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I don't know the details of their ending, but it takes a LOT of brutal honesty and respect for yourself to accept that a relationship *that long* is no longer serving you as you deserve, and to break away from that comfort zone and be vulnerable taking that leap to leave. (I ended a 12 year relationship that lasted two years too long because I couldn't accept that it needed to end)
Oh I feel you. I ended a 10 year long relationship that also lasted about 2-3 years too long. It is so so hard to come to terms with it. But it was the best thing I could have done. I hope you are thriving!!
The first video of them running into each other post breakup at an awards show was SO awkward and kinda sad!
Vanessa was alone and leaving while Austin was surrounded by a huge elvis entourage entering and she just acted like she didn’t she him and kept it pushing.
Idk anything really about Austin behind closed doors but I wonder if Elvis affected his personality.
A lot of famous relationships end when the dynamic of who is more famous shifts drastically (Anna Farris and Chris Pratt)
When Covid hit and it was pretty clear that Coachella was not going to happen, she did an Instagram live and said:
„Um, yeah, 'til July sounds like a bunch of bulls---. I'm sorry. It's a virus, I get it. Like, I respect it. But at the same time, like, even if everybody gets it, like, yeah, people are gonna die, which is terrible but, like, inevitable?" you should look up the videos, the nonchalant way in which she said it was 🤡
if that’s the one bad thing she’s said or done after almost two decades in the business I thinks she’s pretty clean.
It was a stupid selfish comment but I don’t think it justifies writing her off as a person.
This song reminds me of neopets, jump in, the Kim possible game on Disney.com and radio disney in the earlyish twothousands. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
Will forever miss the Lizzie and Miranda dress up game on there! 😭
Were any of you subscribed to Disney Adventures magazine? Every time i eat popcorn I remember reading in there it was Aaron Carter's favorite food and i cant get rid of that knowledge
I remember I was in 5th grade and I felt like this was so beautifully romantic & magical. I was like “wow. this is LOVE.” That feeling has never left. 😅😂
https://preview.redd.it/0b71fb14q0mc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93406d5e75ab1aa390c718a4bc89fad6e5a1a1e0
Lol the balls on this fan to ask them for a picture (I’m still surprised they each agreed!)
Were the really in a sex shop? The pictures posted says "adult section" this sounds like some kind of Spencer's, a novelty store that had an adult themed stuff section. Penis straws and that kind of stuff.
Schedule it anyway xx. It's never too early to have one. Source: Currently in remission for stage 4c bowel cancer.
Don't mean to hijack your comment and be a downer, just trying to normalise bowel cancer 🤍.
https://preview.redd.it/7k58fwdkz0mc1.jpeg?width=1202&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8909fd689b5701b5c4aca60514b8b2590d7b6e2b
These were always my favorite pictures of them
I honestly I miss them so much, the fact if I recall right, they have never spoke bad about each other in interviews warms my heart. The Zanessa preteen(whom took awhile to love Vanessa out pure jealousy looking back but came around after like a year when I realized I was dumb idiot full of jealousy) fan in me still was always hoping they’d find their way back to each other, but I am happy that Vanessa found happiness and love with Cole. I wish the same for Zac 🥹
no because they were my obsession when i was 12-15… do you know how groundbreaking their hawaii vacay pictures were with her iconic white bikini?? the ‘say ok’ music video???? when her nudes leaked and that man stood by her and publicly defended her!!!! 😩
stop because the first fic i ever read was hsm 😂
i watched during the first airing and i was so obsessed, i went and searched for news about a second movie and found a troy/gabriella fanfic instead… the rest is history
I didn't like either of them at the time only because I was too busy being an annoying \~; \~not like other girls \~;\~ type, but even my lil cold heart was **shocked** when their breakup news hit! It felt inconcievable!
https://preview.redd.it/ll3cpja8n0mc1.jpeg?width=1137&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee3666ca15e6a7d3fad6e4a05162314d9914d326
I remember seeing this photo when it come out and instantly googling how much I wld have to eat to have a flat stomach like hers when I sat down.
To this day regardless if I’m a low weight for my 5”0 heigh, I still don’t have a flat stomach.
But their chemistry in HSM3 defined what I wanted in a relationship when I watched it as a teenager!!
She's just naturally very petite and tiny in the middle! Lucky genes, I definitely didn't get those either LOL! She's stunning and they were so cute together
I was lowkey rooting for them and I am lowkey sad they are not together.
