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Former couple Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder are still close friends, and joked about their 'chemistry' on and off screen while accepting the People's Choice Award.
Who said exes who still play a couple on television can't be good friends?
If their "Best Chemistry" win was any indication, Nina Dobrev and Ian Somerhalder are still getting along great. The "Vampire Diaries" couple took home the award after delivering a lighthearted speech about their complicated romance at the People's Choice Awards on Wednesday night.
"We started dating on the show," Dobrev, 25, said.
"We started dating in real life," Somerhalder, 35, added, finishing her sentence.
PHOTOS: PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS 2014"And then we broke up in real life," the Canadian actress said, while her counterpart joked "and yet our characters are still dating on the show."
"It's a good thing it's not awkward," she added.
The two finished their rehearsed exchange with an awkward look, but then broke into laughter and ended their acceptance speech with a kiss on the cheek.
It's no secret that the former couple - who ended their relationship in May after more than three years of dating - has an ongoing friendship.
RELATED: NINA DOBREV, IAN SOMERHALDER BACK TOGETHER?In September Somerhalder tweeted a photo of his ex-girlfriend's Cosmopolitan magazine cover.
"In a store this morning - who do I see?" he captioned the photo. "One word: Stunning."
And a month after Dobrev helped Somerhalder deliver his dog's eight puppies.
In November it was also rumored that the pair had been quietly hooking up again, after Dobrev briefly romanced dancer Derek Hough, brother of her close friend Julianne Hough.
The short-lived union with the "Dancing with the Stars" hunk fizzled out due to distance, sources told Us Weekly, as his show tapes in Los Angeles while the CW teen drama tapes in Atlanta.
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