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Skeet Ulrich says he’s leaving ‘Riverdale’ because he ‘got bored’

So much for giving vague reasons about ā€œcreative differešŸønces.ā€

In February, the shocking news that ā€œScreamā€ star Skeet Ulrich, 50, was leaving The CWā€™s ā€œRiverdale,ā€ where he plays gangster-turned-sheriff FP Jones. Usually actors give politely vague reasošŸ­ns for TV departures, but Ulrichā€™s gloves came off in an IšŸ’žnstagram video he posted Wednesday night.

ā€œIā€™m leaą·“ving ā€˜Riverdaleā€™ because I got bored creatively,ā€ in the video. ā€œšŸƒHowā€™s that? Thatā€™s the most honest answer.ā€

“Getting bored” may sound strange on a show that features off-the-wall elements such as cults, murder, an evil board game, bear attacks, stick monsters, underground fight clubs and candy drugs.

The show wrapped up its fourth season at 19 episodes earlier this month, instead of the planned 22, due to the production shutdown in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. The show has been renewed for Season 5, which will puź§Ÿsh the plot forward into the future several years, but thereā€™s no date yet on when filming will resume.

On ā€œRiverdale,ā€ FP is Jugheadā€™s (Cole Sprouse) father and Aliceā€™s (MƤdchen Amick) boyfriend. Creator Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa that Ulrichā€™s exit does not mean FP will be killed off ā€” nor, for that matter, will Hermione Lodge (played by Marisol Nichols, who also is leaving the series) meet with an untimely demisešŸŒž.

ā€œThis isnā€™t a spoiler, but neither Hermione nor FP are being killed,ā€ he said. ā€œSo my hope is that they are a part of ‘Riverdale’ in a real way as long as thereā€™s a ‘Riverdale.’ā€‰ā€

Will he change his tune now that Ulrich is being candid about his reasons foš’ƒr leašŸŽving? Only Season 5 will tell.

“Riverdale” also faced a significant loss last year when Luke Perry, who played Fred Andrews, suddenly died on March 4, 2019, at age 52.

Talking to The Post lastź§… October about his co-star, Ulrich said the Perry tribute episode that aired that month was hard to film.

ā€œ[It was] literally almost impossible to utter lines,ā€ he said. ā€œThe emotion you try to bury from the four months prior to [Perryā€™s death] happening until weā€™re asked to re-examine it in the eš“€pisode ā€¦ itā€™s one of the hardest experiences Iā€™ą¦“d had [to do] on film.ā€