Austin Butler Confirms Ex Vanessa Hudgens Was ‘Friend’ Who Suggested ‘Elvis’ Audition

Austin Butler spent much of his successful Oscar campaign for “Elvis” referring to an unnamed “friend” who had encouraged him to seek out the role. Intrepid TikTok users who noted this “friend” was likely his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens can now rest easy. “I was with my partner at the time,” Butler said in a Tuesday interview with The Los Angeles Times’ Mark Olsen, who asked if he meant Hudgens, who the actor dated for nearly nine years up until early 2020. Advertisement “That’s right,” Butler said. “We’d been together for so long and she had this sort of clairvoyant moment… Read Full Article