“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 to was quick—and you’ll see it in their spirit and the way they come together from their homes. They recognize this is an opportunity khổng lồ strengthen spirits for those joining us for the broadcast.”
Hudgens" & Efron"s joint special appearance is the closest they"ve been to 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 and 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 2014 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 to lớn expect. There were about 40 guys. & we walked in, and
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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 trunghocthuysan.edu.vn. “We were like, ‘We’re doing this, it’s us or nothing."”
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March to May 2006
The High School Musical cast starts their press tour to promote the first film. Plenty of shots come out of Efron and 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 gọi in May 2006.
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August 2006
The High School Musical cast wins a Creative Arts Emmy for the movie. Efron & Hudgens stay close together at the Governors Ball after.
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December 2006 to lớn March 2007
While Efron and 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 và Hudgens together at the Kay Jewelers Billboard Awards after party 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 and Efron go on vacation together in Hawaii. Rumors surfaced that in the weeks after, Efron and Hudgens broke up after a fight. Multiple sources told trunghocthuysan.edu.vn in its August 2007 cover story that those rumors were untrue.
June 2007
Efron & Hudgens pose together at the MTV Movie Awards.
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July 2007
Efron speaks to reporters at a Disney Channel sự kiện about his và Hudgens’ connection when they first met. He says, via trunghocthuysan.edu.vn, “I was like, ‘They’re not trying us with other trunghocthuysan.edu.vn.’ For some reason we kept sticking around
That same month, Hudgens accompanies Efron to 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 trunghocthuysan.edu.vn. 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 và 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
trunghocthuysan.edu.vn devotes one of its cover story lớn 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 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 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 khổng lồ 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 & outgoing. “He’s at her whim,” the source says.
Co-star Monique Coleman speaks on the record about their relationship, saying simply, “Two trunghocthuysan.edu.vn 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 to lớn apologize to my fans, whose tư vấn and trust means the world to me. I am embarrassed over this situation and regret having ever taken these photos. I am thankful for the support of my family and friends.”
Efron & Hudgens remain together. He makes no phản hồi 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, and even though it isn’t anymore, I’d still lượt thích 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 trunghocthuysan.edu.vn feel lượt thích they are entitled enough to nói qua something that personal with the world. As an actor, you completely đại bại all grip of your own privacy & it’s really sad. It feels like that shouldn’t be the case, but unfortunately if enough trunghocthuysan.edu.vn are interested, they’re going to vày everything they can lớn get to lớn know as much about you as they can, which is flattering, I guess, but then trunghocthuysan.edu.vn take it too far and end up divulging things that should be personal."
October and November 2007
Efron & Hudgens are photographed out at a Los Angeles event, very much still a couple.
After their chemistry landed them starring roles in the High School Musical franchise, Efron và Hudgens immediately became inseparable. The couple fell in love on the first film"s phối — and when the Disney Channel flick premiered in 2006, they instantly became teen icons. Their relationship blossomed as millions of fans watched their every move & plastered posters up on their bedroom walls.
Efron & Hudgens stuck by each other"s sides through all three High School Musical films & went on to tư vấn each other as their careers expanded beyond the halls of East High. Although they called it quits in 2010, the former couple remained friendly, and have each looked back on their time together with fond memories.
"We grew up together. It was nice to have someone to share all of those experiences with," Hudgens said following their split.
From their High School Musical auditions lớn their long-distance romance, here's everything to know about Zac Efron và Vanessa Hudgens' relationship.
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While the couple generally kept the details of their relationship extremely private, Hudgens couldn't help but gush about Efron at the L.A. Premiere of High School Musical 2.
August 9, 2007: Zac Efron calls Vanessa Hudgens a "very sexy woman"
Not long after Hudgens" loving bình luận about her boyfriend, Efron offered his own thoughts about their relationship. While speaking with Rolling Stone, the actor shared what he found most surprising about Hudgens.
"The weird thing that no one expected about Vanessa is that underneath such a sweet girl … is a very sexy woman," Efron told the outlet.
