Austin Butler’s ex-girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens has seemingly thrown shade on the actor’s Elvis Presley accent.
The High School Musical star, who dated the Elvis actor for 9 years till 2020, took the weird step of publicly reacting to a narrative about Butler’s viral “new” voice – during which he seems to have adopted Presley’s vastly completely different pipes after enjoying him in Baz Luhrmann’s 2022 biopic.
Hudgens, 34, commented on an Instagram publish of an article quoting a voice coach claiming Butler’s Elvis voice may linger “forever”.
In only one phrase, Hudgens stated all of it.
“Crying,” the actress and singer wrote on the publish.
Butler’s voice turned a key speaking level from the Golden Globes earlier this month, the place the 31-year-old picked up the Best Actor – Drama award for his portrayal of Presley.
Viewers have been left scratching their heads when Butler, whose accent was beforehand a typical California one, continued to embody the late King of Rock ’n’ Roll’s Southern twang regardless of filming wrapping greater than a 12 months in the past.
After it went viral on social media – he provided a proof.
“I had three years where that was my only focus, so I’m sure there’s pieces of him in my DNA and I’ll always be linked,” Butler stated.
“I don’t think there’s anything I didn’t see or watch or listen to, truly. I read every book that was written on his life, I listened to every audio interview he gave, every bit of footage and home footage. Everything,” he advised Access Hollywood.
“I liken it [his voice] to when you live in another country for a long time, you end up soaking it in and it becomes apart of your DNA, in a way.”
Interestingly, it was really Hudgens who planted the seed to Butler that he was the right match to painting Presley in a film.
In a resurfaced interview from Hudgens’ TV look on Live with Kelly and Ryan in 2019 whereas the duo have been nonetheless collectively, the Princess Switch star stated: “Last December, we were driving along and we were listening to Christmas music, and an Elvis Presley Christmas song came on.
“He’d 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.’”
After Hudgens’ well-known five-year relationship along with her High School Musical co-star Zac Efron got here to an finish in 2010, the star went on up to now Butler from 2011 till their shock break up in early 2020.
The pair hardly ever discuss their previous relationship when requested in interviews.
Butler has been relationship US supermodel Kaia Gerber – the daughter of Cindy Crawford – since late 2021.
Hudgens, for her half, has been in a relationship with baseball participant Cole Tucker since August 2021.
