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The High School Musical costars were together on- & off-screen during the mid-to-late aughts & were one of the biggest teen couples of their era. Think Zendaya và Tom Holland, but with singing! They broke up in 2010, và Hudgens (who was suspiciously missing from Coachella this year) recently announced her engagement to professional baseball player Cole Tucker.
So, when did Efron follow her, exactly? Well, fans seemingly discovered the social media update on April 17, but it might have happened sometime before then. On Twitter there was a full-on meltdown over the news, which sparked many a nostalgic feeling.
As of this pub date (April 18 at 1:20 p.m. ET), Hudgens has neither responded khổng lồ the news nor followed Zac Efron back. Her most recent Instagram activity is a post to lớn Stories about the moon or something.
Could this be a last-ditch effort khổng lồ win her back before she ties the knot, or does Zac just want to be pals with his ex? Whatever it is, Efron should know that the world is watching. As of 2023, following someone on Instagram (or not) is, like, the number one way celebrities show who they’re on the ins và outs with—just ask Hailey Bieber và Selena Gomez.
For additional context, the Hairspray actor only follows 278 accounts, most of them celebrities, including Kanye West, Russell Crowe, Bombas socks, & the feature film Scoob! So Hudgens is in…a very particular kind of company. Truly, I’m not sure how to lớn react to this potentially world-shattering development. But will we keep a close eye on the situation? Bet on it.
Do Not Sell My Personal InfoTonight, the High School Musical cast will reunite khổng lồ join ABC"s Disney singalong và perform "We"re All in This Together." Both Vanessa Hudgens & Zac Efron—High School Musical on- and off-screen sweethearts—will be part of the broadcast, although Efron won"t be singing. He"ll send a message instead.
“We couldn’t reach Zac until late but when we did, he immediately jumped in, of course,” HSM director Kenny Ortega told Deadline. “Everyone we reached out khổng lồ was quick—and you’ll see it in their spirit & the way they come together from their homes. They recognize this is an opportunity to strengthen spirits for those joining us for the broadcast.”
Hudgens" và Efron"s joint special appearance is the closest they"ve been khổng lồ doing anything together in the near decade since their 2011 split. Here, a look at their five-year relationship...and all that came out about it in the years after.
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Early 2005
Efron & Hudgens meet during their audition for High School Musical. Footage of the audition was shared by Disney, so everyone can see their initial chemistry. Efron speaks about meeting Hudgens in a năm trước interview with The Hollywood Reporter:"My mom dropped me off out of a minivan somewhere in North Hollywood," he recalls. "I had no idea what khổng lồ expect. There were about 40 guys. Và we walked in, &
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October 9, 2005
Efron & Hudgens make their first joint appearance at their High School Musical co-star Ashley Tisdale’s party. Their relationship didn"t become public until 2006, but outlets report later that Hudgens and Efron quietly began dating in 2005. Hudgens confirms this in a 2019 interview on The Hollywood Reporter‘s Awards Chatter podcast, saying they got together at the "very beginning" of HSM.“We created a bond right from the start,” she recalls, via People. “We were like, ‘We’re doing this, it’s us or nothing."”
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March khổng lồ May 2006
The High School Musical cast starts their press tour lớn promote the first film. Plenty of shots come out of Efron & Hudgens being cuddly together.
The cast performing on the Today Show in late March 2006 in new york City.
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The cast at a Los Angeles event in early May 2006.
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The cast in Sydney at a HSM photo hotline in May 2006.
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August 2006
The High School Musical cast wins a Creative Arts Emmy for the movie. Efron và Hudgens stay close together at the Governors Ball after.
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December 2006 lớn March 2007
While Efron & Hudgens pose with the HSM cast on the awards show red carpets they attend, they start posing as a couple at the after parties.
Efron & Hudgens together at the Kay Jewelers Billboard Awards after tiệc ngọt in December 2006.
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Hudgens and Efron at the Distinctive Assets gift lounge during the Kids Choice Awards in March 2007.
