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Ian Somerhalder is paying a heartfelt tribute to wife Nikki Reid on her 33rd birthday.┬а
Taking to Instagram on Friday, the тАЬVampire DiariesтАЭ star looked back on how Reid built him out of a тАЬterribleтАЭ business situation.
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тАЬWhat many of you may not know is this woman is the reason I was actually able to build┬а@brothersbondbourbon . IтАЩve never disclosed this publicly, but this woman worked selflessly for 2yrs to build me out of a terrible business situation I got myself into,тАЭ wrote the actor.
Explaining how he ended up in millions of dollars of debt, he continued, тАЬBefore Nik and I got together I built a company while shooting TVD that was important to me. I invested heavily, I made huge personal guarantees to banks. However due to greed and fraud within that company and fraudulent activities from our biggest customer, not to mention the temporary collapse of the oil and gas industry тАУ I was left in an EIGHT- FIGURE hole.тАЭ
Somerhalder went on to credit Reid for тАЬfinding a way out.тАЭ
тАЬThis woman here decided that she didnтАЩt want to see her husband ruin his body/mind/spirit and pulled up her bootstraps and got down in the trenches assembling a team to get to the negotiating table to find a way out,тАЭ he wrote.
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тАЬShe devoted her life to getting me out of that mess and it almost killed her along the way. I am where I am BECAUSE of this woman. Brothers Bond Bourbon is actually here today because of this woman. I was able to start my life over because of this woman.тАЭ
Concluding his post by wishing the тАЬTwilightтАЭ star a happy birthday, Somerhalder said, тАЬI honor this woman and appreciate her more than anyone I could ever imagine. Happy 33 you incredible angel of a person. The light you radiate into our household and this planet is beyond inspiring.тАЭ
He signed off the post by adding, тАЬThe world needs people like you.
Love, Ian aka Baby Daddy.тАЭ
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Somerhalder and Reid are parents to 3-year-old daughter Bodhi.