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While Hudgens & Efron had walked plenty of red carpets together in the past, the Palm Springs Film Festival marked one of the first times the couple showed PDA at a public event. Efron sweetly whispered something in Hudgens's ear while they smiled & posed for the cameras.
June 25, 2008: Vanessa Hudgens shares her secret to lớn a successful relationship
In June, Hudgens dished her secret lớn a great relationship with Cosmo Girl!
"If you really love someone, you shouldn't have lớn work at it. You finish each others' sentences và have the same sense of humor," she shared.
According to the magazine, it was clear Hudgens' secret was working, because when Efron showed up khổng lồ set, the couple couldn't have looked more in love. "When
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During an appearance on The Ellen Show, host Ellen De
Generes got Hudgens to confess that she thought Efron was a "good kisser." She quickly followed up by coyly saying she only knew about his kissing skills because they locked lips in the High School Musical movies — but she did later admit that Efron was really "hot."
October 2008: Zac Efron & Vanessa Hudgens attend a wedding in Hawaii
Later that month, Efron và Hudgens jetted to lớn Hawaii khổng lồ attend the wedding of Efron"s manager, Jason Barrett. During their trip, the couple were spotted taking a romantic walk on the beach while a shirtless Efron bared his fit physique.
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In January và February 2009, Efron và Hudgens stepped out for a few joint appearances, hitting the red carpet at both the Golden Globes và the Oscars. The couple also later attended the Vanity Fair afterparty post-ceremony.
July 14, 2009: Vanessa Hudgens shuts down rumors she's engaged khổng lồ Zac Efron
Following rumors that Efron had popped the question to lớn Hudgens, the actress explained that marriage wasn't in the cards for them at the moment. Instead, she was solely focused on her career.
"I think
December 14, 2009: Vanessa Hudgens celebrates her 21st birthday with Zac Efron
On Hudgens" 21st birthday, she was surprised by Efron and her friends with a birthday bash at a Hollywood club. The party"s 100 guests noshed on dishes lượt thích crab cakes & scallops on the half shell while mingling and dancing. During the evening, Efron even gave a heartfelt speech, wishing Hudgens a very happy birthday và encouraging guests to have a fun night.
"Zac và Vanessa were adorable together. They were smiling at each other and laughing & are really sweet khổng lồ each other. Great couple," a guest told trunghocthuysan.edu.vn.
July 27, 2010: Vanessa Hudgens opens up about how her relationship with Zac Efron has changed over the years
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Reflecting on the couple"s relationship, Hudgens" commented on how much they had changed over the past few years. She joked that Efron no longer had a gap in his teeth lượt thích when they first met, and said their relationship had definitely matured.
"Right off the bat, we had a connection. I think everybody could see it. When we had our audition, they paired us together. Và he was adorable. I mean, he wasn't the guy that he is today. Like, he had a gap in his teeth …
August 2010: Zac Efron reveals he's questioned if he should be single
In a candid interview with Details, Efron opened up about being in a long-term relationship while in the spotlight. When asked if he had ever considered living the single life, Efron admitted that many of his friends had encouraged him to lớn play the field.
"Yeah, everyone tells me that. I think a lot of guys would enjoy that. But I'm not really lượt thích that … I rack my brain thinking, 'Why am I not out there playing the field?' One of my buddies was like, 'You have no idea what's going on right now.' … But it's not in my heart," he shared.
Efron was also asked about the validity of his relationship with Hudgens or if it was purely for PR, to which he said the concept of a fake relationship was "f–king insane." He also noted that if the couple had been faking things, they would have called "it off a long time ago."
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In August, Efron & Hudgens stepped out for their final public event before calling it quits. The couple were spotted attending a performance of Memphis on Broadway, where they posed for a photo with the cast backstage.
December 13, 2010: Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens officially break up
Several months after their final public appearance, it was confirmed that Efron and Hudgens had called it quits after over four years of dating. At the time, the reason for their breakup wasn"t revealed, although a source told trunghocthuysan.edu.vn "they are 100 percent still good friends."
