Ian Somerhalder Strips Down in New ‘The Vampire Diaries’ Preview, Shares Spoilers

It is almost time for the new season of The Vampire Dairies and Ian Somerhalder is taking it all off in a new preview. EW shared that even though fans are used to seeing his character Damon in a towel, this time the towel isn’t even there. Somerhalder starts out with the towel on and then throws it over at Alaric, leaving him totally naked. You have to remember that it is on CW so Somerhalder isn’t going to be showing it all off for the world to see.

This preview shows a few more things though. Ian Somerhalder’s character Damon is in a coffin for some reason. It looks like Caroline and Stefan are finally a couple and Bonnie is back. The thing to remember is that Nina Dobrev is gone so you will not be seeing any steamy scenes of her and Ian Somerhalder this season. The Vampire Diaries is going to have to find a new love interest for Ian Somerhalder.

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In real life, Ian Somerhalder used to date Nina Dobrev. The two split up, and Ian is now married to Nikki Reed. The two have appeared to stay friends, but not kissing your ex-girlfriend on television has to make things a bit easier for Ian when it comes to playing the character of Damon Salvatore.

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TV Line shared that Ian Somerhalder is sharing big spoilers for season 7 of The Vampire Diaries. Ian’s character won’t be going back to the way he was in season 1, but he won’t be the same either now that Elena is gone. Ian Somerhalder reminded fans of what Elena told him at the end of last season.

Elena said, ‘Go have fun and live your life,. He waited for Katherine for 150 years and he sure as hell wasn’t a saint in that time. Damon’s a pretty sadistic guy, but he’s also very logical — even if his logic is a little skewed sometimes. He’s thinking that he’s got 60 years to chill … so if he makes enemies and gets into fights and s–t’s going down with these heretics, he’s like, ‘Yeah, let’s get in there. Let’s f–k it up!’

Ian Somerhalder went on to tease that Damon is not happy with his mom at all. Ian’s character will have to start protecting a few people he cares about and that sounds like it will help snap Damon back into the better version of him that everyone likes to see. Ian says that even though Damon is mad at Stefen it does always come back to being about their love for each other. These two brothers are really close.

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Somerhalder went on to talk about how he hopes that everyone can embrace the changes on this show. Things are not the same, and that is okay because as Ian explains, there are a lot of great characters on this show other than Elena Gilbert.

“This is Mystic Falls without Elena Gilbert. People want this Damon-Elena thing, but I say this is the evolution of a really cool show with some great characters. Let’s let them find their own journeys and mix together and let s–t get crazy again.”

The Vampire Diaries with Paul Wesley and Ian Somerhalder will return to the CW on October 8. It is going to be an interesting season with all of the changes and hopefully this show can make it through. Do you think that The Vampire Diaries will be just as great of a show without Nina Dobrev, the way that Ian Somerhalder makes it sound? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.

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