Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse continued to fuel romance rumors by flying back to Vancouver Airport on Monday after having reportedly spent the weekend together in San Francisco.
25-year-old Cole and 21-year-old Lili – who play onscreen couple Jughead and Betty – coordinated in matching black leather jackets and striped shirts for their California getaway.
The Italian-born, Long Beach-raised actor also wore striking burgundy pants and a backpack, while the Ohio-born blonde attempted incognito beneath shades and a baseball cap.
Coy castmates: Riverdale’s Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse continued to fuel romance rumors by flying back to Vancouver Airport on Monday after having reportedly spent the weekend together in San Francisco
On Thursday, Lili lashed out out at speculators, saying it was ‘horrifying how invested some people are in my love life.’
‘Emphasis on “my.” It is mine. It is private,’ she wrote on Tumblr.
‘If a stranger’s love life is causing you anger, frustration or anxiety… please reevaluate your priorities.’
She insisted there was a difference between shipping Betty and other characters, and shipping me ‘with literally everyone I make eye contact with.’
They play onscreen couple Jughead and Betty: 25-year-old Cole and 21-year-old Lili coordinated in matching black leather jackets and striped shirts for their California getaway
Smirk: The Italian-born, Long Beach-raised actor also wore burgundy pants and a backpack, while the Ohio-born blonde attempted incognito beneath shades and a baseball cap
‘There are so many other things to focus your attention and energy on,’ she finished.
Cole meanwhile didn’t seem so pent up about it when he was asked about it by Entertainment Weekly.
‘Since the show began, people have wanted Lili and I to be together,’ he said. ‘People have wanted Lili and Cami to be together. People have wanted KJ and I to be together. People have wanted every actor on this show to be in a union that they could make real and talk about.
‘So I think that kind of discussion, especially because it’s based so much on rumor and hearsay, needs to be taken with a grain of salt. We’re all still human lives that are interacting with the source material.
However he added: ‘But, truthfully, it’s very pleasing that people talk about Lili and I in that way because it means that we’re resonating so strongly from our character perspective that people really want that to be true.”
‘I think as professional actors we can pat ourselves on the back for that and go, “This was a success.” It was such a success that people want to see it in real life.’
‘People want to see it in real life’: When pressed about their relationship, Reinhart has lashed out at the speculation on Tumblr while Sprouse told EW the fact they share convincing chemistry means ‘success’ to them as actors
‘A Kiss Before Dying’: Catch more of the alleged couple in the 22-episode second season of the Archie Comics-themed teen drama, which premieres Wednesday on The CW