Vanessa Hudgens is pregnant.
The 35-year-old star debuted her baby bump on the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday afternoon.
This comes amid months of pregnancy speculation.
The star, who married professional baseball star Cole Tucker three months ago in Tulum, showcased her pregnant belly in a clingy black dress.
The stunning movie star showcased her bump in the high-neck black gown, while cradling her growing baby bump.
Vanessa Hudgens is pregnant! The 35-year-old star debuted her baby bump on the 96th Annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on Sunday
The star, who is married to Cole Tucker, showcased her pregnant belly in a clingy black dress
Her friend Julianne Hough of DWTS fame said hello to Vanessa on the red carpet and touched her baby bump.
The pals were hosting The Oscars Red Carpet Show together.
They worked together on 2016’s TV special Grease: Live; Julianne was Sandy and Vanessa was Rizzo.
Hudgens met Cole during a Zoom meditation session during lockdown. Cole is a professional baseball player on the Seattle Mariners.
Vanessa and Cole got engaged in February 2023.
She tied the knot with MLB player this past December, following three years of dating.
They wed in Tulum, Mexico, ten months after they got engaged.
The beauty’s confirmation of her pregnancy on Hollywood’s biggest night comes just days after she recalled feeling ‘fat’ after ‘rude’ pregnancy speculation during her bachelorette party in October 2023 in Aspen, Colorado.
The beautiful star is expecting her first child with husband Cole Tucker
The stunning movie star showcased her bump in the high-neck black gown, while cradling her growing baby bump
Her friend Julianne Hough of DWTS fame said hello to Vanessa on the red carpet and touched her baby bump
The pals were hosting The Oscars Red Carpet Show together
The High School Musical star discussed how the comments detracted from what was supposed to be ‘the happiest’ time in her life, on the latest episode of the She Pivots podcast, which dropped on March 6.
At the time the actress was enjoying a getaway with friends in Aspen, ahead of her wedding to now-husband Cole, 27, but comments on the video she shared from the festivities primarily focused on whether she was pregnant.
‘I feel like I literally just had a run-in with the public taking control over their opinion of me in a way that was disrespectful,’ Austin Butler’s ex said.
She tied the knot with MLB player this past December, following three years of dating; Vanessa and Cole are seen in Santa Monica back in February 2022
Hudgens met Cole during a Zoom meditation session during lockdown. Cole is a professional baseball player on the Seattle Mariners
Vanessa and Cole got engaged in February 2023
Vanessa gushed about her fiance during Valentine’s Day
‘I went out on my bachelorette and I posted video of me and there are all these comments that are like, “Oh my god. You’re pregnant.” And I’m like, that is so rude. I’m sorry, I don’t wear Spanx every day and I’m a real woman and have a real body.’
She added, ‘I’m literally celebrating one of the happiest times of my life, and you guys are just gonna make me feel fat. That’s great. Thanks.’
Hudgens went on to discuss ‘the four agreements’ women should stick by.
‘One of them is don’t make assumptions… in all aspects of life, but especially over other women’s bodies,’ she stated.
‘We deal with so much with other people trying to control our bodies, not let’s not make assumptions over other women’s bodies as well.’
In the original video from her bachelorette, Vanessa wore plenty of baggy clothing, with many of her followers quick to ask if she was pregnant in the comments section.
However Vanessa did not take too kindly to the speculation as she replied: ‘[eyeroll emoji] not pregnant so y’all can stop.’
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Vanessa did not take too kindly to the speculation at the time, as she replied: ‘[eyeroll emoji] not pregnant so y’all can stop’
The star recently discussed how the comments detracted from what was supposed to be ‘the happiest’ time in her life, on the new episode of the She Pivots podcast; seen at her bachelorette party celebration
At the time the actress was enjoying a getaway with friends in Aspen, ahead of her wedding to now-husband Cole, but comments on the video she shared from the festivities primarily focused on whether she was pregnant
She added, ‘I’m literally celebrating one of the happiest times of my life, and you guys are just gonna make me feel fat. That’s great. Thanks’
There were plenty of commenters who jumped to the conclusion that she was expecting with the baseball player, as one wrote ‘omg she’s preggers’ and another said ‘she’s pregnant indeed.’
Others came to Vanessa’s defense as one said: ‘For those commenting about pregnancy is rude. We’re human! She’s happy so please don’t comment about her body if u don’t want anyone asking u.’
Elsewhere on the podcast Vanessa shared she was ‘grateful’ for her split from Dune star Austin Butler, 32, as she ended up meeting her forever person soon after – her husband Cole.
Hudgens split from Butler split after nearly 10 years together in 2020. Austin went on to date Kaia Gerber, 22, whom he was first spotted with in December 2021.
As painful as her break-up from Butler was in the moment, she is now able to reframe the split as a positive given she began a relationship with her now-husband not long after.
‘I feel my last breakup has really catapulted me to a very, very special place, obviously. You pushed me to the right person!’
Elsewhere on the podcast Vanessa shared she was ‘grateful’ for her split from Dune star Austin Butler, 32 (pictured) as she ended up meeting her forever person soon after – her husband Cole
‘Which I’m so grateful for! Because he’s just the most supportive, real, understanding human being that I’ve ever met.’
Vanessa remark about her ex arose after she was asked how certain setbacks led to her current success: ‘I feel so much of my character was built from my breakups,’ she said.
‘Also the tenacity I have I think is like from starting in my career at such an early age and dealing with so much rejection that like, you really have to build a very strong backbone in order to keep doing it when everyone’s telling you no. That builds a lot of character.’
