You may have noticed that ~*unicorns~* are a bit of a thing these days, but if you’re just catching on to the trend, you’re way behind Nina Dobrev, who’s been on the unicorn grind for nearly a decade.
“I mean, I’m not really taking credit for unicorns [nods head and mouths, “Yes I am,” sarcastically], but I’ve been posting about them since I started on social media nine years ago. Like, that’s been my thing, and now they’re really trendy,” she said Sunday after a workout class sponsored by Reebok Classic Leather shoes at Coachella. “[The uptick in unicorn interest] is great – I want to have shared passions with people, and the more people that love it, the more unicorn-based products they’ll make. That gives me more things to buy!”
As for the reason behind the trend: “People gravitate toward them because they’re free spirits — they are beautiful and rare and they’re just magic. They can be whatever you want them to be, and that’s what’s so great. As unique as they are, they’re also very inclusive.”
One unicorn item she’s not so pleased with, though, is the new Starbucks Frappuccino. “I mean, anything unicorn-based looks awesome,” she said. “But when I looked at what’s in it, it scared me.”
Nina acknowledges that unicorn love may just be a fad – for everyone but her, “Maybe for the masses it will be [just] a moment, but for me, it will be forever — just like unicorns are forever.”
Originally appeared on Cosmopolitan.com