Cole Sprouse is opening up in a big way.
In a new appearance on Alex Cooper’s Call Her Daddy podcast, the notoriously private Riverdale actor spoke about his former romance with co-star Lili Reinhart. He also spoke about relationships, past breakups, his current girlfriend Ari Fournier, and more.
He spoke about his past girlfriends and how he has been cheated on, saying that he found out by “texting,” the way everyone does, and he doesn’t blame any of his past partners. He stated:
“[I’ve been cheated on] by almost every single one of my girlfriends. Emotionally, yes. Very, very much. And my first girlfriend physically.
I was no saint. I was going through my own traumas. It takes two to tango…Sometimes you’re just incompatible with someone and…it just doesn’t actually work.
I’ve come to terms with my own inability to be emotionally vulnerable over time. I think I was in the right place at the right time for every relationship I’ve ever had.”
He said that this would probably be what his exes would say about him now:
“That probably most of my relationships had a stronger sexual foundation than emotional foundation, for sure. That’s what your 20s are for.”
He added that his current girlfriend Ari Fournier would not say that. He also shared that he and Ari met through friends of friends, and spoke more about her and their relationship:
‘She’s my best friend. We get along so well, we do everything together… As a consequence of our relationship, my life has just improved.
This is the first relationship where I can say, I have real trust here… [She] woke [me] up to what real compatibility and trust look like.”
Cole shared his virginity story, saying he was 14 when it happened and he lost his virginity before his twin Dylan did. The sex, he said, lasted about 20 seconds and he never spoke to the girl again:
“I was on a family trip in Florida and I met this girl who was older, so that’s already dubious. The first night we kind of made out and the second night — all my buddies had already lost their virginity at this point. We went down to the beach. We were on some chaise lounges. I looked at her, finally mustered up enough courage…I looked at her and was like, ‘are you like, DTF?’”
He also said he was not into one night stands and is a serial monogamist:
“I became truly a serial monogamist. I went from long-term relationship to long-term relationship. I was never a sort of one night stand guy, ever. Couldn’t really do it… Haven’t had too many partners in my life, just in general. Haven’t really crossed that bridge.”
Cole candidly talked about working with Lili after their split:
“It was really hard for both of us. And that’s okay. I think the work thing got difficult because it was hard to suspend all the way we felt about each other and it didn’t afford us the luxury of distance to really overcome that. I know we both did quite a bit of damage to each other.”
He delved deeper into the end of their relationship, saying that he believes it went on longer than it maybe should have because they were also co-workers:
“I think if I had loved myself a little more, I probably would have left a little earlier. I just felt like I had to take care of a lot of people around me, which was not good for me. I probably should have exercised a bit more selfishness in that situation.”
On their relationship timeline looking murky and people thinking he cheated, Cole said:
“The complicated thing was, I was so private. I’m private with my current relationship. We didn’t make a big deal when we split. Afterwards, I was photographed as a single man, dating other women. I think it caused people to think something dubious was going on.
I have realized now, in hindsight, I probably should have said something right away. I didn’t think the public needed to be afforded the luxury of my own heartbreak…but that gray area, created a lot of rumor and gossip that would end up affecting me and my mental health quite a bit afterwards. I’m a sucker for validation and I want people to think I’m a good guy.”
As to why the relationship ended and who took the step to end it:
“I won’t go into that too much, but I will say it was mutual.
I left. But to be honest, when you’re in a relationship for that long, and someone leave, it’s not… a surprise. I don’t like to say, ‘Oh, I split.’ It was time. I think in very many ways this was right before COVID, so it gave us the space. Because we were locked down.”
And Cole also gave insight on his relationship with Lili these days:
“We’re good friends now. We work really well together now. But I think that was both exactly where we needed to be. We were in a foreign city…alone. We really leaned on each other.
We did the best we could, I really do think we did. And I’m very grateful I was able to go through it with someone going through the exact same set of circumstances as me.”
