Shaun White recalls his hilarious first date with Nina Dobrev and admits she has been a 'lifesaver'

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Shaun White revealed that his ego was put in check only minutes into his first date with Nina Dobrev in 2019.The pair first met at an event for motivational speaker Tony Robbins in Florida where they were both on hand to give presentations, and decided to go to dinner after the event was over.'I actually didn't know anything about her,' Shaun said of the Vampire Diaries star, who agreed to head over to a nearby restaurant with him, only to find Shaun's ego deflated when staff were more eager to meet her than him, a heavily decorated snowboarding Olympian.

True love: Shaun White revealed that his ego was put in check only minutes into his first date with Nina Dobrev in 2019'The place was packed,' he recalled to PEOPLE magazine. 'And she was like, "Let me go see if I can get a table."' Shaun was used to being overwhelmed with requests for autographs and pictures as a world-famous athlete, and assumedDobrev told the hostess, 'There's an old gold medalist over there who wants a table.'Nina walked over to Shaun with a group from the host stand and several members of the staff, and White got ready for what he thought would be another photo opportunity with fans.

Jokes: Shaun was used to being overwhelmed with requests for autographs and pictures as a world-famous athlete, and assumed Dobrev told the hostess, 'There's an old gold medalist over there who wants a table''"Can we get a photo ...

with her?"' White remembered one of the servers asking. 'And I was like, "What's happening? What's going on?" It was actually really funny.'From there, their relationship blossomed into a full blown romance.'We were flying all over,' White said.