Now you may know that Vanessa and Austin dated for almost a decade, having met on the set of High School Musical in 2011. However, the ex-boyfriends made headlines earlier this month after Austin shared a story about a “friend” of his telling him twice about playing Elvis – which was pretty awkward considering said “girlfriend” Vanessa used to be too seems to be.
You may also have noticed that the California-raised Southern draw that Austin helmed for Elvis still hangs around offscreen, even though filming wrapped in March 2021. Enter Austin’s voice coach Irene Bartlett, who gave an interview explaining why he still sounded like Elvis during his speech at the Golden Globes.
“He’s been working on this all along because of the COVID shutdowns and it’s difficult to turn off something that you’ve been spending so much focus time on,” Irene told ABC Australia. “I don’t know how long this will last or if it will be there forever.”
Claims that the accent was “real” and could be permanent made its way to an Instagram account, which captioned the post, “He went to Lady Gaga School for Oscar campaign acting.”
And who should react? vanessa
Yes, Vanessa Hudgens herself.
A friendly joke or a little dig? Maybe we’ll never know. She also “liked” the post if that affects you.
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