Vanessa Hudgens [1] has been in high-profile relationships for as long as she's been in the public eye. Since 2005, the High School Musical [2] star has been been romantically linked to four partners, the longest relationship spanning nearly nine years, to her most recent coupling with MLB player Cole Tucker. Of course, we can't forget her brief and very awkward stint with The Hunger Games actor Josh Hutcherson. While Hudgens's earlier relationships seem to have first sparked onscreen, she's kept more recent relationships like hers with Austin Butler [3], for example, somewhat private in the beginning.
Now that she's in a new relationship, take a look at all the lucky men who have gotten to know her over the years.
Zac Efron
Who could forget Zanessa, AKA one of the most-beloved Disney channel couples of all time? While making a guest appearance on The Hollywood Reporter's Awards Chatter podcast, Vanessa Hudgens confirmed they started dating in 2005 [4] after auditioning for High School Musical [5]. She even went so far as to credit Zac Efron [6] for helping her get through those five years of intense fame, which catapulted both of their careers.
"It's just a really weird foreign thing to go through, and by being in a relationship, I feel like it kind of kept me stabilized and grounded, and I had someone to lean on who was going through it as well," she said.
During their five year stint, Hudgens released two albums V and Identified while Efron starred in Hairspray and Charlie St. Cloud. They ended their long-term relationship in 2010, a source telling E! Online that "it just ran its course [7]."
Josh Hutcherson
Following her breakup with Efron, Hudgens was tied to fellow child actor Josh Hutcherson in 2011. Though, their relationship wasn't necessarily confirmed until they indirectly announced their split [8] while appearing on Australia's TODAY to promote their film Journey 2: The Mysterious Island in early 2012. To say the interview was awkward would be an understatement — just watch the clip for yourself.
Austin Butler
Rumours surfaced that Hudgens and The Carrie Diaries actor Austin Butler were an item after they arrived at the Journey 2: The Mysterious Island premiere together. However, Hudgens didn't confirm their relationship until summer of 2014 — nearly two and half years later! — when she called Butler the "love of my life" [9] in a sappy birthday post on Instagram. In early January 2020, Hudgens was quoted in a Cosmopolitan UK article saying the secret to their long-term relationship is "FaceTime, good communication, respect and trust [10]."
Less than a month later, just before their nine-year anniversary, they called it quits [11].
Cole Tucker
Hudgens has a new beau! Meet Cole Tucker, baseball player for the Pittsburg Pirates. The Princess Switch [12] star made it IG official on Valentine's Day, writing "It's you, it's me, it's us. [13]" Since the romantic holiday, Hudgens has posted a handful of cute couple selfies, and Tucker even dropped a major relationship bomb: Hudgens has met the family [14], including his mom!
Rumours started circulating the two were dating back in November 2020 after being spotted in an tight embrace [15]. Not to mention, Hudgens shared to her Insta that she was on a "date night" [16] around the same time.