The actor from “Vampire Diaries” talked about leaving Hollywood to live a “more fulfilling” life as a farmer.
Ian Somerhalder left the glamour of Hollywood behind and moved to a farm on the outskirts of Los Angeles with his wife, also an actress, Nikki Reed, and their two children.
The actor from “Vampire Diaries” and the actress from “Twilight“, who started dating in 2014 and married the following year, are parents to Bodhi Soleil, a seven-year-old girl, and a boy born in 2023.
In an interview with E!News, Somerhalder explained his and Reed’s decision to leave Hollywood for a quieter life: “I loved what I did for a long time,” he said about stepping away from acting. “I don’t miss any of it. I love making movies, and I’ve done that for a long time. We had an amazing career.”
For the couple, the move to a farm has only brought benefits for the whole family, especially for the children: “It’s beautiful to see what’s happening with the kids, seeing them participate in growing their food and understanding what food is and where it comes from,” Reed said.
For Somerhalder, who left Hollywood in 2019, life as a farmer is “his version 2.0”: “We are farm people, we produce most of our own food,” he added. “I live in my cowboy boots.”
“For me, it’s much more rewarding and feels much more elevated than being all fancy, which is also fun, but at the end of the day, this is where theory meets practice, and it’s connective,” the actor concluded.
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