Cole Sprouse Models His Relationship with Ari Fournier After Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos’ Love: It’s ‘Admirable’

Mar. 15, 2025

From left: Ari Fournier with Cole Sprouse, and Mark Consuelos with Kelly Ripa.Photo:GettyCole Sprouseis revealing who he looks to for relationship inspiration.On Wednesday’s episode of SiriusXM’sLet’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa,Sprouse, 31, opened up about his relationship with girlfriendAri Fournier.He told hostKelly Ripathat he hopes to embodyher 28-year marriagetoMark Consuelos, whom Sprouse became close with after co-starring onRiverdaletogether.“I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Ari and I have gotten so close to you and Mark because I think you guys represent a kind of masculinity and femininity that we both find so admirable, especially in 2024,” Sprouse said, adding that Fournier “looks up” to Ripa, 53.He continued: “Those definitions of masculinity and femininity are changing so rapidly for our generations.“GettyNoting that he is the “last unmarried Sprouse,” theRiverdalestar gushed over his special connection with his girlfriend of three years.“When real compatibility comes into your life, it makes almost everything in the past feel like a lesson or a stepping stone to what you’ve arrived to now, and I think this is the first time in my life at least, and I’m not putting any of it on a timetable, but the first time in my life where I’ve been so wholly and completely able to be myself in a relationship and I think that is a tremendous testament to her,” he said.Still, they are not rushing into marriage just yet. Sprouse shared that Fournier isn’t putting “pressure” on their relationship, applauding her “eternal gracefulness and elegance.”“We’re taking it one day at a time,” he said.Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/ShutterstockThe actor and Fournier began dating in January 2021 and werefirst photographed publiclyholding hands in Vancouver, Canada in March of that year.It wasn’t until Sprouse appeared as a guest onAlex Cooper’spodcast,Call Her Daddy,that he opened up about his relationship.“The current relationship I’m in has woke me up to what real compatibility and trust looks like in a way that I have never had before,” he said. “It’s been two years and some change and it’s felt like a week… It’s been incredible. I’ve never experienced this level of compatibility and it’s made me look back on my youth and go, ‘Well, you really didn’t know,’ which is nuts.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.New episodes of SiriusXM’sLet’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripaare available every Wednesday on the SiriusXM app and wherever podcasts are available.

From left: Ari Fournier with Cole Sprouse, and Mark Consuelos with Kelly Ripa.Photo:Getty

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Cole Sprouseis revealing who he looks to for relationship inspiration.On Wednesday’s episode of SiriusXM’sLet’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa,Sprouse, 31, opened up about his relationship with girlfriendAri Fournier.He told hostKelly Ripathat he hopes to embodyher 28-year marriagetoMark Consuelos, whom Sprouse became close with after co-starring onRiverdaletogether.“I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Ari and I have gotten so close to you and Mark because I think you guys represent a kind of masculinity and femininity that we both find so admirable, especially in 2024,” Sprouse said, adding that Fournier “looks up” to Ripa, 53.He continued: “Those definitions of masculinity and femininity are changing so rapidly for our generations.“GettyNoting that he is the “last unmarried Sprouse,” theRiverdalestar gushed over his special connection with his girlfriend of three years.“When real compatibility comes into your life, it makes almost everything in the past feel like a lesson or a stepping stone to what you’ve arrived to now, and I think this is the first time in my life at least, and I’m not putting any of it on a timetable, but the first time in my life where I’ve been so wholly and completely able to be myself in a relationship and I think that is a tremendous testament to her,” he said.Still, they are not rushing into marriage just yet. Sprouse shared that Fournier isn’t putting “pressure” on their relationship, applauding her “eternal gracefulness and elegance.”“We’re taking it one day at a time,” he said.Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/ShutterstockThe actor and Fournier began dating in January 2021 and werefirst photographed publiclyholding hands in Vancouver, Canada in March of that year.It wasn’t until Sprouse appeared as a guest onAlex Cooper’spodcast,Call Her Daddy,that he opened up about his relationship.“The current relationship I’m in has woke me up to what real compatibility and trust looks like in a way that I have never had before,” he said. “It’s been two years and some change and it’s felt like a week… It’s been incredible. I’ve never experienced this level of compatibility and it’s made me look back on my youth and go, ‘Well, you really didn’t know,’ which is nuts.“Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE’s free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories.New episodes of SiriusXM’sLet’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripaare available every Wednesday on the SiriusXM app and wherever podcasts are available.

Cole Sprouseis revealing who he looks to for relationship inspiration.

On Wednesday’s episode of SiriusXM’sLet’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripa,Sprouse, 31, opened up about his relationship with girlfriendAri Fournier.

He told hostKelly Ripathat he hopes to embodyher 28-year marriagetoMark Consuelos, whom Sprouse became close with after co-starring onRiverdaletogether.

“I don’t think it’s a coincidence that Ari and I have gotten so close to you and Mark because I think you guys represent a kind of masculinity and femininity that we both find so admirable, especially in 2024,” Sprouse said, adding that Fournier “looks up” to Ripa, 53.

He continued: “Those definitions of masculinity and femininity are changing so rapidly for our generations.”

Noting that he is the “last unmarried Sprouse,” theRiverdalestar gushed over his special connection with his girlfriend of three years.

“When real compatibility comes into your life, it makes almost everything in the past feel like a lesson or a stepping stone to what you’ve arrived to now, and I think this is the first time in my life at least, and I’m not putting any of it on a timetable, but the first time in my life where I’ve been so wholly and completely able to be myself in a relationship and I think that is a tremendous testament to her,” he said.

Still, they are not rushing into marriage just yet. Sprouse shared that Fournier isn’t putting “pressure” on their relationship, applauding her “eternal gracefulness and elegance.”

“We’re taking it one day at a time,” he said.

Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

The actor and Fournier began dating in January 2021 and werefirst photographed publiclyholding hands in Vancouver, Canada in March of that year.

It wasn’t until Sprouse appeared as a guest onAlex Cooper’spodcast,Call Her Daddy,that he opened up about his relationship.

“The current relationship I’m in has woke me up to what real compatibility and trust looks like in a way that I have never had before,” he said. “It’s been two years and some change and it’s felt like a week… It’s been incredible. I’ve never experienced this level of compatibility and it’s made me look back on my youth and go, ‘Well, you really didn’t know,’ which is nuts.”

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New episodes of SiriusXM’sLet’s Talk Off Camera with Kelly Ripaare available every Wednesday on the SiriusXM app and wherever podcasts are available.

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