We Finally Know Why Cole & Lili Broke Up

CULTUREby Carolyn TwerskyMarch 9, 2023Photograph by Steven Klein for W. Styled by Arianne Phillips.Three years ago, Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart’s sudden breakup shocked the internet, yet intrigue died down as the two carried on rather cordially and professionally as co-workers on Riverdale. In fact, we’d almost all forgotten there was any drama in the first place. Well, that was before the male-half of the former CW golden couple decided to sit down for an episode of the podcast Call Her Daddy.Sprouse and Reinhart met while filming Riverdale, and were on and off between 2017 and 2020 when they confirmed their split once and for all. “It was really hard,” Sprouse said of his breakup with Reinhart while sucking on a Virginia Slim indoors. “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,” he continued. The actor said the pair “absolutely” stayed together for longer t...