Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse Have Split: See Their Sweetest Moments in Photos

Bye bye "Bughead!" With news that the Riverdale castmates have called off their relationship, look back at their under-the-radar romance in pictures
By Alex Apatoff
July 22, 2019 05:11 PM

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Initially just cute costars, people sensed chemistry between them from the beginning.

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Fans wanted their characters Betty and Jughead to become a couple - hence the portmanteau "Bughead" to describe their relationship. "Lili and I are constantly talked about in the public eye, and for me I think that it is being deeply informed by the love of the characters and wanting to see us together,” Cole said.

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In March 2018, they hadn't yet confirmed they were a couple...but some meaningful glances at a Paleyfest panel seemed to invite speculation.

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Cole got a giggle out of Lili while taking a Riverdale cast "friendship test" for Glamour in September 2018. He revealed she was "shy at first."

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Though tight-lipped about their relationship to the press, they were full of PDA on social media. In September 2018 Cole celebrated Lili's birthday by sharing a topless photo of his "muse."

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In May 2018, the couple made their Met Gala debut, seemingly confirming the rumors of their relationship.

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Lili did the universal pose for "this is my man" in front of the paparazzi.

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And Cole kept a protective arm around her at the Met Gala afterparty that night.

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Though they still were keeping things under wraps, they sat together at the Teen Choice Awards in August 2018.

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Cole wasn't the only one posting topless pictures of his significant other - Lili shared this sultry shirtless shot in October 2018.

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On Valentine's Day in 2019, Lili shared this shot with the caption "You make me happy."

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At Cole's movie premiere in March 2019, the couple looked super in love.

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Lili played proud girlfriend at the premiere of Cole's film Five Feet Apart.

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The couple hammed it up on the Met Gala red carpet in 2019 ...

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...and kept it going once they were away from the walls of cameras.

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Days before news broke of their split, the couple cracked up at a Comic-Con panel for Riverdale.

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