Riverdale' Cast's Dating History Through the Years

Cole Sprouse, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes and Vanessa Morgan are among the Riverdale stars whose offscreen relationships have made headlines over the years. Reinhart and Sprouse won over fans as lovebirds Betty and Jughead on the CW drama, which premiered in January 2017. So viewers were ecstatic to discover the duo were a real-life couple when they were first linked in July 2017. After dating on and off for three years, the costars called it quits in 2020. However, Sprouse and Reinhart were not the only Riverdale stars to pair up off screen. Mendes also dated Charles Melton from 2018 to 2019. As the show continued to gain a following, multiple stars from the series took the next step by starting families. Morgan welcomed son River with Michael Kopech in January 2021, while KJ Apa and then-girlfriend Clara Berry became parents to son Sasha in September 2021. Scroll down for more on the Riverdale stars’ dating history:

Apa native was linked to model Corrine Isherwood in 2017. The rumored romance sparked controversy since she was 16 at the time while he was 20. 

Us broke the news in July 2019 that Apa was dating his A Dog’s Purpose and I Still Believe costar Britt Robertson. The actor later received attention from Paris Hilton in August 2019 when she “was super flirty with him” at a house party, according to an insider. 

Apa then sent fans into a frenzy in February 2020 when he posted an Instagram photo of himself locking lips with model Clara Berry. In August 2020, she declared her love for him via Instagram and the pair announced her pregnancy in May 2021. They welcomed son Sasha in September 2021. Berry confirmed their split in March 2024 after months of speculation. 

The Hustlers star was first linked to Sprouse in July 2017 after they were spotted showing PDA at Comic-Con. They kept their romance mostly private, with Reinhart telling Harper's Bazaar in July 2018 that she was "not OK talking about my relationship." Multiple sources confirmed to Us in July 2019 that the pair had split.  

Reinhart revealed in September 2019 that they were back on. However, the Disney Channel alum shared in August 2020 that they “initially separated in January of this year, deciding to more permanently split in March.” 

Amid her on-off relationship with Sprouse, the actress came out as a “proud bisexual woman” in June 2020.

The Chemical Hearts actress was linked to Spencer Neville in April 2022 when the pair were spotted holding hands at Coachella, but they seemingly called it quits four months later. 

Reinhart was spotted kissing TikTok star Jack Martin in April 2023 at the airport. The twosome packed on the PDA before the actress jetted off. Martin confirmed the romance in July 2023 by sharing a series of Instagram photos with the actress.

Sprouse called actress and dancer Alyson Stoner his “girlfriend” in a 2004 interview with Access Hollywood. He has also been linked to Bree Morgan, Victoria Justice, Sophie Oda, Katelyn Pippy, Erin Barr and Maiara Walsh. 

The former child star dated Reinhart on and off from July 2017 to March 2020. Sprouse sparked dating rumors with model Kaia Gerber in April 2020, prompting him to speak out about his love life.

“When I first stepped into a public relationship this was one of the foreseeable consequences,” he wrote on his Instagram Stories. “And while I truly never intended to indulge any part of my private life to the ravenous horde, it’s clear my restraint in updating them has allowed them to push their own agenda onto my habits and lifestyle. Please eat my delectable plump ass.”

The former Disney Channel star sparked dating speculation with model Ari Fournier in February 2021 when the pair stepped out together in Vancouver, Canada, and were spotted holding hands.

The actress dated childhood friend Victor Houston in 2018. “We went to neighboring high schools in Florida,” she exclusively told Us in July of that year. “It’s going well, yeah. I’m very happy.” 

Mendes confirmed her relationship with Melton in October 2018. She clapped back at a troll the following month, retorting that she was "happier" than she had ever been. However, the costars split in 2019 after more than a year together.  

She made her romance with photographer Grayson Vaughan Instagram official in September 2020. They were first linked in February 2020. The pair split in March 2021.

Mendes subtly confirmed her romance with Rudy Mancuso via Instagram in November 2022 after working together on the film Música. They were later seen getting cozy in Miami on New Year's Day 2023. They got engaged in October 2025.

Petsch dated musician Travis Mills from 2017 to 2020. They met via Facebook after he congratulated her on the success of Riverdale. The rapper wrote on Instagram after their split that he was “so incredibly grateful to have shared the last 3 years with someone as compassionate, smart & wonderful as Madelaine.”

Petsch moved on with Anthony Li. The pair celebrated their one-year anniversary in August 2023. "It's been a cute 9 years of knowing you," Petsch wrote via her Instagram Story at the time. "But even cuter 1 year of dating you."

Melton dated Mendes from 2018 to 2019. “365 days,” she captioned an anniversary post in August 2019. “I love you.” He reciprocated on his Instagram account: “I love you.”

Three years later, Melton confirmed his relationship with Bodies Bodies Bodies actress Chase Sui Wonders in July 2022 with a cozy Instagram photo taken at a baseball game. Following their split, the Alaska native sparked romance rumors with Marvel star Chloe Bennet. 

Ulrich was married to Georgina Cates from 1997 to 2005. They welcomed twins, Jakob and Naiia, in 2001. He was married to Amelia Jackson-Gray from 2012 to 2015, and briefly engaged to Rose Costa from 2016 to 2017.

In 2020, Ulrich was linked to model Megan Blake Irwin until they split in the fall of that year.

In February 2021, he was spotted kissing Lucy Hale. Us confirmed the following month that the pair had been “dating for a little over a month” and were spending a “lot” of time together. A source told Us that the duo’s age gap didn’t “bother them,” but their fling fizzled out by April 2021.