Vanessa Hudgens shares cryptic message with fans after meeting ex Austin Butler at Oscars after-party

Vanessa Hudgens has apparently responded to her awkward encounter with ex-boyfriend Austin Butler at the Oscars 2023 after-party by urging her fans to “just talk about peace.”

The high school musical Alum accepted her Instagram Story on Monday, March 13, the day after this year’s Academy Awards, where she reposted a clip of Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel talks to activist Malala Yousafzai.

During the awards ceremony, Kimmel asked “the youngest Nobel Laureate in history” if she believed “Harry Styles Spit on Chris Pine” at the Venice Film Festival premiere don’t worry darling last year. Choosing not to burden the infamous “Spitgate” debacle, Malala replied, “I’m only talking about peace.”

The spring breakers star seemed to echo Malala’s expert response as she captioned her Instagram story: “Let’s all get on the ‘I’m just talking about peace’ train. OK?”

The cryptic social media post comes just days after Vanessa Hudgens met Austin Butler, her ex-boyfriend of almost a decade vanity fair Oscars after party on Sunday night. Received a video from US Weekly captured the moment the 34-year-old singer walked past the 31-year-old elvis Star outside of Hollywood events. In the clip that has there gone viral Taking to Twitter, Hudgens could be seen glancing at her phone and walking past her ex-boyfriend as he stood next to Sharon Stone and blew a kiss to fans.

Before Austin Butler was nominated for an Oscar for his role as Elvis Presley in the Baz Lurhman biopic, the Disney Channel graduate was in a relationship with Hudgens from 2011 to 2020. The pair were introduced by Hudgens high school musical co-star Ashley Tisdale, who starred alongside Butler in the Disney film, Sharpay’s fabulous adventure.

In January 2020, it was confirmed that Hudgens and Butler had split. A source later told People that the couple had discussed engagement before the split, but admitted their “busy work schedules and travel” put a “strain on the relationship”.

The former couple’s relationship made headlines earlier this year when Butler said in a roundtable interview with The Hollywood Reporter that a “friend” had insisted that he play Presley. However, fans of the pair recalled that Hudgens once said she was the one who told Butler about his resemblance to the singer.

“He’d just dyed his hair dark… and I was like, ‘Babe, you gotta play Elvis. I don’t know how, but I’m serious. You have to play him,” she said during a performance in 2019 Live with Kelly and Ryan. “Then in January he sat at the piano – he’s a musician – and he played and he sang and I said, ‘I don’t know how, but we have to figure out how to play Elvis. I don’t know how we get rights or what we do, but you have to play him.'”

After it was revealed in 2019 that Butler would be playing the role of Presley in the Baz Luhrman biopic, Hudgens sent her the news Instagram account and shared her enthusiasm for Butler. “I AMMMM OVERRRR THE F***ING MOOOOOOOOONNNNN. I CAN’T WAIT,” she wrote. “SO PROUD OF MY HONEYYYYY!!!”

Butler later confirmed this The Los Angeles Times that his story was actually about his ex-girlfriend. “I was with my partner at the time,” he clarified. “We were together for so long and she had this kind of psychic moment and so I really owe her a lot for believing in me.”

In February 2023 Vanessa Hudgens confirmed her engagement to MLB player Cole Tucker after a two-year relationship. Meanwhile Butler attended Vanity Fairs Oscars after-party with his girlfriend, model Kaia Gerber. The actor and supermodel Cindy Crawford’s daughter began dating in December 2021. In March 2022, the two married confirmed their relationship W Magazine Party of the best achievements.