'I Wasn't an Equal to My Male Counterparts' | NYGazet

Dobrev left the show after season 6 in 2015, citing unequal pay in relation to her male co-stars, Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder.

Getty "It felt like they were saying that all the hard work I was putting into it didn’t matter to them and that I wasn't an equal to my male counterparts, and so that was upsetting to me," Dobrev said of her decision to leave after season 6. Nina Do... [2308 chars]