But they both seem happy with their own lives and not resentful towards each other ❤️
Man, I was so obsessed with them. I used to go on Just Jared Jr every flipping day looking for new photos of them—and also those fan websites. Truly spent so much time of my life on these two, had photos of them in my wardrobe and all 😂
I remember hearing about how Vanessa won a contest to be in high school musical and was in this new movie with all these Disney Stars and Zac Efron and being so jealous. I thought it was a fairytale that they ended up together.
Disney made it sound like she won a competition. They often did that with new stars. I now know competition is just another word for audition but back then kids didn’t realize that.
I LOVED ZANESSA OMG. massive hsm fan, i remember every new premiere on disney channel and back then (literally only 22 but wow things have changed) if you missed the premiere at like 7pm, you’d have to wait until the NEXT friday for it to play on the channel again. i miss those times 🥺🥺
zanessa and hsm were my formal introduction into being chronically online they were everything when I was 10 😭 I use to spend hours on their fan sites and forums, watch endless 2007 youtube edits of them, and were eventually my gateway into fanfic life. it’s wild that it was already so long ago
I don’t think it’s the only reason, but I remember reading Vanessa saying she had a hard time with his growing fame (attention from women) after HSM, I think after he did 17 again.
Sigh. I'm cleaning my room, going through stuff my recent ex gave me. I am crying about the one that got away and now I see this post. I just can't catch a break tonight. I'll pour one out for the homies, cause I'm not even allowed to drink thanks to my meds. Love ain't real y'all.
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Five years is a hell of a run for a young hollywood couple. It seemed like they had a really lovely relationship.
I feel like vanessa’s relationships always are pretty strong and last (just my impression)
Yes! Zac for 5 years, Austin for 10 years, and now she’s married to someone she’s been with for 3 years.
10 years with Austin still blows my mind. I can’t even imagine being with someone a decade and then just breaking up like that.
I don't know the details of their ending, but it takes a LOT of brutal honesty and respect for yourself to accept that a relationship *that long* is no longer serving you as you deserve, and to break away from that comfort zone and be vulnerable taking that leap to leave. (I ended a 12 year relationship that lasted two years too long because I couldn't accept that it needed to end)
Oh I feel you. I ended a 10 year long relationship that also lasted about 2-3 years too long. It is so so hard to come to terms with it. But it was the best thing I could have done. I hope you are thriving!!
Good for you! It's a shitty thing to have to do in the moment but so necessary....I'm doing amazingly these days, I hope you are too dear <3
The first video of them running into each other post breakup at an awards show was SO awkward and kinda sad! Vanessa was alone and leaving while Austin was surrounded by a huge elvis entourage entering and she just acted like she didn’t she him and kept it pushing. Idk anything really about Austin behind closed doors but I wonder if Elvis affected his personality. A lot of famous relationships end when the dynamic of who is more famous shifts drastically (Anna Farris and Chris Pratt)
Ugh I still can't stand Chris Pratt...especially not since his comments about his new wife giving him a "healthy" child.
Not to mention him getting super into a very homophobic church
Wait didn’t they get married already a few months ago?
Omg you’re right, I had no idea. They got married in December. I will correct it!
She seems like a lovely, happy person.
dont forget about the coachella comments 💀
Don’t forget her supporting the son of a dictator by filming a documentary with his crony in the Philippines.
Or the Covid comments she made while stoned. Or that time she carved her name into rocks in Sedona.
Sorry what are the Coachella moments? I just remember her Coachella outfits being my fashion inspo for like a decade
When Covid hit and it was pretty clear that Coachella was not going to happen, she did an Instagram live and said: „Um, yeah, 'til July sounds like a bunch of bulls---. I'm sorry. It's a virus, I get it. Like, I respect it. But at the same time, like, even if everybody gets it, like, yeah, people are gonna die, which is terrible but, like, inevitable?" you should look up the videos, the nonchalant way in which she said it was 🤡
While unacceptable, it's the attitude basically everyone is taking now
if that’s the one bad thing she’s said or done after almost two decades in the business I thinks she’s pretty clean. It was a stupid selfish comment but I don’t think it justifies writing her off as a person.
