Why Austin Butler And Vanessa Hudgens Broke Up After So Many Years Together

May 2024 ยท 2 minute read

Austin Butler's "Elvis" role put the star on the map. In 2023, he won the Golden Globe for best actor, and while thanking several people in his speech, including the film's director, Baz Luhrmann, the Presley family, and his own family, we couldn't help but wonder if he was also thinking about his ex, Vanessa Hudgens. Of course, she was the one to encourage the star to go after an Elvis role if one was ever to come about. 

During an interview with The Hollywood Reporter's Actors Roundtable in January 2023, Butler was asked how portraying Elvis was something on his mind even before learning about Luhrmann's film. Sharing a similar story like the one Hudgens recalled to Ryan Seacrest in 2019, it was clear that Butler was referring to his ex when he said, "I was with a friend of mine and I was singing along, and my friend kind of looked over at me and goes, 'You gotta play Elvis.'" Several people were displeased that Butler, who dated Hudgens for so many years, would not give her the proper credit she deserved. 

In fact, he cleared up any confusion about who that "friend" was when speaking to the Los Angeles Times a few weeks later. "I was with my partner at the time," the actor clarified, adding, "We'd been together for so long and she had this sort of clairvoyant moment and so I really, I owe her a lot for believing in me."

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