Austin Butler and Ashley Tisdale’s Sweetest Friendship Moments Over the Years: Photos

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A bond like no other. Austin Butler and Ashley Tisdale have formed a friendship that’s lasted more than a decade.Butler and Tisdale originally crossed paths in 2009 when they starred in the movie Aliens in the Attic together.

Two years later, they reunited on screen for the High School Musical spinoff film, Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure.“Ashley Tisdale and I have been friends for, like, three or four years, so it was a blast to get to come to work every day and just have fun with her,” the actor told Girl magazine at the time about collaborating with the Disney Channel star over the years.Later that year, Butler started dating Tisdale’s longtime friend Vanessa Hudgens.

Following nearly nine years together, the Carrie Diaries alum and Hudgens called it quits in 2020. Tisdale and Butler, however, continued to maintain a close bond.In November 2022, the Carol’s Second Act alum was in for a surprise when she learned that Butler was actually part of her family.“I think my reaction on-camera says it all … I couldn’t believe it, and I started to get emotional,” Tisdale exclusively told Us Weekly about the revelation that the Switched at Birth alum was her 10th cousin once removed, which she learned by teaming up with Ancestry.The Masked Dancer panelist recalled Butler’s initial reaction when he learned the news, adding, “He was like, ‘What?’ I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, it makes so much sense now.’ [If] I can’t get a hold of him.

I’m like, ‘Hello, it’s your cousin. You can’t ignore me, I’m family.’”Tisdale later gushed about the work that the Once Upon a Time in Hollywood star puts into their friendship — especially after she welcomed daughter Jupiter with husband Christopher French.“He has always taken the time, which I think is