An Exhaustive (but Not Exhausting) Timeline of Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler’s Former Relationship
Hello and get ready for some happy-sad news depending on if you ship Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler or have been thirsting after Austin for the past decade. You see, while Austin has been in a very cute relationship with fellow former Disney star Vanessa for nine years, they just broke up. And the time has come to learn all about their love story, which began on the set of High School Musical and ended after a spooky Halloween together.
Circa 2005
Vanessa and Austin meet on the set of High School Musical while she’s dating Zac Efron. Sparks don’t fly just yet, but clearly, Austin is playing the long game. Also, this is probably a great excuse for us to watch “We’re All in This Together,” because, truly, we’re all in this together.
September 19, 2011
People reports that Vanessa and Austin are dating after they’re spotted kissing, although their reps decline to comment. The! Plot! Thickens!
December 29, 2011
Vanessa and Austin are photographed smooching in Miami.
January 6, 2012
The pair take their relationship suuuper public by making out courtside at a Los Angeles Lakers vs. Golden State Warriors game. Because nothing gets people in the mood like sports or whatever.
February 2, 2012
Vanessa and Austin make their first appearance as a couple at the premiere of Journey 2: The Mysterious Island.
September 3, 2012
Continuing their tradition of making out in public places, this happens:
March 14, 2013
Austin hits Twitter with a public declaration of support for Vanessa’s Spring Breakers premiere, calling her “the beautiful girl in the feather dress.”
I'm home sick, but sending tons of love to everyone at the Spring Breakers premiere! Especially the beautiful girl in the feather dress ;)
— Austin Butler (@austinbutler) March 15, 2013
December 6, 2013
They go vaguely Instagram official on Vanessa’s account, but honestly, if it’s a group shot, does it even count?
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Dec 6, 2013 at 12:01pm PST
December 14, 2013
They celebrate Vanessa’s birthday with a huge party and this adorable picture is taken:
June 19, 2014
Austin and Vanessa are spotted looking super flirty on a hike. Or, like, a “hike.”
August 18, 2014
Vanessa goes ahead and makes it very clear that they’re a couple on Instagram, calling Austin “the love of my life.”
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Aug 18, 2014 at 10:31am PDT
November 2, 2014
They dress up as sexy vampires for Halloween, which, sure, I fully support this:
The vampires came out to play 👻
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Nov 2, 2014 at 8:30am PST
August 22, 2015
Austin posts his very first photo of Vanessa on Instagram, without a caption because the pic speaks for itself.
A post shared by Austin Butler (@austinbutler) on Aug 22, 2015 at 7:31pm PDT
August 31, 2015
Austin opens up about the relationship to ET, saying, “I think you just have to—it’s important to put that other person first. If you’re constantly looking for ways that you can make them happy, and they’re constantly looking for ways that they can make you happy, then you kind of lift each other up as much as possible and you can’t go wrong.”
November 2, 2015
Their couples Halloween costumes take a turn for the surreal and I don’t hate it:
Best lookin Mad Hatter I've ever seen 😉😝😍 @austinbutler
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Nov 2, 2015 at 11:26am PST
March 15, 2016
Vanessa calls Austin her “family,” which is extremely sweet. *ships harder*
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Mar 15, 2016 at 2:52pm PDT
October 31, 2016
Halloween rolls up and...
🍭🍫🍬Bone-Appétit ☠️☠️☠️ #trickortreat
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Oct 31, 2016 at 10:28pm PDT
February 1, 2016
Vanessa performs in Grease Live just one day after her father’s passing and Austin tweets that it brings tears to his eyes.
WOW @VanessaHudgens singing 'Worst Things' had me in tears. Just brilliant #GreaseLive
— Austin Butler (@austinbutler) February 1, 2016
March 20, 2017
Vanessa posts a picture of herself and Austin kissing and says that long distance sucks. Truer words.
Missing this guy. #mcm #longdistancesucks
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Mar 20, 2017 at 10:53am PDT
November 1, 2017
It’s Halloween again and, like, we get it.
More of the freakshow 😉📷@Eliastahan
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Nov 1, 2017 at 11:02am PDT
December 16, 2017
Vanessa denies engagement rumors after a photo of a ring on her finger causes fans to lose all chill.
And then this happened 😳💁🏻🎉 ✂️✂️ @mflyons
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Dec 16, 2017 at 2:19pm PST
February 14, 2018
The couple spends their sixth Valentine’s Day together. Like, what are the rest of us doing wrong in life?
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Feb 14, 2018 at 5:46am PST
August 17, 2018
Vanessa celebrates Austin’s birthday with a supercute post of what else? Them kissing:
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Aug 17, 2018 at 11:57pm PDT
February 14, 2019
Not only do they celebrate yet another Valentine’s Day...
The only one I have eyes for 🥰😍ugh 🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Feb 14, 2019 at 1:52pm PST
...but they also celebrate their seven-year anniversary:
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Feb 14, 2019 at 1:55pm PST
April 23, 2019
Lord help us, it’s Coachella:
SO OBSESSED WITH THIS PIC FROM CHELLA thank you @ericunger for capturing 😍😝
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Apr 23, 2019 at 8:40pm PDT
July 6, 2019
It’s International Kissing Day and you know who’s celebrating.
Well a day late but happy #internationalkissingday 😝❤️💋
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Jul 7, 2019 at 2:59pm PDT
July 23, 2019
Austin and Vanessa hit up the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood red carpet, and as you can tell, his hair is clearly method acting in preparation for playing Elvis.
And we’re OFF!!!! To the @onceinhollywood premiere with my man of the hour @austinbutler
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Jul 22, 2019 at 5:50pm PDT
October 31, 2019
Vanessa posts about Austin for the last time on Instagram. This sounds cryptic, but only because we all know what comes next: the breakup. 😭
🔮🎃happy Halloween from my family to yours🎃🔮
A post shared by 🔮Vanessa Hudgens🔮 (@vanessahudgens) on Oct 31, 2019 at 11:10am PDT
January 14, 2020
It's not clear when or why the two split up, but Vanessa and Austin didn't spend the holidays together. An Us source confirms the news in January and says, "Vanessa and Austin are officially broken up, and Vanessa has been telling those close to her about their breakup."
And unfortunately, that brings us up to date. Stay tuned in case someone spills more info.
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