- Sprouse and his twin brother Dylan became household names after playing the lead roles in The Suite Life of Zack and Cody at the age of 12.
- The Sprouse twins also co-starred as popular child actors in Adam Sandler’s comedy films ‘Big Daddy’, ‘That 70s Show’ and the iconic ‘Friends’.
- But the now 30-year-old actor claims his mother, Melanie, pushed them into the industry after her father’s divorce, with the intention of profiting from her talent.
Cole Sprouse has accused his estranged mother of ‘evil narcissism’.
Sprouse and his twin brother Dylan rose to fame after playing lead roles in the Disney series The Suite Life of Zack and Cody when they were 12 years old.
However, the now 30-year-old actor claims his mother, Melanie, pushed him into the industry after she divorced his father, Matthew, before his first birthday, with the intention of profiting from his talent. ing.
talk Steven Bartlett’s CEO Diaryhe said: “My mother was the type of artist who was tortured. She struggled for her place in the world in many ways.
“I think she found a tremendous sense of self-identity through motherhood and tried to turn it into a profitable business at the same time. Identical twin boys starting acting is a financial loophole.” “We have incredible labor laws. It’s profitable, so that’s what she did.”
He added: “It made a lot of sense financially for her to push us into acting. I think it satisfied the kind of narcissism.
“She was a great painter, so she always wanted some kind of artistic recognition and validation.
While establishing themselves as popular child stars, the Sprouse twins also had joint roles on Adam Sandler’s comedy shows ‘Big Daddy,’ ‘That 70s Show,’ and the iconic ‘Friends.’ .
However, Cole has since been separated from his mother while publicly discussing his broken relationship with her in a series of recent interviews.
The actor claims court officials were forced to step in and give the father sole custody after Melanie was deemed unfit to raise the children.
he said: Many of these things we have come to know as mortal sins. It’s one of the things that encouraged a kind of selfishness that runs counter to the fundamental idea of motherhood.
“And as I got older, in my case, the court had to step in and send my brother and I to my father, who is an incredible man.
“But that selfishness is something that the legal system also observes, which she said is ineligible. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve looked back at a lot of situations across that environment and dealt with mental illness.” I’ve seen people who are addicted to drugs, but mostly narcissistic.
“Awful narcissism. The inability to perceive something from one’s point of view, and it doesn’t go well with being a mother or being a family member.
Sprouse previously spoke about his upbringing on the Call Her Daddy podcast, in which he claimed his mother wasted his childhood earnings.
“When my dad was forced into custody, we lost everything from the beginning,” he said on his Spotify show. [earliest] part of our career.
Regarding his mother’s precarious condition, he said:
