Cole Sprouse says 'financially irresponsible' mum 'forced' him and twin Dylan into child acting

Disney star Cole Sprouse has said that he and twin brother Dylan were ‘forced’ into acting by their 'financially irresponsible’ mum.

In one revealing moment, the actor admitted he and Reinhart had caused a ‘lot of damage to each other’ during their three-year relationship.

He bluntly added: “It absolutely lasted longer because we worked together. There was a lot of pressure and I think if I had loved myself more, I would have left earlier.”

Despite this, Sprouse said his ‘greatest wound’ stemmed from his turbulent childhood, which he spent with his mother Melanie Wright.

Wright has previously claimed he and Dylan started working as child actors at just eight months old to support their family.

He told Call Her Daddy host Alex Cooper: “I never made the decision to join the arts or acting specifically. And so it was never really my passion.

“My mother was an incredibly wonderful and artistic woman, but she was financially the most irresponsible woman ever."

Shortly after his tenth birthday, his father Matthew Sprouse gained custody of his sons.

Reflecting on his unstable childhood, he said: “I think it was the consequence of some alchemy of addiction and mental instability, and it's probably the greatest wound in my life.”

Though their father had wanted the twins to be ‘normal kids’, Cole said his work gave him 'consistency and routine' during a troubling time in his childhood.

However, the Five Feet Apart actor did admit that his family ‘traded in’ his childhood to ensure that they were provided for and added that his parents hadn’t come from money.

He said: “I think there’s two types of kids within the child acting business.

"There's, like the ‘thespian children’ who choose to do it, and then there’s the working class kids that, in our case at least… I mean it started, really, as a means to put bread on the table.

"I know there's definitely resentment. There's definitely some things I have to work through, but no. If I were given the same choice again, I'd probably do it again.”