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Breaking his silence. Austin Butler finally talked about Vanessa Hudgens after their breakup. The Elvis star talked to GQ about how the end of their relationship felt on his part.

Austin Butler is cryptically reflecting on his split from Vanessa Hudgens. In a new interview with, the 30-year-old actor briefly touches on his 2020 split from Hudgens, his girlfriend of eight years, which came amid the filming of his upcoming flick, .«Life is full of changes, and you’ve got to find a way to constantly be evolving and growing,» Butler says of his breakup with the 33-year-old actress.Months after Butler and Hudgens called it quits, the actress told ET what she was looking for in her next relationship. «I feel like at the end of the day, it's just about having similar fundamentals and wanting the same things,» she said.

Austin Butler transformed into Elvis Presley for Baz Luhrmann's upcoming biopic, but as the actor revealed to  it seems his body had enough. «My body just started shutting down the day after I finished Austin explained.»The next day I woke up at four in the morning with excruciating pain, and I was rushed to the hospital." As for the diagnosis, the actor says he suffered from a virus that simulates appendicitis and ultimately ended up spending a full week bedridden.The role was also an emotional one. He spoke to about his trek to Graceland, where he first met Elvis’s ex-wife, Priscilla Presley, and was greeted with unconditional support from her. “She looked like an angel,” Austin recalls.

Priscilla Presley publicly praised Austin Butler for his performance as her late ex-husband, Elvis Presley, in the upcoming, Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic, the two posed together at the 2022 Met Gala in New York City.Presley looked rock-and-roll chic in head-to-toe black Prada, while Butler looked dapper in a matching black Prada suit. Priscilla took the opportunity to gush over the film with Butler by her side.«I love the movie,» she said during a red carpet interview with LaLa Anthony for livestream. «I think the young generation is gonna see and know what Elvis is all about, and learn a little more about him.»«Even the people who've heard stories about Elvis before, they're gonna learn something,» she added.Butler also opened up on the red carpet about his highly-anticipated role, saying the most important thing to him was «making all the people who loved Elvis so much proud and doing [him] justice.»«I just set out to find his humanity as much as I could and bring that out with as much life as much as I could,» he shared.Last week, Priscilla, who was married to Elvis from 1967 to 1973, got a first look at the biopic which is set to be released on June 24.

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Austin Butler and Kaia Gerber just made things Met Gala official. Butler and Gerber posed for pics while at the 2022 Met Gala Monday night, making their red carpet debut as a couple. This year's Met Gala accompanies the second part of the Costume Institute's exhibition, «In America: An Anthology of Fashion,» with the theme «Gilded Glamour and White Tie,» and when it comes to glamour, the couple definitely brought their fair share.Gerber, 20, wore a sheer, sparkling gown by Alexander McQueen, which featured cutout details and plenty of glittery embellishments.

Blast from the past. Vanessa Hudgens and Austin Butler attended the Met Gala 2022 the same night he walked the red carpet with his girlfriend, Kaia Gerber.

Baz Luhrmann’s upcoming biopic.Warner Bros. dropped a full-length three-minute clip on Thursday featuring Butler dressed up as the musician — slick black hair, sunglasses and his famous bedazzled white jumpsuit — as well as Tom Hanks as his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, and Olivia DeJonge as Presley’s wife Priscilla.Hanks, 65, narrates the teaser, eerily stating: “There are some who make me out to be the villain of this here story.”A scene shows Elvis giving a moving performance on stage. Once he finishes singing his tunes, Parker says to him, “Are you born with destiny? Or does it just come knocking at your door?”“At that moment I watched that skinny boy transform into a superhero.

Austin Butler as the King of Rock and Roll.The trailer begins with Elvis’ long-time manager, Colonel Tom Parker, played by Tom Hanks, narrating the tale. “There are some who make me out to be the villain of this hear story,” Parker says as the trailer gets rolling.

Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler are an item. And while their romance is just getting started, the duo is already having fun.«Kaia and Austin are seeing each other. They're getting to know each other better and having a lot of fun hanging out,” a source tells ET.

Model Kaia Gerber, 20, and actor Austin Butler, 30, appear to be going on a trip together in time for the holidays. Photos taken on Dec. 22 show the pair — who are newly-dating, according to People — packing their suitcases into a car in Los Angeles, before driving off to LAX Airport. Kaia had on a leather suit jacket, a black top, jeans and black boots in the photos, which can be seen HERE. Meanwhile, Austin wore a black hoodie sweatshirt, light-blue bomber jacket, jeans, and black shoes. The Once Upon a Time In Hollywood star had a big smile on his face while walking to the car with his luggage, before traveling to an unknown location with Kaia.

Vanessa Hudgens, 32, is a well-known actress and singer who got her start in 2003 in the teen drama film Thirteen. It wasn’t until her debut as Gabriella Montez in High School Musical that she began to become a household name. While auditioning for the hit Disney musical, Vanessa met her soon-to-be co-star Zac Efron, 34, and the two began a romance shortly thereafter. After their split in 2010, the Knight Before Christmas star went on to date numerous actors and athletes. Find out more about Vanessa’s most recent loves here!

Wow [Austin Butler], I can’t believe your(sic) 30!!! Welcome to the club, buddy!” Ashley Tisdale wrote on Aug. 17, the day that the Shannara Chronicles star left his twenties behind. Along with her message, Ashley, 36, posted photos of her and Austin throughout the years. “You’ve been my best friend since you were 15, so that’s 15 years strong of friendship!” she added. “I am beyond proud of you and everything you’re accomplishing but most importantly proud of the person you are.”

Lily-Rose Depp and Austin Butler are a couple! Lily-Rose, 22, the daughter of Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis, was spotted packing on the PDA with the actor, 29, in London over the weekend. The couple stepped out for dinner and enjoyed an evening stroll after, where they embraced and kissed along the sidewalk as they waited for a taxi, as seen in photos HERE.

Vanessa Hudgens might just have a new man in her life this holiday season! The 31-year-old actress was spotted with her arms wrapped around MLB player Cole Tucker over the weekend. The 24-year-old Pittsburgh Pirates player was standing outside with Hudgens waiting for their car after a dinner date at the Canyon Country Store in Los Angeles. Hudgens wore a chic little black dress and plaid tights with an oversized gray sweater and a black beanie.

Vanessa Hudgens, 31, and Austin Butler, 28, first started dating way back in 2011 and for almost a decade they were a match made in Hollywood heaven. So, it was a huge shock when they split in January 2020.