{"id":271999,"date":"2026-06-19T15:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/271999\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T15:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T15:16:08","slug":"nina-dobrev-sparks-dating-rumors-after-nyc-walk-with-model-dougie-joseph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/271999\/","title":{"rendered":"Nina Dobrev Sparks Dating Rumors After NYC Walk With Model Dougie Joseph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Nina Dobrev is back in the dating-rumor cycle after a low-key New York City sighting with model Dougie Joseph.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Vampire Diaries alum was photographed walking in New York this week with Joseph. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2026\/06\/18\/nina-dobrev-spotted-strolling-nyc-with-hunky-model-dougie-joseph\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:Just Jared;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Just Jared&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Just Jared<\/a> reported that the sighting came from a fan photo submitted to DeuxMoi.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The photo quickly drew attention because Dobrev has kept her personal life relatively quiet since ending her engagement to Olympic snowboarder Shaun White in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Just Jared noted that some fans think the two could simply be friends, while others are reading more into the walk.<\/p>\n<p>The Sighting Started With a Fan Photo<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Just Jared reported that DeuxMoi later identified the man in the photo as Joseph, a model who also goes by Dougie Joseph. The outlet said Dobrev follows Joseph on Instagram, which added to the speculation after the fan-submitted photo spread online.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Has His Own Public Profile<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Joseph is a model and co-founder of Bondi Skin Co., a men\u2019s skincare brand, according to Just Jared. The outlet also noted that Dobrev\u2019s close friend Julianne Hough follows him on Instagram, another small detail that fans connected to the rumor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Some online speculation has focused on one of Joseph\u2019s older Instagram captions about a \u201cbig week of Bulgarians.\u201d Just Jared reported that the post included a gym video involving Bulgarian squats, though fans still connected the wording to Dobrev\u2019s Bulgarian background.<\/p>\n<p>Dobrev Has Been Single Since Her Shaun White Split<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Dobrev and White ended their engagement in September 2025 after five years together. <a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/shaun-white-and-nina-dobrev-end-engagement-split-8737536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:People;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;People&quot;}\" class=\"link \">People<\/a> reported at the time that the split was mutual and made with \u201clove and a deep respect for one another.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">White had proposed in October 2024 with a 5-carat diamond ring. People reported that representatives for both stars did not respond to requests for comment when the split was confirmed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nina Dobrev is back in the dating-rumor cycle after a low-key New York City sighting with model Dougie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272000,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[104805,27816,104806,9,50510,56,63,65,64,22426],"class_list":["post-271999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-dougie-joseph","tag-joseph","tag-just-jared","tag-new-york","tag-nina-dobrev","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-news","tag-shaun-white"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=271999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/271999\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=271999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=271999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=271999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}