Zac Efron, Austin Butler, more

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Vanessa Hudgens Dating History: Zac Efron, Austin Butler and More

She must go her own way! Vanessa Hudgens has been linked to a number of Hollywood stars over the years Zac Efron to Austin Butler. Fans have taken an interest in the actress’ love life since her first public relationship with her high school musical Costar Efron. After meeting on the set of the Disney Channel Original Movie in 2005, which made them household names, Hudgens and Efron quickly fell in love and started dating by December 2010. “We had an instant connection,” she recalled shine She made headlines six months before their split. “I think everyone could see it. When we had our audition, they brought us together. And he was adorable.” Efron’s rising star was one of the factors that led to his and that Fat: life star fission. In an interview with March 2015 The New York TimesShe admitted she was “really mean” at times in their relationship because “girls would run after him and I would give them death glares.” A year after her split from Neighbors Star, Hudgens moved on with Butler. For his part, Efron has had a romance with a number of actresses, including LiliCollins, Michelle Rodriguez and Halston Sage. (He is currently a native of Australia Vanessa Valladareswhom he met in June 2020.)
[jwplayer CFXNvi4U-l3ahXupL]Hudgens and Butler quickly fell in love, but they were in no rush to take the next step in their relationship. “I want to get married, travel and then have kids – probably late 30s. Everyone has a different watch,” she said women health in November 2018 gushed that the Once upon a time in Hollywood The actor inspired her “more than anyone”. But after almost nine years as a couple Us weekly broke the news in January 2020 that the “Say OK” singer and Butler had gone their separate ways. Later that year, Hudgens revealed what she wanted in her next partner and opened up entertainment tonight in November 2020: “At the end of the day, it’s all about having similar fundamentals and wanting the same things. … If someone comes into the picture and can give me all these things, then great. It doesn’t matter if they’re in the public eye or not – if anything, I prefer they aren’t, but we’ll see, we’ll see. In the same month Hudgens and Pittsburgh Pirates players Cole Tucker went public with their romance by holding hands in Los Angeles. Scroll down to see a timeline of Hudgens’ dating history!

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Zac Efron

Hudgens, who played Gabriella Montez for Efron’s Troy Bolton in The Threes high school musical Movies, on the Awards Chatter podcast in April 2019, said her romance with her 2005 castmate “started really organically.” They eventually called it quits after five years together, according to a source Us then: “It was mutual. You’ve been together for so long. It just ran its course.” Hudgens continued Access Hollywood in March 2017 that she and Efron have “completely lost touch” since then.

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Josh Hutcherson

Another co-star! That princess switch The actress was linked to her Journey 2: The Mysterious Island castmate Josh Hutcherson In early 2011. While describing the nature of their relationship later that year, he recounted Seventeen“I don’t know if ‘dating’ is the right word.” That hunger games Star further joked in a January 2012 interview, “She broke my heart. No I’m just kidding. … We’re really good friends now.”

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Austin Butler

Hudgens and Butler were first linked in September 2011 and made their red carpet debut the following February in trip 2 Premiere. They sparked breakup rumors in December 2019 after not spending their birthday or the holidays together. One month later, Us exclusively confirmed that their relationship was over. “Vanessa has opened up about her breakup to those who were close to her,” a source said.

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Kyle Kuzma

That second act Star was briefly linked to a Los Angeles Lakers player Kyle Kuzma Late January 2020. “It was fun and distracting for Vanessa to talk, flirt, and get attention from a new guy,” a source said Us back then.

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Cole Tucker

After posting about “date night” on Instagram, Hudgens was photographed cozying up with Tucker in November 2020. Six months later she told entertainment tonight that the two “met in a Zoom meditation group.” “Very random, yes,” she joked. “Zoom, gotta love that.”