'Vampire dairies' news and updates: Will it end after season 8?

Ian Somerhalder took to Twitter to clarify his comments, from E! News

"Hey all, so... Last weekend I talked to an audience at a Q&A about the end of #TVD and how excited I was to make what I believe-my last year-be as great as possible," he wrote. "Somehow in my infinite wisdom and end-of-season foggy brain, I managed to make it sound like the show was coming to an end. Cut-to the press running stories that the show would be done after Season 8. Thing is, the people who actually make that decision (the CW and WB) haven't made it yet! So let's take things one step at a time: Season 7 wrap, vacation, lots of sleep, let the writers get started on Season 8, and then we'll all see where we go from there. Until then, much love ;)
Love,
Ian"

Will 'The Vampire Dairies' end after Season 8?

"We have decided to do one last season to really do the story justice," he said, according to the convention's official twitter account.

The Twitter comments came just after some days when Kat Graham told US Weekly that she will be leaving the show after the eighth season.

She said "Season eight will be my last season, but you know what? Another season is a whole other year, and we're going to blow it out."

According to what co-creator Julie Plec told E! News back in January.

"I finally realized that my destiny on this show, creatively, is tied in to Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley. And I mean that in a really good way," she explained. "As long as those boys who I now consider my friends want to keep telling the story, then I won't walk away from telling the story."

Let us hope for a satisfying and beautiful ending to the series.

Watch 'The Vampire Diaries' on Fridays at 8 p.m. on the CW.