got really into HBO’s Murder On Middle Beach. And suddenly I have the image of Ian’s Vampire Diaries co-stars rolling their eyes as he holds up a pair of floral leggings while trying to sell them into the LuLaRoe fam.
After talking about himself, plugging his booze company, and channeling Keke Palmer by repeatedly referring to Nikki as “this woman,” he ends with calling Nikki an angel and superwoman who helped him build his bourbon brand dreams:
That whole thing reads like a really, really long #ad for Brother’s Bond Bourbon. So I guess every day really is Ian Somerhalder Day, even Nikki Reed’s birthday.
Happy Ian Somerhalder Day!
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