What’s up guys, it’s Sussan Mourad with Clevver News, and Lili Reinhart is getting
candid about her struggles with pain and heartbreak over the past few years in a new interview
in which fans think she confirmed her breakup with Cole Sprouse for the first time since
their split.
It’s no question these past few months have been life-changing for us all, in some way,
shape or form.
We’ve all had time to reflect, accept what we can and cannot change, feel all the feels
and lend a helping hand to others who need it most, and in a new interview, Lili Reinhart
is also doing just that, as she opens up about this new normal and how she’s been able
to bounce back from dark times.
Back in May, it was rumored that Lili and her Riverdale costar Cole Sprouse had officially
broken up after their 3-year on and off relationship.
Although she doesn’t mention his name specifically during this interview, Lili revealed that,
for the first time in years, she’s been able to really process everything she’s
been feeling.
She said QUOTE, “This has been the first time in four years where I've been able to
like stop and process the immense life changes that I've gone through.”
Having just moved into a new home in Los Angeles, Lili reflected on the past few months in isolation
all while struggling to get over a very public breakup.
She said, “I couldn’t see the light.
I was like, ‘I feel like I’m dying,’” and even compared the recent heartbreak she’s
endured to a “black tunnel that was never going to end.”
Lili added, “It was f***ing rough, and there’s no other way through it than just through
it.
I’ve seen a lot of people when it comes to heartache and grief and breakups, and they
try to get that void filled with s*x, with c*ke, with food, with drinking, [but] the
void is still there.
I took the road less traveled and just dealt with my shit.
I had to face my own pain head-on.”
Lili has always been very vocal about mental health and credits her therapist with helping
her navigate the many difficulties brought on over the past few months.
She also revealed that these last couple of months have been the most emotional months
of her entire life, saying QUOTE, “My therapist told me, ‘Your body’s going through withdrawal
from love.
You’re used to having this exchange of happy chemicals between you and the person that
you’re with.’”
Lili admitted that, “In moments of my life, I have dropped every ounce of pride that I
had just to be like, Love me.
Please take the pain away for a day, a second, an hour, just so I can feel that fix again.”
Luckily, she’s been able to find an outlet through writing, as the release of her new
collection of poems called “Swimming Lessons” is set to drop next month.
She touched on the book, saying, “I felt the need to write that because I was scared
— and I am scared — that people are going to try and create their own idea of what my
love life looked or looks like.”
Lili then refers to the way the media portrayed her breakup versus how she simply felt at
the time, which she says, QUOTE: “I’m not saying, ‘My boyfriend fucked another
woman.’
I’m saying, ‘I felt betrayed.’”
But when an article surfaced Tuesday with the headline, “Lili Reinhart’s Been Through
Heartbreak,” many were quick to assume that the quote about “feeling betrayed” was
about her alleged breakup with Cole.
As the article began making headlines over the past 24 hours, Lili has since set the
record straight, saying that she would never speak so candidly about something that she
considers deeply personal in her life.
She took to Twitter yesterday in a series of tweets, to tell her fans QUOTE, “Quotes
taken from my most recent interview are not about a “breakup.”
They are about the depression I’ve felt over these last few months.
Tired of people taking my words out of context and piecing together their own story for clickbait.”
In the next tweet, Lili said, “I would never speak so candidly about something as personal
as a breakup.
That’s incredibly private.
I was addressing my depression.”
Fans immediately began to defend Lili, claiming that she’s entitled to whatever she wants
to disclose with people.
One user said, “Just because she is famous doesn't mean that she has to talk about her
private life and what goes on in her life.
That's her life.
Nobody else's.
She has every right to privacy!!”
Another fan praised Lili for being so open about her mental health, saying, “Taking
your openness about mental health & your experiences with depression & twisting into something
about a man/ whatever story they want to promote for clicks is disgusting.
I’m so sorry it’s happening & please don’t let it deter you from speaking out about mental
health.
It helps so many.”
However, there are some users that claim that this is the territory that comes with being
famous, and that this shouldn’t come as a surprise.
Another person wrote, “I'm sorry Lili, but you are part of the package of being famous,
it comes along with fame, that there are people whose interest goes beyond what you can show
on the screen and how you talk so much about your depression that people see you as a victim
within a break up.”
Although speaking out of love, another fan urged Lili to try and let unwanted opinions
and false claims go, saying, “You need to learn how to stop worrying about these things.
focus on yourself.
You are a beautiful human being and that’s all that matters.
People will love you no matter what.”
It’s important to note that, especially now, we’re all fighting our own internal
battles, so regardless of your opinion on the matter, let’s all try and make sure
we lead with kindness and spread a little extra love today.
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say on Twitter down here in the comments.
I’m your host Sussan Mourad, bye guys!