Cole Sprouse And Lili Reinhart Slam 'Reliable Sources' Amid Their Reported Breakup

Hearts shattered around the world on Monday morning (July 22), any time reports surfaced that Riverdale stars Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart officially broke up right after nearly two years with each other. And immediately after days of diehard Sprousehart fans attempting to come to terms with the very real possibility that the couple might be over, the co-stars hit up Instagram on Thursday (July 25) to let each person know how they really feel about the "reliable sources" that announced their split.


as well as their brooding W magazine cover, Sprouse and Reinhart each took a jab at those "sources" in the caption — and so they definitely didn't hold back. "BREAKING: A reliable source has confirmed that none of you know shit," the actress wrote. Sprouse took his post a step further, writing, "UNPRECEDENTED: Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart consume the flesh of 'reliable sources' to fuel their bacchanalian sex cult." Whichever works, we suppose.


But in the event you initially took these posts as confirmation that all is beneficial and well between Sprousehart, you might have been mistaken. Interestingly, the W magazine article doesn't deny mentioned reports at all. As a substitute, the author noted that Sprouse and Reinhart opted to answer questions separately — a choice that Sprouse, at the time, chalked up to them wanting to be seen as individuals. "We're not fighting with the idea that people categorize us with each other, however we are paired up a lot," he mentioned. "We're acknowledging that we're in a relationship, however it's a tiny piece of who we are as people. We want our own separate identities."


It's also worth noting that the two didn't shy away from answering questions about each other and their relationship. Reinhart, in particular, opened up about how grateful she is that Sprouse wanted to keep things private. "At first, I didn't want things private," she mentioned. Right now that I'm X quantity of years in, I do appreciate the privacy we have, that he's encouraged me to take. No one is aware how long we've been with each other, and no one will up until we're willing to mention it. No one is aware how we fell in love, with the exception of our close companions and us. It's really special." And Sprouse himself explained why he prefers to keep his love life under wraps. Up until you go by way of the paces and the dating stages and know that something is right for you, I don't think it's suitable to bring others in," he said.


So what does this all mean about the status of Sprouse and Reinhart's relationship? Well, we're not so sure. However maybe we're not supposed to be sure. Perhaps, the pair is just staying consistent with their longstanding privacy policy, and posting those Instagrams might just be their way of letting people know that they don't care what those so-called "reliable sources" are saying — without consideration of whether they're correct or not. Sprouse mentioned it best in the interview: "My own happiness and her happiness come before caring about what folks are saying." It's hard to argue with that!