{"id":185257,"date":"2023-01-13T04:24:12","date_gmt":"2023-01-13T04:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/austin-butler-refers-to-ex-vanessa-hudgens-as-his-unnamed-friend\/"},"modified":"2023-01-13T04:24:12","modified_gmt":"2023-01-13T04:24:12","slug":"austin-butler-refers-to-ex-vanessa-hudgens-as-his-unnamed-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/austin-butler-refers-to-ex-vanessa-hudgens-as-his-unnamed-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Butler refers to ex Vanessa Hudgens as his unnamed ‘friend’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Who needs ex-girlfriends when you can have friends like Vanessa Hudgens?<\/p>\n

Austin Butler \u2014 who dated Hudgens for nearly nine years \u2014 repeatedly referred to the actress as an unnamed \u201cfriend\u201d while discussing how he landed the role of Elvis Presley in the 2022 titular biopic.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe month before I heard that [director] Base [Luhrmann] was making the [\u201cElvis\u201d] movie, I was going to look at Christmas lights with a friend,\u201d the Golden Globe winner, 31, explained during this year’s Hollywood Reporter’s Actor’s Roundtable.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd there was an Elvis Christmas song on the radio, and I was singing along, and my friend looked over at me and goes, ‘You’ve gotta play Elvis!’\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere was an Elvis Christmas song on the radio, and I was singing along, and my friend looked over at me and goes, ‘You’ve gotta play Elvis!’\u201d Butler said in part.<\/figcaption>
\u00a9Warner Bros\/Courtesy Everett C<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Butler said he brushed off his pal’s suggestion, calling it a \u201clong shot.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then a couple of weeks later, I was playing the piano,\u201d he continued, cautioning that he \u201cnever really sang for any of [his] friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat same friend was there, and I was playing the piano,\u201d he went on. \u201cShe said, ‘I’m serious \u2014 you gotta figure out how you can get the rights to a script \u2026’\u201d<\/p>\n

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Hudgens told a nearly identical story in 2019 when the two were still together.<\/figcaption>
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The actor said his agent called him days later to inform him of Luhrmann’s project. \u201cAnd the hairs just stood up on my arms,\u201d he recalled.<\/p>\n

Though Butler did not identify his ever-encouraging companion, Hudgens, 34, told a nearly identical story during an August 2019 appearance on \u201cLive with Kelly and Ryan\u201d \u2014 a month after her then-boyfriend had been announced as the film’s star.<\/p>\n

\u201cI AMMMM OVERRRR THE F\u2013KING MOOOOOOOOOONNNNN. I CAN’T WAIT \ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d\ud83d\ude0d SO PROUD OF MY HONEYYYYY!!!\u201d she gushed on Instagram at the time.<\/p>\n

Butler and Hudgens began dating in 2011 and broke up in January 2020.<\/p>\n

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Butler recently won a Golden Globe for his performance in the movie.<\/figcaption>
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Though the actor is now making out on red carpets with girlfriend Kaia Gerber and Hudgens is madly in love with MLB star Cole Tucker, fans still feel Butler should have given the actress the \u201crespect\u201d of identifying every properly while recounting the tale of his success .<\/p>\n

\u201cHer name is Vanessa,\u201d one upset TikToker commented on a clip of the moment, while someone else added, \u201cI absolutely love him. Think he did an amazing job in this movie, but I absolutely hate that he referred to her as a friend. \u201d<\/p>\n

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Hudgens and Butler dated from 2011 to 2020.<\/figcaption>
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Another critic argued, \u201c[He] could [have] at least said ex-girlfriend as it’s Vanessa so you know \ud83d\ude0f.\u201d<\/p>\n

But others disagreed, as one seemed to think that Butler \u201cwould have got [sic] hate either way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cY’all saying he should have said nessa bye that would have been a pr nightmare all the attention would have been on their former relationship,\u201d another social media user argued.<\/p>\n

But to the aforementioned, someone responded, \u201cI think he could have said ‘my GF at that time’ just a little bit of respect of the person she was for him for so many years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Butler went on to win the 2023 Golden Globe for his role in \u201cElvis\u201d on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n