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Shortly after the split, Hudgens chatted with Details about the separation, admitting that the future was still open-ended for the couple. While the article wasn"t shared until March, the conversation took place just weeks after Hudgens and Efron"s split.
"We're still friends. Who knows what the future will bring. We're figuring things out," Hudgens said.
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Several months after the couple went their separate ways, Hudgens opened up about their relationship, explaining its positive impact on her life. She shared that the relationship had "kept
"Long-distance relationships are hard no matter what. When you don't have face-to-face time, it's just different. Having an i
Phone helped, but it just wasn't the same," she said.
April 30, 2014: Zac Efron says he's no longer in cảm biến with Vanessa Hudgens
Over three years after their split, Efron revealed that he was no longer in close cảm ứng with Hudgens, although he had nothing but nice things khổng lồ say about his former flame.
March 31, 2015: Vanessa Hudgens opens up about feeling jealousy in her relationship with Zac Efron
Looking back on her relationship with Efron, Hudgens admitted that being in the spotlight could sometimes be difficult. She admitted that she sometimes struggled with jealousy when Efron attracted a lot of attention from female fans.
"I went through a phase when I was really mean because I was so fed up. Girls were running after him, and I was giving them death stares. Then I realized that"s not what that"s about," Hudgens told the New York Times.
March 2017: Vanessa Hudgens says she's lost tương tác with Zac Efron
In 2017, Hudgens confirmed that she & Efron were still not in contact. When jokingly asked if the former couple still karaoke together like their characters in High School Musical, she said that it definitely doesn't happen anymore.
"Oh, yeah, no … That"s not a thing that happens. I completely lost liên hệ with him," Hudgens shared.
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Despite the fact that Hudgens was no longer in cảm ứng with Efron, she admitted she was grateful for the relationship, especially because it occurred during such a crazy time in her life.
"I could not have been more grateful khổng lồ have that relationship at the time … It was this massive phenomenon &
January 3, 2020: Vanessa Hudgens says she hasn't "seen him or spoken to" Zac Efron in years
In early 2020, Hudgens admitted she hadn't "seen or spoken lớn
"I feel like I need to lớn sell it for charity because it"s literally sitting in a little bag rusting!" Hudgens told Cosmopolitan.
April 2020: Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens reunite for a singalong special
The former couple virtually reunited for The Disney Family Singalong special amid the COVID-19 pandemic. While Efron did not perform with his High School Musical costars, he introduced a group that included Hudgens, Tisdale, Bleu, Monique Coleman & Lucas Grabeel. The Disney alums then performed the musical"s hit song, "We"re All in This Together," from their respective homes.
Hudgens sent High School Musical fans into a frenzy in 2021 when she shared a meme featuring Efron. In the photos from the film, Troy could be seen putting his initial necklace around Gabriella's neck. In the caption, Gabriella asked Troy if the necklace stood for "T as in Troy?" His response was changed from the movie's script lớn instead say, "No Gabriella, T as in Trump's Twitter is suspended," referencing the social media platform's ban of the former president.
Summer 2022: Vanessa Hudgens và Zac Efron return khổng lồ the place where their romance began
Over 15 years after the former couple first met, Hudgens returned khổng lồ the place where she và Efron fell in love. In a cute đoạn clip filmed in front of the real-life Salt Lake đô thị school where the movies were filmed, Hudgens posed for the camera while "Breaking Free" played in the background.
The following month, Efron followed suit và also shared a photo of himself standing in front of the school. "Don"t you… Forget about me," he captioned the post, which sent fans into a frenzy theorizing about a potential High School Musical reunion.
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September 12, 2022: Vanessa Hudgens talks about her "life-changing" relationships
Hudgens opened up about her past relationships in an interview with NYLON & seemingly reflected on her romance with Efron, though she didn"t mention him by name.
"The public only sees so much. I've also been through two very long life-changing relationships, và no one really knows what happened except for me," the actress shared. "When I write my memoir, it'll be amazing."
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