Skeet Ulrich just revealed the real reason why he’s leaving Riverdale and it has fans
heartbroken. He also may have spilled the tea on Cole Sprouse and Lili Reinhart’s
relationship status.
What’s up? It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News and in case you forgot, it was
recently announced that Riverdale actor Skeet Ulrich, who plays Jughead's dad, FP Jones,
would be leaving the show.
At the time the news broke earlier this year, Skeet said he was quitting Riverdale to quote
explore "other creative opportunities.”
In his official statement, Skeet said “I'm incredibly grateful for the friendships I've
made on Riverdale, and I will miss seeing everyone on a daily basis. I'm proud to have
been part of such a talented group of people, in front of the camera and behind. But I've
decided that it's time for me to move on to explore other creative opportunities.”
And while season 4 just ended, it still remains to be seen how Skeet’s character will be
written out of the show.
Though the showrunner did tease that season 5 will be making a big time jump. This could
mean the parents like FP Jones and Marisol Nichols’ character Hermoine Lodge, who is
also leaving the show, could be needed less.
The showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa said season 5 would jump forward several years,
moving past the characters’ university years entirely.
He told TV Line quote, “We’ve been talking and planning on doing a time jump, and of
course, usually time-jumps happen in between seasons, because there’s a tease at the
very end. So, what we’re doing is picking up right where we left off for the first three
episodes, and then doing a time jump… after those three episodes.”
But regardless of how they will write out his character, Skeet just got candid on Instagram
Live and revealed to fans the real reason why he decided to leave Riverdale.
He and his girlfriend, Megan Blake Irwin, were answering fan questions and when one
fan asked why he was leaving the show, this is how Skeet responded.
Obviously this hit some fans hard because they loved FP Jones and his role in the show.
One fan tweeted the video writing quote, “okay, my heart just broke and i’m gonna go cry
now”
Another fan wrote quote, “I’m actually sad”
And another chimed in saying “FP jones will be missed tho.”
But other fans don’t blame Skeet saying they understand why he left the show like
this person who wrote quote, “He’s not alone. I’ve missed a few episodes already
bcs I also bored creatively.”
Another person added quote, “yes, but in some way I can understand him, he almost doesn’t
appear in the screen and the scripts are getting worse, I think if cole or lili would had the
same contract as him they’ll leave the show too.”
And this fan tweeted saying quote, “The way he hates riverdale. I get it he had no
storyline.”
So clearly fans are divided over whether they will miss FP Jones or if they totally understand
why he chose to leave the show.
Either way, we’re excited to see how the show changes in season 5 with the time jump,
that’s definitely something to look forward to!
But Skeet didn’t only talk about leaving the show, he also spilled some tea about his
Riverdale co-stars Lili Reinhart and Cole Sprouse.
In case you missed it, rumors have been swirling around again that Lili and Cole might have
split up.
NOW before you @ me… let me just say I’m telling you information, I’m reading in
recent reports! Don’t be shooting the messenger in the comments!
Last summer, similar rumors went around about the two calling it quits after two years of
dating, but they made it clear they were still together months later.
And more recently, fans started to speculate that Lili and Cole split after some of their
couple pics were deleted off their IG accounts and it seemed like Cole was hanging out with
Kaia Gerber.
But Lili made it clear she didn't want to get into the details of their relationship
and she didn’t want others talking about it either. Late last month Lili shared her
thoughts on the break up rumors in a couple now deleted posts.
According to Glamour she tweeted saying quote “Twitter is actually the most toxic form
of social media. People are assholes for the sake of being a–holes. Do you not understand
karma? It’s fine if you don’t, you’ll understand when it bites your miserable a–”
And then she followed up with an IG story that said “Dear everyone on social media,
Don’t put down people for the sake of putting them down. Don’t be a f—king asshole.
The world doesn’t need anymore of that sh–”
Then a source told E! News that Cole and Lili were indeed still together though they are
apart during this time of social distancing.
The source said quote, “Lili and Cole are still together. They haven’t been in isolation
together but haven’t split. Their relationship is always up and down but they do talk every
day and care very much about one another. Lili and Cole have been trying to be more
low-key.”
But now the break up rumors have resurfaced after Skeet and his girlfriend Megan answered
another Instagram user’s question, this time about Cole and Lili’s relationship.
According to Somag News, Skeet said quote, “I think they were a very cute couple”
and his girlfriend added “They were a very cute couple. They are really beautiful people.”
And the use of past tense in their answers definitely caught the attention of some fans.
But others were coming in defending Cole and Lili asking people to stop speculating on
their relationship, despite Skeet’s eyebrow raising comments.
One defensive fan wrote quote, “All of you so called fans of @lilireinhart and @colesprouse
‘s relationship need to respect the fact that their relationship is none of your business!”
And another person agreed adding quote, “And also. IF (and I don't believe they have) they
do split up. They owe nobody an explanation, announcement or anything else.”
Neither Cole or Lili have spoken out since Skeet stirred the pot again, but just based
on their history, it doesn’t seem like they will be giving any sort of official statement
one way or another any time soon.
Obviously we will keep you guys posted if anything new develops on this front, but we
want to hear from you.
What do you think about Skeet’s real reason he left Riverdale and do you think him using
past tense when talking about Cole and Lili means anything?
Let me know down in the comments below.
And if you need more shows to binge right now, click right over here for another Clevver
video where we talk about 9 other shows you should watch if you love Riverdale.
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., bye guys!