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KJ Apa revealed Cole Sprouse punched him in a strip club after learning he was using drugs again
Apa described the moment as a “wake-up punch” and credited it with helping him confront his drug use
The Riverdale star has since gotten sober, which he attributes to becoming a father to his son Sasha
KJ Apa says his Riverdale co-star Cole Sprouse once punched him in the face in a strip club after learning he was using drugs.
In a recent appearance on the Wildmen podcast, hosted by Brendan Columbus and Cole’s twin brother Dylan Sprouse, the 29-year-old actor shared that he and Cole “almost got into a fight.”
“He punched me in the face!” Apa shared.
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“He hit me because we were in a strip club and, at this time, I was doing a lot of drugs and a lot of my close friends were worried about me,” Apa explained. “And he had learned that I was doing drugs again.”
Speaking of the moment, Apa added, “It was a love punch.”
“It was kind of a wake-up punch,” Dylan then interjected.
“Yeah. No, it was a wake-up punch,” Apa said.
Apa has previously credited his sobriety with becoming a father, saying in another recent interview, with Andy Cohen on Sirius XM, that having a child “forced me to get sober.”
“A lot of things that I realized I had to button up, I buttoned up, and I realized that there’s no other way for me to do it,” Apa, who shares 4-year-old Sasha with ex-girlfriend Clara Berry, added.
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Riverdale, a CW series that premiered in 2017, was a breakout role for the New Zealand native and centered on the Archie comics universe, starring Sprouse as Jughead, Lili Reinhart as Betty, Camila Mendes as Veronica, and Charles Melton as Reggie. Apa starred as Archie.
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