Sorry Bughead fans, it looks like this showmance might be over. According to
Page Six,
Riverdale stars Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse have once again called it quits. The on-again, off-again couple have been together since 2017 but now it appears as though they may be done for good. This is going to make filming love scenes very uncomfortable.First meeting on the set of
Riverdale in 2016, Reinhart and Sprouse, who play Betty Cooper and Jughead Jones on the teen drama, attempted to keep their relationship under the radar for the first year but eventually went public at the 2018 Met Gala. Recently, fans have been noticing that the pair have not been posting pictures together on their social media accounts during quarantine and rumors of another split began to surface online.Now a source close to the couple has told
Page Six that the actors have indeed gone their separate ways. “Cole and Lili split before the pandemic hit, and have been quarantining separately. They remain good friends,” said the source. All together now—ugh.The pair’s split was hinted at earlier this month when actor Skeet Ulrich, who plays Sprouse’s father F.P. Jones on
Riverdale, appeared on Instagram Live with his girlfriend Megan Blake Irwin. The couple
not so subtly hinted that Reinhart and Sprouse had split when a fan asked whether they thought Lili and Cole were a cute couple. “I think they were a very cute couple,” said Ulrich, with Irwin emphasizing the past tense and adding “They
were a very cute couple.” It was also during this Instagram Live that Ulrich said he had made the
decision to leave Riverdale “because I got bored creatively."[video_embed id='1919696']RELATED: Selena Gomez reveals Cole Sprouse was her childhood crush [/video_embed]Ulrich seems to be a trustworthy source on Sprouse news since the former Disney star recently described the older actor as "truly a second father to me" and a "ride or die" in an interview with
Variety when asked about his decision to leave the show. "Anything that makes that guy happy is something that makes me happy," he added.Rumors of a split between Lili and Cole surfaced last summer but the pair shut them down in their characteristically sarcastic way. After appearing together on the cover of
W Magazine in September, Reinhart
shared a photo from the shoot and captioned the image “BREAKING: A reliable source has confirmed that none of you know s--t.” A few days later, Sprouse celebrated Reinhart’s 23
rd birthday with a series of pictures of the couple together, writing “Lil @lilireinhart was born on a Friday the 13th and haven’t I just been so lucky ever since?”[video_embed id='-1']BEFORE YOU GO: Tiny dog fearlessly tries to steal husky's bed in epic tug-of-war match [/video_embed]
