According to Comicbook.com, . Lili Reinhart, who plays Betty Cooper on the hit The CW series Riverdale, has taken to Twitter to defend her costar Shannon Purser, who has been a target of online bullying after the events of a recent episode. Reinhart tweeted a statement saying that the attacks are "embarrassing", and she has declared that the fans behaving that way "are not a fan of [hers]".