Congratulations are so as! Vanessa Hudgens and Cole Tucker are engaged after practically three years collectively, in accordance with a number of experiences.
TMZ, who was first to interrupt the information, reported on Thursday, February 2, that Tucker, 26, popped the query to Hudgens, 34, earlier than the New 12 months.
Us Weekly solely confirmed in January 2020 that Hudgens split from Austin Butler after 9 years of relationship. Lower than a 12 months later, the Disney alum sparked romance rumors with Tucker in November 2020 after they had been spotted holding hands in Los Angeles.
Shortly earlier than she was photographed with the athlete, Hudgens bought sincere about what she was searching for in a companion. “Your woman’s open. I really feel like on the finish of the day, it’s nearly having related fundamentals and wanting the identical issues,” the actress advised Entertainment Tonight on the time. “I’m not choosy, actually.”
The High School Musical star added: “I do know what I would like and I’m like, if somebody comes into the image and can provide me all these issues, then nice. It doesn’t matter in the event that they’re within the public eye or not. If something, I choose them to not be, however we’ll see.”
The duo didn’t turn out to be Instagram official till Valentine’s Day the next 12 months. “It’s you, it’s me, it’s us. @cotuck,” she captioned the picture of herself kissing Tucker in February 2021. She added a collection of candy emojis, together with a purple coronary heart, lips and the hand signal for “I like you.”
That very same month, Tucker professed his love for Hudgens in a gushing interview throughout MLB coaching.
“I bought a girlfriend and she or he’s cool. She’s superior, I like her,” he told reporters on the time. “However I don’t need it to be, ‘Oh, Cole’s relationship Vanessa … ’ I don’t need it to be handled any in a different way than Mitch [Keller] having his spouse down, or Ke’Bryan [Hayes] having his girlfriend come down. She’s nice. She’ll be round. You will notice her, however you noticed the headline, it’s what it’s.”
The MLB star and Princess Change actress met in a stunning method – over Zoom. When Hudgens appeared on The View in April 2021, she advised the story of how she and Tucker bought to know one another. “It’s actually the final word modern-day love story,” the Powerless alum mentioned. “We met over Zoom — over a Zoom meditation group.”
The singer recalled Tucker sending a GIF of himself enjoying baseball within the group chat. Hudgens didn’t understand the Pittsburgh Pirates participant was really the particular person within the picture and replied, “Scorching.” She additionally revealed her beau was the one who slid into her Instagram DMs.
As their romance continued to warmth up, Hudgens spoke concerning the duo’s compatibility with ET. “We’re simply, like, the identical, we’re very related,” Hudgens defined as to why Tucker is her excellent match in September 2021. “We’re such weirdos, it’s fantastic.”
The Spring Breakers star went on to inform Shape one month later that issues had been going “higher than I may have dreamed of” together with her then-boyfriend. “My relationship with myself is one thing I worth deeply, even when issues don’t all the time go the best way I anticipated.”
She added, “As an illustration, my mother bought married at 25, so I all the time thought I used to be going to be married at 25. That didn’t occur. However I’m in such a tremendous, wholesome relationship, so it doesn’t matter.”
Earlier than the shortstop popped the query, a supply solely advised Us in December 2021 that Hudgens and Tucker, who had moved in collectively, had been “very in love” and at “the purpose of their relationship the place they’ve gotten severe and are dedicated to one another.” Based on the insider, the actress was “dedicated to her profession and never in that headspace proper now the place she’s specializing in marriage,” however Tucker needed to “get down on one knee and suggest” as a result of he’s “fairly the romantic.”
Hudgens beforehand dated Zac Efron from 2006 to 2010 earlier than shifting on with Butler in 2011.
