Cole Sprouse reveals he received ‘nasty’ death threats from Riverdale fans after he split from costar Lil Reinhart: ‘It was honestly criminal stuff’
Cole Sprouse says he has received death threats from Riverdale fans.
The 31-year-old actor was in a relationship with his co-star Lili Reinhart, 26, from 2017 to 2020.
And now Cole says he believes fans are too invested in their personal lives.
“I get a lot of stuff sent to my house or the houses of my loved ones,” he said Vulture.
“Death threats, really nasty, really criminal stuff. And I think it’s because at least four of us at this table have gone out with our colleagues.”
Bad Turn: Cole Sprouse says he’s received death threats from Riverdale fans. The 31-year-old actor dated his co-star Lili Reinhart, 26, from 2017 to 2020, while their castmates Camila Mendes, 29, and Charles Melton, 32, dated for a year from 2018. And now Cole says he believes fans are too busy with their personal lives. Seen in 2019
They didn’t like the split: “I get a lot of stuff sent to my house or my loved ones’ houses,” he told Vulture. “Death threats, really nasty, really criminal stuff. And I think it’s because at least four of us at this table went out with our colleagues’; seen in 2019
He also said there was another couple on the show that got a lot of attention; their castmates Camila Mendes, 29, and Charles Melton, 32, dated for a year from 2018.
He added, “Is that just a result of an incredible love? Or does fanaticism look like this? Maybe because those lines were blurred for our audience, it’s hard to break those things up as life goes on.”
Casey Cott, 31, who plays Kevin Keller on the show, revealed that his mother was threatened and he believes some fans struggle to distinguish between the actors and the fictional character they play.
He said, “Sometimes it’s hard to tell the characters from the people. You can enter an extreme hole if you look at that. Someone got my mom’s phone number and started leaving voicemails saying they were coming to get her.’
Meanwhile, the cast also revealed former heartthrob Luke Perry – who played Archie’s father until his sudden death in 2019 at the age of 52 – gave them advice on dealing with fame.
Madelaine Petsch said, “I had a long talk with Luke Perry at Comic-Con when we first booked the show, because he was on 90210. I asked him, “How will this ride be?”
The cast: Camila Mendes, Madelaine Petsch, Lili Reinhart, KJ Apa and Cole at San Diego Comic-Con 2019:
Friends: Madelaine Petsch said, “I had a long talk with Luke Perry at Comic-Con when we first booked the show, because he was on 90210. I asked him, “How will this ride be?” “And he said, ‘Nothing like you ever imagined, but I promise it will be the last of its kind.'” Seen in 2018
Cole was also a fan of his: Cole explained, “I think he knew everything we were all going to go through. “And I often think of how he would sit answering these questions if he were still with us.” Seen in 2018
And he said, “Nothing like you ever imagined, but I promise it will be the last of its kind.”
“Luke was an oracle to me and to many of the people on the show, especially guiding us through those first two years of chaos and confusion and the rise of success. I think he’s a big reason the show is where it is today.”
Cole explained, “I think he knew everything we were all going to go through.
“And I often think of how he would sit answering these questions if he were still with us.”
Madelaine added, “He would wear his little glasses.”
And Cole said, “He had this way of speaking where he got super close to your face, that was really beautiful and passionate.”
Camila continued, “We were lucky enough to work with him.”
His early years: with his brother Dylan and Kim Rhodes, Brian Stepanek, Adrian D’Mante, Phill Lewis in The Suite Life Of Zack and Cody in 2005