Ian Somerhalder reveals he and wife Nikki Reed have quit fame in favour of becoming business owners: ‘I think acting is in the rear-view mirror’

Ian Somerhalder and his wife Nikki Reed have given up fame and become full-time entrepreneurs.

Actor Ian, 45, shot to fame playing Damon Salvatore in The Vampire Diaries, while Nikki, 36, rose to fame for her role as Rosalie Hale in the Twilight franchise.

But Ian told how the couple have both put acting on the back burner in favor of entrepreneurship and raising their children.

The couple married in 2015 and are parents to Bodhi Soleil, seven, and Eagle, two.

Speak with People magazine about his acting career, Ian said: ‘I think it’s in the rear-view mirror. I do.

“Well, I don’t know, we got the rights back for V Wars, but I just don’t know how we could ever make a TV show. We are building three companies and raising children at the same time.’

Nikki confirmed that she is also no longer acting, saying: ‘I currently work over 90 hours a week. I run a business full time and have just launched another business, a shared business with the Absorption Company.

“And I just can’t imagine turning my energy away, but there’s no door closed.”

Nikki and Ian starred alongside each other in the science fiction show V-Wars on Netflix, but it was canceled after one season.

In a previous interview, Ian said he finds running a business more satisfying than his acting career.

He told People: “August 19th marks five years since I’ve been in front of the camera professionally as an actor/producer. After V-Wars, I stepped away from that to build these companies and launch films like Kiss the Ground, Common Ground and Ground Swell,” he said.

“I remember sitting and talking to my management about this and saying, ‘Hey, this is the only thing I’ve ever known that has ever supported my family, and I’m walking away from it,’ at peaks like this it could have happened . everything done, but these partnerships mean much more to me.

“I say this with all humility, with all respect, but I would much rather do this than spend two months in a city, shooting a TV show without my family, or transporting my family back and forth.”

Ian and his wife started dating in 2014, and tied the knot the following year.

He was previously linked to his Vampire Diaries costar Nina Dobrev.

Meanwhile, Nikki was previously married to Paul McDonald from 2011 to 2015.