Shaun White made his first TV appearance following his split from Nina Dobrev to speak about the 2026 Winter Olympics.
White sat down with the Today show to talk about how the winter games will be held in Milan, Italy, which will be nostalgic for him.
"My first Olympics was in Italy that I competed at, so this is bringing a lot of memories going back to Italy. Should be fun,” he said.
White retired after the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, which he announced during the games.
“I’ll be running around, definitely supporting my friends competing and just taking it in,” he said of the upcoming games. “This will be my first Winter Olympics where I’m not competing, so a lot of feelings there, but honestly, I’m excited to support and check it out.”
White has won three Olympic gold medals in his professional snowboarding career. He said that the chances of him "unretiring" are not likely back in 2023 to PEOPLE.
“I'm happy with what I did. And I'm sure I wouldn't want to knee-jerk jump back into something and not be fully committed," he told the outlet. "Something told me to retire at this point. If there was truly something burning in me that's like, ‘I have to do this,’ then I would follow that. I'm nostalgic for the old days, for sure. I miss getting on podiums and certain things, but there's new things in life.”
Shaun White and Nina Dobrev end their engagement
The former professional snowboarder and skateboarder made headlines last week after it was reported that he and actress Nina Dobrev will be splitting after five years of dating. The two got engaged last year.
A source shared that they did not split due to infidelity.
“There was no cheating at all during the course of their five-and-a-half-year relationship,” an insider told Us Weekly. “They were very loyal to each other. Any online speculation that suggests otherwise is ridiculous.”
Following the split, a source told The Daily Mail that they decided to end their engagement after wanting to focus on two different aspects of their life at the moment.
The source added that they weren't progressing and “they just kept living day in and day out and not growing as a couple.”
Neither White nor Dobrev has spoken out about the split at the time of this writing.
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