Cole Sprouse Details His Difficult Breakup From Lili Reinhart

Though you might still be recovering from Alex Cooper's September Call Her Daddy interview with Hailey Bieber—especially in light of all the drama currently going on between the model and Selena Gomez—I'm here to inform you that a new person on the show is getting *tons* of attention. 👀 Cole Sprouse is Alex's guest today, and he spilled all the tea on his past relationships...including his highly-publicized romance and breakup with Lili Reinhart.

“It was really hard,” Cole said after being asked about how he navigated the split with Lili as co-stars on Riverdale. “I know we both did quite a bit of damage to each other.” When Alex asked why the two ultimately broke up after three years together, the actor took a long drag of his cigarette before the clip cut out 😶.

A refresher: Cole and Lili dated for quite some time before they split up for good in January 2020. In August of that year, the Suite Life of Zack and Cody alum finally confirmed the breakup, writing the following in an Insta post: “Lili and I initially separated in January of this year, deciding to more permanently split in March. What an incredible experience I had, I’ll always feel lucky and cherish that I had the chance to fall in love. I wish her nothing but the utmost love and happiness moving forward. All I’ll say about it, anything else you hear doesn’t matter.”

The actor then added, “Also her movie comes out soon! I’m sure she’s just as incredible in it as everything else she does. Thanks guys ❤️,” in reference to Lili's film Chemical Hearts. Fast-forward a year later, and he has since moved on with his current girlfriend Ari Lou Fournier.

As for Lili? Fans initially thought she referenced the split during an August 2020 Refinery29 interview in which she said the last couple of months at the time were “probably the most emotional few months of my entire life.” “My therapist [told] me, ‘Your body’s going through withdrawal from love...You’re used to having this exchange of happy chemicals between you and the person that you’re with.’ In moments of my life, I have dropped every ounce of pride that I had just to be like, Love me. Please take the pain away for a day, a second, an hour, just so I can feel that fix again.”

But shortly after the story broke, Lili took to Twitter to clarify that “quotes taken from my most recent interview are not about a 'breakup.' They are about the depression I’ve felt over these last few months. Tired of people taking my words out of context and piecing together their own story for clickbait.”

Anyway, def make sure to tune in to Call Her Daddy to hear the entirety of Cole's interview!

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