Vanessa Hudgens Reacts to Ex-Boyfriend Austin Butler's Seemingly Permanent Elvis Accent

glamour.com:

, it's between 2011 and 2020. And luckily, she has just weighed in.Since starring in the Elvis biopic, Butler seems to have decided he just sounds like Elvis Presley now, a move that falls somewhere between getting stuck talking in a silly voice and .

His suddenly deepened and Southern-tinged accent has been the subject of jokes, memes, a self-effacing Saturday Night Live monologue, and now a little cheeky commentary from his former girlfriend.

Reacting on Instagram to a user's joke, “He went to the Lady Gaga school of Oscar campaign acting,” The IG post referenced a news story quoting Butler's voice coach, who called the accent “genuine” and said it could possibly remain “forever.” Lady Gaga, you may recall, garnered plenty of social media guffaws of her own when she insisted on  Irene Bartlett told ABC Gold Coast, via , “What you saw in that Golden Globes speech, that’s him.

It’s genuine, it’s not put on.” She added, “I feel sorry people are saying that, you know, it’s still acting [but] he’s actually taken [the voice of Presley] on board.”Now, is Bartlett correct or will Butler's Elvis voice eventually go the way of Madonna and Gaga's accents and eventually fade away?