Ian Somerhalder Says He and Wife Nikki Reed Sold "Houses, Paintings, Cars, and Watches" to "Climb Out" of 8-Figure Debt

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Ian Somerhalder Says He and Wife Nikki Reed Sold "Houses, Paintings, Cars, and Watches" to "Climb Out" of 8-Figure Debt

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Ian Somerhalder spoke very candidly about how he and his wife, Nikki Reed, got out of "an eight-figure hole" after leaving the entertainment industry.

"I retired from acting seven years ago," Somerhalder shared during an interview with E! News on April 28, .

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"I left an insanely lucrative career in television after financial upheaval from building a business that I didn't build properly. And due to fraud, it put my wife and I into an eight-figure hole."

The 47-year-old former actor continued, "Eight figures is a hard hole to climb out of.

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