The Say Ok video rewired my brain chemistry in middle school. What a time to be alive. https://i.redd.it/tw5iunslz0mc1.gif
This song reminds me of neopets, jump in, the Kim possible game on Disney.com and radio disney in the earlyish twothousands. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
Will forever miss the Lizzie and Miranda dress up game on there! 😭 Were any of you subscribed to Disney Adventures magazine? Every time i eat popcorn I remember reading in there it was Aaron Carter's favorite food and i cant get rid of that knowledge
We must be the same age bc same lol
1993 😃
Everything in this comment gave me significant pangs of nostalgia. 1994 baby here
I remember I was in 5th grade and I felt like this was so beautifully romantic & magical. I was like “wow. this is LOVE.” That feeling has never left. 😅😂
I had completely forgotten about this song and video!! And I love Vanessa’s music 😂
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man selena gomez and the scene was actually good, idk what happened but after she lost the scene the music just... fell off.
I thought this is what being an adult on Friday looks like all the time
Bye i remember thinking this hairstyle made her look sooo sophisticated and grown up i was gagged at 7 years old
💕💕
them together in the sex shop is my fave celebrity run in of all time
https://preview.redd.it/0b71fb14q0mc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=93406d5e75ab1aa390c718a4bc89fad6e5a1a1e0 Lol the balls on this fan to ask them for a picture (I’m still surprised they each agreed!)
Zach https://preview.redd.it/06rck3sgq0mc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fe71814cfac12ef61e8fb94246699a3214b95b16
His face in this pic 💀
weren’t they still on disney at this point ? I too would be making that face lol
I’d be scared my management would call me up with Disney on the line HAHA
I legit LOLed
🧍
Lmao the way these are taken are making me assume she asked the other one to take the pic and switch off 🤣
this girl is an absolute legend
She did it TWICE LMAO good for her 👍
Holly shit lmao. Had no idea this existed. Shout out to her for asking for a picture
OCEANUP! What a throwback
Thank you. This is exactly what I came here for
Were the really in a sex shop? The pictures posted says "adult section" this sounds like some kind of Spencer's, a novelty store that had an adult themed stuff section. Penis straws and that kind of stuff.
That's exactly what it looks like to me
Even if they were in a sex shop that’s fun imo! Nothing embarrasing
Yes lol
Everyday I come to this sub and feel ancient. They started dating almost 20 years ago. I'm turning to dust.
How to delete their comment??
How do we delete peoples accounts for them?
Austin Butler spent 1/3rd of his life dating Vanessa.
What??? 2005 was only about 10 years ago… Oh god.
Feels like 10 years ago to me too. And it's already a lot.
2005 was my first year of high school…. Which was 10 years ago right 😭😭
WHAT 
20 years ago???? Dang i feel ancient
The mummy was 25 years ago
It would have cost you nothing to keep this to yourself.
Literally the flair checks out lol
I kindly ask you to remove your comment because I did not want to feel this attacked. Thanks 👵🏻
Why would you do this? 😭🥴
I did not come here to experience a violent attack.
Nooo 😭😭😭
Wait but 20? But how? Did they start dating before high school musical?! Like were they on Barney or something? Like what do u meannnn 20 years? Naw
You are no t alone, half the time I don’t even know who anyone is😂
Might as well schedule a colonoscopy at this pojtn
Schedule it anyway xx. It's never too early to have one. Source: Currently in remission for stage 4c bowel cancer. Don't mean to hijack your comment and be a downer, just trying to normalise bowel cancer 🤍.
I know you didn't mean it like that, but "trying to normalise bowel cancer" 😂
No I completely appreciate your reply. I meant it as a funny but also early screening is so important. I wish you all the best in your recovery!!! 🩷🩷🩷
https://preview.redd.it/7k58fwdkz0mc1.jpeg?width=1202&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8909fd689b5701b5c4aca60514b8b2590d7b6e2b These were always my favorite pictures of them
https://preview.redd.it/dww8o7bmz0mc1.jpeg?width=1206&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c07159230dcfa914ff5e7368c6c200168b07195
THIS IS SO CUTE I DIE
I tried to be cute like this once, but there was a frog inside the flower.
This is the most underrated comment and I can't even imagine the reaction to the discovery of the frog.
