E229: Cole Sprouse: My Narcissistic Mum Sacrificed My Childhood For Fame!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Society & Culture, Business, Education

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 March 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Cole Sprouse is an actor and photographer who has been lighting up our screens and bringing joy to our lives for now twenty years. The star of 'Riverdale', 'The Suite Life' and many more beloved TV shows and films, he's been possessed with the spirit of creativity since before he was out of his cradle.

But as he reveals today, he didn't go into the entertainment industry by choice. He was effectively forced to perform by his mother, with whom he has a complicated, and currently estranged, relationship. To become comfortable inhabiting people in his acting roles, he first had to become comfortable with himself. It hasn't been an easy journey.

The new and final season of Riverdale is out later this year, and his photography is available for purchase, or just appreciation at colesprousephotography.com.

Topics:

Being a child actor
Your mother
Being taken away from my mother
What is your validation?
Acting career
Your mental health
Love & Relationships
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0:00.0	Have you ever had a conversation like this one?
0:02.0	No, I think it'll be fun.
0:04.0	Holes pros!
0:06.0	Disney channels, the sweet life of Zach and Cody,
0:08.0	Riverdale, Big Daddy friends.
0:10.0	They're my hero!
0:11.0	Thank you, sweet pea.
0:12.0	Will you push into acting?
0:14.0	I would hardly call it pushing because I was eight months old.
0:17.0	Single mom, two twin boys,
0:19.0	put food on the table.
0:21.0	So the choice never really existed.
0:23.0	You guys are big stars now.
0:25.0	What do you think about that?
0:28.0	My mother was living vicariously through the success of her children,
0:31.0	a person that grapples with mental illness, drug abuse,
0:35.0	but primarily narcissism.
0:38.0	A wicked narcissism.
0:40.0	But that selfishness is something that the legal system also observed
0:44.0	and said that she was unfit.
0:46.0	The court had to step in.
0:50.0	Your relationship with acting and the entertainment industry has been a journey.
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