This afternoon, some Twitter users decided to make #colesprouseisoverparty trend, despite the Riverdale actor not doing anything to warrant that kind of attention. He hasn’t posted on any of his social media accounts today, and some people used the tag to wonder why it was trending to begin with.
Sprouse’s girlfriend Lili Reinhart wasn’t having it. The Riverdale actress sent out a string of tweets condemning the people bullying him. “This is why people choose to keep their relationships private… this is why people don’t have social media.. because of this bullying. I don’t tolerate any of that shit,” she started. “Bully me? Sure fine. But attacking someone for literally no reason, just for the sake of a fucking twitter trend? Please…. reassess yourself and your ego before you send another tweet into the abyss.”
Reinhart stressed that the words are hurtful, give people a false sense of power, and are just generally sad. “You want to feel validated or important? Attacking someone online won’t give that to you. Do something helpful with your time and be better. I refuse to keep my mouth shut about things like this. You have no idea how destructive this can be to someone. To anyone. It’s abusive.”
Here, the text of her full thread.
Twitter is such a vile place. It’s so easy to say shit behind your fucking phone, isn’t it? This is why people choose to keep their relationships private… this is why people don’t have social media.. because of this bullying. I don’t tolerate any of that shit. Bully me? Sure fine. But attacking someone for literally no reason, just for the sake of a fucking twitter trend? Please…. reassess yourself and your ego before you send another tweet into the abyss. It’s easy to criticize someone and spew hate because it makes you feel like you have some sort of power over them. Truth is… you don’t. Saying you hate someone or don’t like them gives you absolutely no power over them. You need to tweet about someone you literally don’t know in order to feel like you have something going on in your life? That’s sad. It’s really fucking sad. You want to feel validated or important? Attacking someone online won’t give that to you. Do something helpful with your time and be better. I refuse to keep my mouth shut about things like this. You have no idea how destructive this can be to someone. To anyone. It’s abusive. There is no excuse for this. You need god in your life or some form of help if you participate in cancel culture.