Cole Sprouse Details Lili Reinhart Split ‘Damage’ on ‘Call Her Daddy,’ Recalls Losing His Virginity: Biggest Bombshells

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Cole Sprouse Details Lili Reinhart Split 'Damage' on 'Call Her Daddy,' Recalls Losing His Virginity: Biggest Bombshells

His side of the story. Cole Sprouse got candid about his split from Riverdale costar Lili Reinhart, his Disney past and more on "Call Her Daddy." The Suite Life of Zack & Cody alum, 30, sat down with host Alex Cooper on the Wednesday, March 8, podcast episode to discuss his career — and personal — highs and lows. “I think if I had loved myself a little more, I probably would have left [my relationship with Lili] a little earlier,” he confessed while discussing the pressure he and Reinhart faced in the public eye. “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.” In a clip released days before the full episode aired, Sprouse discussed his upbringing with twin Dylan Sprouse and hinted at his rocky romantic history. "[I've been cheated on] by almost every single one of my girlfriends," he confessed in a video shared via Instagram on Monday, March 6. Elsewhere in the episode, the former child star shed light on what it was like to keep working with Reinhart, 26, on the CW drama after they ended their romance. “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," he explained. "I know we both did quite a bit of damage to each other.” [jwplayer QeENunNj-zhNYySv2] The costars dated on and off for three years before calling it quits in 2020. "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," Cole wrote via Instagram that August. "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." At the time, the NYU alum praised Reinhart's talent and plugged her film Chemical Hearts. "Also her movie comes out soon! I'm sure she's just as incredible in it as everything else she does," he wrote. "Thanks guys ❤️." The Big Daddy actor has since been linked to Ari Fournier, but his split from Reinhart continues to draw attention from Riverdale fans. During a March 2022 interview with GQ Hype, Cole admitted that the "public currency" surrounding their breakup made moving on challenging. "Followers report everything about Ari and me as bullying, and it gets taken down pretty immediately," he claimed. "Even on my other friends' accounts, it gets taken down." Reinhart, meanwhile, described the aftermath of her split from Cole as a "black tunnel [that] was never going to end" during an August 2020 interview with Refinery29. "I couldn't see the light. I was like, I feel like I'm dying. It was f--king rough, and there's no other way through it than just through it. ... I had to face my own pain head-on," she said. The Hustlers actress noted that the breakup prompted "the most emotional few months" of her 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,'" she recalled. "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.'" Scroll down for Cole's most eye-opening revelations about romance and more on "Call Her Daddy":

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Cole Sprouse Details Lili Reinhart Split 'Damage' on 'Call Her Daddy,' Recalls Losing His Virginity: Biggest Bombshells

His side of the story. Cole Sprouse got candid about his split from Riverdale costar Lili Reinhart, his Disney past and more on "Call Her Daddy." The Suite Life of Zack & Cody alum, 30, sat down with host Alex Cooper on the Wednesday, March 8, podcast episode to discuss his career — and personal — highs and lows. “I think if I had loved myself a little more, I probably would have left [my relationship with Lili] a little earlier,” he confessed while discussing the pressure he and Reinhart faced in the public eye. “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.” In a clip released days before the full episode aired, Sprouse discussed his upbringing with twin Dylan Sprouse and hinted at his rocky romantic history. "[I've been cheated on] by almost every single one of my girlfriends," he confessed in a video shared via Instagram on Monday, March 6. Elsewhere in the episode, the former child star shed light on what it was like to keep working with Reinhart, 26, on the CW drama after they ended their romance. “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," he explained. "I know we both did quite a bit of damage to each other.” [jwplayer QeENunNj-zhNYySv2] The costars dated on and off for three years before calling it quits in 2020. "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," Cole wrote via Instagram that August. "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." At the time, the NYU alum praised Reinhart's talent and plugged her film Chemical Hearts. "Also her movie comes out soon! I'm sure she's just as incredible in it as everything else she does," he wrote. "Thanks guys ❤️." The Big Daddy actor has since been linked to Ari Fournier, but his split from Reinhart continues to draw attention from Riverdale fans. During a March 2022 interview with GQ Hype, Cole admitted that the "public currency" surrounding their breakup made moving on challenging. "Followers report everything about Ari and me as bullying, and it gets taken down pretty immediately," he claimed. "Even on my other friends' accounts, it gets taken down." Reinhart, meanwhile, described the aftermath of her split from Cole as a "black tunnel [that] was never going to end" during an August 2020 interview with Refinery29. "I couldn't see the light. I was like, I feel like I'm dying. It was f--king rough, and there's no other way through it than just through it. ... I had to face my own pain head-on," she said. The Hustlers actress noted that the breakup prompted "the most emotional few months" of her 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,'" she recalled. "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.'" Scroll down for Cole's most eye-opening revelations about romance and more on "Call Her Daddy":

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His Dating Style

Cole referred to himself as a “serial monogamist” who moved from “long-term relationship to long-term relationship” in a consistent pattern. “I was never a sort of one-night-stand guy, ever,” he said. “Couldn’t do it.”

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How He Lost His Virginity

The actor revealed that he was 14 the first time he had sex. “I was on a family trip in Florida and I met this girl who was older, so that’s already dubious,” he recalled. “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.”

Cole teased that his twin has “never” let him forget what he told the girl: “So are you, like, DTF?” He “lasted about 20 seconds” and “never talked” to her again, adding that he slightly regretted not making his first time “special.”

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Experiencing Infidelity

When asked whether he’d ever been cheated on, Cole replied, “Yeah. By almost every single one of my girlfriends. … Emotionally, yes. Very, very much. And my first girlfriend physically.”

The Five Feet Apart star noted that he doesn’t “blame anyone for anything,” confessing that he had his own flaws in relationships. “It takes two to tango. … Sometimes you’re just incompatible with someone and … it just doesn’t actually work,” he said. 

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His Current Relationship

Cole gushed over his connection with Fournier, noting that their romance “woke [him] up to what real compatibility and trust look like” in a way that he had never experienced. “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. 

He explained that he and Fournier met through friends of friends. “She’s my best friend,” he gushed. “We get along so well, we do everything together. … As a consequence of our relationship, my life has just improved.” 

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Working With Ex Lili

The CW star admitted that continuing to work with Reinhart post-split was “really hard for both of us.” He continued: “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. We’re good friends now, which is awesome.” 

Cole added that he felt like he and his ex “did the best we could” and “leaned on each other” while Riverdale became a huge success. When asked whether he thought the relationship lasted longer because they worked together, he said, “Absolutely.” 

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The ‘Pressure’ of Public Relationships

“I think if I had loved myself a little more, I probably would have left [my relationship with Lili] a little earlier,” he confessed, adding that the pair felt “a lot of pressure” during their romance. “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.”

Cole explained that he’s “so private” about his love life that he and Reinhart “didn’t make a big deal when we split,” which led to some big questions from fans. “I was photographed — as a single man, dating other women — and I think it caused people to think there was something dubious going on,” he said. “In hindsight, I probably should have said something almost right away. … I didn’t think the public needed to be afforded the luxury of my own heartbreak or whatever the hell that was.”

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Why He and Lili Split

Cole asserted that he wouldn’t go into the reason behind the breakup “too much,” but he explained that the decision to separate was mutual. “I left,” he said. “To be honest, when you’re in a relationship for that long and someone leaves … it’s not a surprise. It was time.”