{"id":267739,"date":"2026-10-09T08:15:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/the-vampire-diaries-steven-r-mcqueen-says-hes-back-to-the-gym-in-1st-instagram-post-in-5-years\/"},"modified":"2026-10-09T08:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-09T08:15:59","slug":"the-vampire-diaries-steven-r-mcqueen-says-hes-back-to-the-gym-in-1st-instagram-post-in-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/10\/09\/the-vampire-diaries-steven-r-mcqueen-says-hes-back-to-the-gym-in-1st-instagram-post-in-5-years\/","title":{"rendered":"The Vampire Diaries\u2019 Steven R. McQueen Says He\u2019s \u2018Back to the Gym\u2019 in 1st Instagram Post in 5 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"


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The Vampire Diaries<\/em><\/a> alum Steven R. McQueen<\/strong> has returned to Instagram for the first time in five years.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, October 8, McQueen, 38, shared<\/a> a selfie with his 1.5 million followers and captioned the post, \u201cBack to the gym. Any music suggestions?\u201d<\/p>\n

McQueen last posted to his Instagram grid in December 2021.<\/p>\n

The actor\u2019s Instagram comeback follows his recent return to the spotlight with a rare public appearance at a fan convention<\/a> in Paris earlier this month. McQueen signed autographs and appeared on a panel.<\/p>\n

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McQueen\u2019s Vampire Diaries<\/em> costars Paul Wesley<\/strong>, Ian Somerhalder<\/strong>, Kat Graham<\/strong> and Riley Voelkel<\/strong> were also in attendance at the convention.<\/p>\n

McQueen played Jeremy Gilbert, the younger brother of Nina Dobrev<\/strong>\u2019s Elena Gilbert, in the first six seasons of The Vampire Diaries<\/em>. He reprised the role in the show\u2019s series finale in 2017.<\/p>\n

The actor was later cast as Jimmy Borrelli in Chicago Fire<\/em> and appeared as a series regular in seasons 4 and 5 before being written out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Steven has an incredibly bright future and deserves to be a bigger part on a show than probably we can give him,\u201d Chicago Fire<\/em> cocreator Michael Brandt<\/strong> told Entertainment Weekly<\/em><\/a> at the time. \u201cWe were, as writers, finding it hard to feed all the mouths that we have on the show. There\u2019s a lot of characters and there\u2019s a lot of storylines and sometimes we see characters kind of falling through the cracks.\u201d<\/p>\n

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McQueen\u2019s last acting credit was the 2020 television film The Warrant<\/em>.<\/p>\n

McQueen, the grandson of legendary actor Steve McQueen<\/strong>, has largely remained out of the spotlight over the past several years. Before appearing in Paris, his last public appearance was in 2019.<\/p>\n

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