Austin Butler has been caught up in the Oscars buzz this year due to his show-stopping performance in Elvis. He won Best Actor at the Golden Globes and BAFTAs so the odds to also take home the trophy at the Academy Awards on Sunday are certainly in his favor. And it seems he's just as successful with the ladies. Butler started dating High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens early on in his acting career but they split up after almost nine years. The star would go on to have brief flings with Olivia DeLonge and Lily-Rose Depp.
He has since started dating Cindy Crawford's model daughter, Kaia Gerber, and the couple still seem to be going strong.Here, FEMAIL takes a look back at Butler's very colorful relationship history.Butler and Vanessa Hudgens met through their connections to High School Musical. DailyMail.com reported that the two were introduced on the set of the renowned franchise back in 2005.It is possible that he was filming as a background actor, which is not always credited, but alternatively could have been recording Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide on a nearby set.
His best friend and Hudgens' co-star Ashley Tisdale also may have brought him around. Regardless, Hudgens was still dating Zac Efron at the time so nothing happened between the two then.But, fast forward to 2010, when she and Efron split due to conflicting work schedules.Just a short time later Butler and Tisdale worked on HSM spinoff Sharpay's Fabulous Adventure and in September, he and Hudgens were spotted sharing a kiss.
In the following year, they would share another public peck in Miami, attend a Lakers game together and make their red carpet debut as a couple. They went Instagram official in 2014 when she penned a sweet post for his birthday.'Yesterday was the love of my life's birthday. Happy birthday to the man with the kindest heart, beautiful soul, crazy talent and best looks I've ever seen,' she wrote.She added: 'He never stops inspiring me in every aspect of life and always lifts those around him up higher. I thank god so greatly for blessing the world 23 years ago by creating Austin Butler.'
A year later, he spoke publicly about their relationship for the first time in 2015. 'It's important to put that other person first,' he said to ET. 'If you're constantly looking for ways that you can make them happy, and they're constantly looking for ways that they can make you happy, then you kind of lift each other up as much as possible and you can't go wrong,' he added.As the two continued to work on their own projects, they had to contend with the distance and strict scheduling but seemed to overcome the struggles.
'Just communication, communication is key,' Hudgens said to People when speaking about how they make long distance work. 'I think that if anything's bothering you, don't hold it in. Always bring it up and just talk about it. Un-censor yourself and just be open,' she continued.In fact, fans thought they were doing so well that engagement rumors started circulating in 2017 when she posted a selfie with a ring on her left finger. Guysssss. I'm not engaged!' she tweeted at the time. 'I posted a pic. Not to show off my ring that I happened to throw on that finger after a long day of filming but to show off my haircut lol.'
They continued to support each other with Hudgens appearing on the red carpet with Butler for his film Once Upon a Time in Hollywood in 2019.But by January 2020, things had taken a turn for the worst - and the pair parted ways.Neither has spoken publicly about their split, a source spoke to People saying that their busy work and travel schedules put a strain on their relationship.'They really loved each other and have been through some of their toughest life moments together,' the source said. 'Busy work schedules and travel definitely put a strain on the relationship. They were a wonderful couple and it's really sad that it didn't work out,' they added.
However, that doesn't mean the drama between the two stopped there. While co-hosting Live With Kelly and Ryan, Hudgens explained that she brought the idea of him playing Elvis into the universe.'It's so crazy because last December, we were driving along and we were listening to Christmas music, and then an Elvis Presley Christmas song came on,' she recalled.'He had just dyed his hair dark he's a natural blonde and I was looking at him and he was singing along and I was like, "Babe, you need to play Elvis,"' she went on. '"I don't know how, but I'm serious. You need to play him."'
She continued: 'Then in January, he was sitting at the piano he's a musician and he's playing and he's singing and I'm like, I don't know how, but you need to figure out how you can play Elvis. Like, I don't know how we get rights or what we do, but you need to play him.'However, when Butler told the story, he said it was just a friend who had told him he should play Elvis as opposed to his girlfriend of nearly nine years.
After some fan outrage, he did admit that 'friend' was indeed his former flame.That's right. I was with my partner at the time,' Butler replied after the LA Times questioned him on the matter. '[Hudgens and I had] been together for so long, she had this sort of clairvoyant moment and so I really, I owe her a lot for believing in me,' he said.
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