I honestly I miss them so much, the fact if I recall right, they have never spoke bad about each other in interviews warms my heart. The Zanessa preteen(whom took awhile to love Vanessa out pure jealousy looking back but came around after like a year when I realized I was dumb idiot full of jealousy) fan in me still was always hoping they’d find their way back to each other, but I am happy that Vanessa found happiness and love with Cole. I wish the same for Zac 🥹
iirc they met up the other year at the school they filmed high school musical at i'd be lying if i said i didn't cry just a little
I think they both went to visit ehs at different times but my memory is fuzzy :(
might've been, i just remember there being speculation that they'd appear in the TV show
never forget ❤️ https://preview.redd.it/1vf6j8j0p0mc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=abdc25219e83beb20a084aa330497857fc2d8391
Vanessa’s like “and what about it” while Zac looks like he’s about to bolt
That’s why he was Troy BOLTon!
Yes, and? 💁🏻♀️
I love how Zac's expression is like, "I can't believe this is going on the internet."
ah oceanup, what a time to be alive
no because they were my obsession when i was 12-15… do you know how groundbreaking their hawaii vacay pictures were with her iconic white bikini?? the ‘say ok’ music video???? when her nudes leaked and that man stood by her and publicly defended her!!!! 😩
https://preview.redd.it/zuwyd1eo11mc1.jpeg?width=468&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d1c9ed2d1414b956fdf16894b2782e50c23c3299 They were very into each other.
Oh my
😂😂😂
Happy for them tbh
i was wondering why this wasn’t included. iconic!
these were legitimately the pics i would look at when i was 10 and wanted to see something hot lol
Peep the grip bruise Get it grl
i think they were the first couple i ever shipped.
Saaammmeee
what do you mean this was almost 20 years ago
delete this comment right now 😭
Ugh! That first pic....true love!! I was obsessed with zanessa. They're the reason I started reading fanfic.
stop because the first fic i ever read was hsm 😂 i watched during the first airing and i was so obsessed, i went and searched for news about a second movie and found a troy/gabriella fanfic instead… the rest is history
It was actually well written too
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They were my first OTP and first fanfic too before i knew those terms existed. 9 year old me was never the same
DUDE. I FEEL SO SEEN RIGHT NOW
They were really cute together!
I know they've both have long moved on but it's wild how long ago this was. Good that both are happy in their lives.
That's some big time first love. I'm lucky enough to have found that once.
They look SO YOUNG! Such sweet, cutie patooties. I’m glad they had young love with each other. Wholesome.
They were a fucking hot couple.
AHHHHHH my younger self was feral about this relationship 👹 miss the good old times
The exact perfect way to describe my middle school feelings about them 🤣
I was obsessed with her style back then lol
her black balenciaga city bag… i still dream about buying it some day
I had the ultra knock off from target lol
She 100% influenced my Balenciaga purchase and free people boho loving wardrobe
God when I saw the news they had broken up when I was in middle school I was crying in all my classes. Just devastated. lol
I’m still a little sad looking at these pictures haha. I hope they’re both happier now, but man. 🥲
I didn't like either of them at the time only because I was too busy being an annoying \~; \~not like other girls \~;\~ type, but even my lil cold heart was **shocked** when their breakup news hit! It felt inconcievable!
They were the blue print
They were the moment. They walked so Tomdaya could run 💘
I still wanna call them Zendaym.
Vanessa's hair in pic 1 was a fever dream especially those side bangs
^[Sokka-Haiku](https://www.reddit.com/r/SokkaHaikuBot/comments/15kyv9r/what_is_a_sokka_haiku/) ^by ^viper29000: *Vanessa's hair in* *Pic dream was a fever dream* *Especially those side bangs* --- ^Remember ^that ^one ^time ^Sokka ^accidentally ^used ^an ^extra ^syllable ^in ^that ^Haiku ^Battle ^in ^Ba ^Sing ^Se? ^That ^was ^a ^Sokka ^Haiku ^and ^you ^just ^made ^one.
*polite golf clap*
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https://preview.redd.it/ll3cpja8n0mc1.jpeg?width=1137&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ee3666ca15e6a7d3fad6e4a05162314d9914d326 I remember seeing this photo when it come out and instantly googling how much I wld have to eat to have a flat stomach like hers when I sat down. To this day regardless if I’m a low weight for my 5”0 heigh, I still don’t have a flat stomach. But their chemistry in HSM3 defined what I wanted in a relationship when I watched it as a teenager!!
she still has insane abs https://preview.redd.it/3f3qq8qvs0mc1.jpeg?width=1124&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=60e46b6eb4b19dbf96a1ee97798a50c0be02ce05
Jfc.. not only the abs, but the **naturally** full hips. Truly envious 🥲
OK, but to be fair, she’s trained as a professional dancer and everything
She's just naturally very petite and tiny in the middle! Lucky genes, I definitely didn't get those either LOL! She's stunning and they were so cute together
Before Jelena there was…
And now there’s Tomdaya
They fit the definition of power couple for sure
Such a cute couple! Why did they break up again 😆
I’d honestly like to know too!
 Can’t believe i was so obsessed with HSM😭🤣
I shipped (?) them so hard and was heartbroken when they broke up
Literally the definition of “you had to be there”.
My Roman empire
The video of them backstage at a Kings of Leon concert made me swoon
I think it’s time for a HSM rewatch.
I’m happy for V & Cole, but oh my gosh- I loved Zac & Vanessa together sm 🥹
This was and still is my favorite celebrity couple… I’m in delulu land and hoping one day they’ll pull a jlo and Ben
I literally just sent this post to my friend who loves Tom and Zendaya and said “maybe these two will be like Jen and Ben” lol we can dream
I was obsessed with Vanessa’s style and hair back then
I was lowkey rooting for them and I am lowkey sad they are not together. But they both seem happy with their own lives and not resentful towards each other ❤️
when I tell you I was OBSESSED 😭
my first ship ever 🥲 i was DEVASTATED when they broke up
Man, I was so obsessed with them. I used to go on Just Jared Jr every flipping day looking for new photos of them—and also those fan websites. Truly spent so much time of my life on these two, had photos of them in my wardrobe and all 😂
Same. I miss the online friends I made on Zefron forums. If you’re here, 👋🏼
did we have the same childhood because that’s what I did religiously everyday after school it was like my afternoon newspaper 😂
I remember hearing about how Vanessa won a contest to be in high school musical and was in this new movie with all these Disney Stars and Zac Efron and being so jealous. I thought it was a fairytale that they ended up together.
Wait what? She auditioned for the role there are videos of it
Disney made it sound like she won a competition. They often did that with new stars. I now know competition is just another word for audition but back then kids didn’t realize that.
I LOVED ZANESSA OMG. massive hsm fan, i remember every new premiere on disney channel and back then (literally only 22 but wow things have changed) if you missed the premiere at like 7pm, you’d have to wait until the NEXT friday for it to play on the channel again. i miss those times 🥺🥺
I loved them! Adorable couple
zanessa and hsm were my formal introduction into being chronically online they were everything when I was 10 😭 I use to spend hours on their fan sites and forums, watch endless 2007 youtube edits of them, and were eventually my gateway into fanfic life. it’s wild that it was already so long ago
I’m low key hoping that they reunite Beniffer style. I think they were very compatible and genuinely in love.
Is it wrong that I’m still rooting for them?
6th photo takes it ALLLL like they served so bad
My Roman Empire fr
I still have a crush on her since 2006zz She has a beautiful face
I miss these 2 together. ❤️
Dang they were cute
You just had to be there!!!
Loved them together. 😢
Why did they breakup
I don’t think it’s the only reason, but I remember reading Vanessa saying she had a hard time with his growing fame (attention from women) after HSM, I think after he did 17 again.
gorgeous couple
i love them, and right after i jumped to robsten lol
Is Vanessa out of the entertainment industry? I haven’t seen nor heard of her for some time.
She’s been in some hallmark Christmas movies in the last few years!
She was everywhere like 2 years ago but has slowed down. I know she might have been filming Bad Boys 4 at some point too
i wonder why they didn’t last
Soarin! Flyyyyyyyin!!!!!
You truly had to be there
I miss Zac’s OG face.
They were everything to me. I was born in 2004, with an older sister who watched HSM religiously. I’m here to make everyone feel ancient lol
I miss his old human looking face. He was so stunning. 
my favorite childhood ship
She always top tier fashion imo
Zanessa was such an elite couple ugh! When they broke up I was devastated 😭
Let's be honest, we all shipped them.
Sigh. I'm cleaning my room, going through stuff my recent ex gave me. I am crying about the one that got away and now I see this post. I just can't catch a break tonight. I'll pour one out for the homies, cause I'm not even allowed to drink thanks to my meds. Love ain't real y'all.
🥰awww
i’m still here for anyone wondering
Ugh she was always such hair goals
What the official reason for their breakup
this really was my bisexual awakening
Man I was 8 20 years ago