Vanessa Hudgens says Austin Butler Split led her to the “right person.”
Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler.
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagicVanessa Hudgens found a silver lining in her divorce Austin Butler and how it pushed her to her current husband, Cole Tucker.
During the Wednesday March 6 episode of the “She turnsPodcast, Hudgens, 35, opened up about her dating history, including her nine-year relationship with Butler, 32. (We weekly exclusively confirmed the breakup in 2020.)
Requested by host Emily Tisch Sussman how a past obstacle affected her success, Hudgens shared: “I feel like a lot of my character has been built from my breakups.”
She later added: “I feel like my last breakup really catapulted me to a very, very special place, obviously: getting married.
Vanessa Hudgens found The One in Cole Tucker. The pair first sparked romance rumors when they were spotted holding hands in November 2020, less than a year after Hudgens split from his longtime love Austin Butler. Hudgens and Tucker became Instagram official the following year in honor of Valentine’s Day. “Me and Cole met on a […]
Hudgens attributed the heartbreak to ‘push'[ing] I’m so grateful for the right person for me, that I’m so grateful for,” before opening up about 27-year-old Tucker, adding: “Because he’s just the most supportive, truly understanding human being I’ve ever met .”
She and the MLB player first sparked romance speculation when they were spotted holding hands in 2020.
Months later, Hudgens revealed that she and Tucker met in a “Zoom mediation group,” and he slid into her DMs.
Cole Tucker and Vanessa Hudgens.
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images“He’s just perfect for me. I am [happy]. That really is me,” she said Entertainment tonight at the time. “I think it is also so important to remain grateful for everything you have in life. I made that a priority and I feel like it only creates magic.”
Tucker also swooned over Hudgens during an interview at a practice.
“I have a girlfriend and she’s cool. She is amazing, I love her,” he told reporters. “She’s great. She’ll be around. You’ll see her, but you saw the headline: It is what it is.
Austin Butler and Vanessa Hudgens may have fewer conversations following their 2020 split, but the exes continue to pay tribute to their past together. In September 2022 — two years after Us Weekly confirmed the couple had split — Hudgens called her nine-year relationship with Butler “life-changing.” ‘The public only sees so much’ […]
The couple was determined to stay together despite their busy schedules. A source said this exclusively Us in October 2021 that they were “going strong” and “still part of each other’s lives.”
The insider added that Hudgens is “very supportive” of Tucker’s career and “sends him good luck texts” when she can’t make a play.
“They try to plan fun dates when their schedules allow it, but when they’re not together they Facetime and talk all the time,” the insider continued. “They really make a cute couple.”
Tucker suggested to the High school musical alum in late 2022, and the couple tied the knot the following year. Before getting married, Hudgens further revealed Today with Hoda and Jenna that she would “probably take Tucker’s last name.”
Butler, meanwhile, is dating Kaia Gerber since the end of 2021. Earlier this year, Butler said Esquire that he still has “so much love” for Hudgens after their breakup.