Nikki Reed and Ian Somerhalder apologize following birth control backlash

Actors Nikki Reed (L) and Ian Somerhalder attend the 27th annual Environmental Media Association Awards at Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, California on September 24, 2017. The couple apologized after initially pinning the blame on media outlets for taking Somerhalder's story of how he threw away his wife's birth control to get her pregnant out of proportion. The new parents changed their tune Saturday, and issued a joint statement saying they were "deeply sorry" to anyone affected by reproductive coercion. Many saw Somerhalder tossing Reed's birth control a prime example of this Ñ but in their statement, the couple maintained that the story was simply a happy memory that got a dark spin..Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI