What’s up?
It’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver News and Cole Sprouse just opened up about his
month long hiatus off social media to prioritize his mental health.
And honestly, Cole had some good advice for all of us!
I don’t know about you, but I’ve spent more time on my phone during these past few
months of lockdown than I usually do in a whole year.
And quarantine hasn’t been all face masks and puppies for Cole either.
He actually revealed that although he has never been the most active user of social
media, but even the minor amount he had been engaging during quarantine had become a bit
too “taxing” on his mental health.
We’ll get into everything Cole said in his recent post, but before we get into all the
details of this story, I just wanted to flag that we will be talking about heavy topics
like mental health and alleged sexual assault, so please only continue watching if you feel
comfortable doing so.
Alright, so in case you forgot, Cole’s first post back also comes about a month after he
was “falsely accused” of sexual assault on Twitter.
Cole, along with his Riverdale cast mates Lili Reinhart, Vanessa Morgan, and KJ Apa,
were all a part of a Twitter hoax that wrongly accused them of various forms of sexual assault
or harassment.
The claims came from anonymous accounts that later revealed they were lying saying “you
will believe anything.”
Obviously Cole took these accusations seriously, tweeting quote, “Earlier today myself and
three other cast mates were falsely accused of sexual offense by anonymous accounts on
twitter.
I take these accusations very seriously, and will be working with the right teams to get
to the root of it.”
Cole went on to say that the claims were baseless and that this person or group of people was
just trying to cancel him and his cast mates and he talked about how damaging that is for
real survivors of assault.
Cole wrote quote, “False accusations do tremendous damage to victims of actual assault.
Furthermore, I would never seek to silence anybody.
I encourage that people look into the accusations themselves, as the events detailed were factually
untrue.”
And this whole situation understandably pushed Cole away from social media for a while.
Fans of Cole’s know that he isn’t the most active on social media but he does love
sharing his impressive photography with fans and he also posts about causes that are important
to him like Black Lives Matter.
But Cole has taken over a month offline since the false accusations on Twitter, not posting
a single tweet or sharing a single photo to his Instagram.
But now he’s back on IG with a lengthy post explaining his time off.
Cole shared this photo from Tulum writing quote, “Thinking back on Tulum.
Know I’ve been off of social media for a while.
Decided to take a much needed mental health break.
I’ve never been the most active user of social media, but even the minor amount I
had been engaging during quarantine had become a bit too taxing.”
Cole went on to share some good advice with fans writing quote, “Work is slowly beginning
to pick back up within a new normal.
And as someone who has only ever really known work their entire life, I found that I’m
best on a schedule.
Knowing when to step away like I did in college, and when to re-engage is a fundamental skill
for any young performer.
Take your breaks.
Mental and physical health always come first.”
And Cole concluded by reminding his fans to vote saying quote, “In time we’ll all
be able to see more clearly what this pandemic actually is- a massive global trauma.
The effects of which have, in no small way, been encouraged tremendously by the failings
of the US.
We’re in the midst of a huge election, and I encourage everyone here in the United States
to deeply consider our “modern” medical health care system.
I’ll be more active soon my sweet little babies~”
Thank you Cole for that reminder that we’re in a very important election year!
Have you guys all registered to vote?
I put a link down in our description so you can register or check if you’re already
registered.
Like Cole said, it’s crucial that we all do our part and get out and vote!
Cole also posted a slide on his IG story with info on how to vote by mail, which is particularly
important this year amid the current global health crisis.
We’ve included another link down in the description for how to get your vote by mail
ballot for this year’s election.
Back to Cole’s post, fans are taking to the comments to thank Cole for his vulnerability
and honesty about why he took some time off.
Many fans sent Cole their well wishes like this person who wrote quote, “I’m happy
that u took time to focus on your mental health and heal from all this pressure that landed
at you, hope you’re doing well now, I love you”
Another fan agreed with Cole’s advice writing quote, “yes cole, you said absolutely everything.
staying away from social networks does a great deal of good for our mental health.”
And the majority of the other comments were people just totally freaking out that he referred
to his fans as sweet little babies.
Seriously, people could not contain their excitement over this.
And we’re just glad that Cole is doing well and is taking the time he needs offline to
take care of himself.
Like I said, it’s great advice for all of us to step away when we can!
And if you want more on Cole Sprouse, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQtsNbu-kCg
And let us know down in the comments what you think of Cole’s recent post and if you
like when your favorite celebs are open about their own mental health with their fans.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!