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April 2007
Hudgens và Efron go on vacation together in Hawaii. Rumors surfaced that in the weeks after, Efron & Hudgens broke up after a fight. Multiple sources told People in its August 2007 cover story that those rumors were untrue.
June 2007
Efron và Hudgens pose together at the MTV Movie Awards.
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July 2007
Efron speaks lớn reporters at a Disney Channel event about his & Hudgens’ connection when they first met. He says, via People, “I was like, ‘They’re not trying us with other people.’ For some reason we kept sticking around
That same month, Hudgens accompanies Efron lớn his Hairspray premiere after party.
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Early August 2007
Efron speaks a little about Hudgens in a Rolling Stone interview. “The weird thing that no one expected about Vanessa is that underneath such a sweet girl…is a very sexy woman," he said, via People. He reportedly blushed when asked for more details about their relationship, including whether a silver band he wears is from her.
“This is just a ring from a friend that I got,” he said. “It’s a female friend, but I can’t say who because then it would be chat-room pandemonium & teen-magazine hysteria.”
Hudgens is asked about Efron’s shirtless Rolling Stone cover the week it comes out & how she feels about the fans who fawn over him.
“I think it looks hot,” she tells Ryan Seacrest on his KIIS-FM morning radio show. “The girls lượt thích it.” She says she isn’t bothered by Efron having a lot of female fans. “No. I mean, I lượt thích to scream along, too.”
August 14, 2007
Hudgens & Efron make their splashy red carpet debut at the High School Musical 2 premiere. They"re affectionate in front of the cameras:
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Late August 2007
People devotes one of its cover story to Hudgens và Efron’s relationship. A source tells the outlet their romance wasn’t completely hidden while the two were filming High School Musical 2. While out to lớn dinner one night, a restaurant hostess saw them being affectionate.
“They were sitting on each other’s laps và holding hands,” the eyewitness said. “It was really cute.”
They did try to lớn keep things a little low-key though, a production source explains. On set, “if you didn’t know they were dating, you wouldn’t know they were dating. They’re really good at not being obvious.”
A High School Musical source says part of the reason the two teens opt to lớn keep their relationship more low-key is because of Efron"s teen idol status.
“First of all, they are so young, still teenagers,” the source says. “But it’s also the classic teen-idol thing. It kills the fantasy when a teenage girl knows her idol has a girlfriend. But ironically the fans seem to lớn be accepting their relationship, I think because it goes along with the storyline in the movie.”
The HSM source also gave a little insight on their dynamic: Hudgens was porytrayed as the more intense but reserved one, while Efron is more mellow and outgoing. “He’s at her whim,” the source says.
Co-star Monique Coleman speaks on the record about their relationship, saying simply, “Two people fell in love. Who cares? We’re good kids.”
September 2007
Nude photos of Hudgens, then 18, surface online. Hudgens apologizes in a statement released by her rep: “I want lớn apologize to my fans, whose support and trust means the world to lớn me. I am embarrassed over this situation và regret having ever taken these photos. I am thankful for the support of my family & friends.”
Efron và Hudgens remain together. He makes no bình luận on the scandal.
A year later, Hudgens speaks more about the incident to Seventeen for its February 2008 issue: “It was something that was meant lớn be private, & even though it isn’t anymore, I’d still like to keep it as private as I can,” she says, adding she is "much better" now.
In January 2020, Hudgens speaks more candidly about how she felt at the time of the scandal lớn Cosmopolitan UK for its February issue. "It was a really traumatizing thing for me," she says. "It’s really f*cked up that people feel lượt thích they are entitled enough to giới thiệu something that personal with the world. As an actor, you completely thất bại all grip of your own privacy and it’s really sad. It feels lượt thích that shouldn’t be the case, but unfortunately if enough people are interested, they’re going to vì everything they can to get lớn know as much about you as they can, which is flattering, I guess, but then people take it too far and end up divulging things that should be personal."
October & November 2007
Efron and Hudgens are photographed out at a Los Angeles event, very much still a couple.
