A photo is going viral of Vanessa Hudgens meeting her ex-boyfriend Austin Butler’s current girlfriend

This 2007 photo of Vanessa Hudgens meeting a young adoring fan is going viral — because of the unexpected way the two are now connected.

Vanessa meeting Kaia in 2007. (Photo by Gregg DeGuire/WireImage)

A 2007 image is going viral that shows actor Vanessa Hudgens meeting her ex-boyfriend Austin Butler’s current girlfriend, Kaia Gerber.

Currently, Vanessa is 34, Austin is 31, and Kaia is 21.

Vanessa met Kaia when she was only a little girl, and Vanessa was already a fully grown woman.

the way i GASPED. vanessa hudgens meeting kaia gerber in 2007 pic.twitter.com/iDaiKNzKms

— fashion posts (@p1nkrunway) March 14, 2023

The red carpet photo was taken in 2007, Vanessa was nineteen then, and Kaia was only five.

And it really puts the ten-year age gap that Austin and Kaia have into perspective.

It has since been going viral on Twitter.

Vanessa met Kaia in 2007. Picture: Gregg DeGuire/WireImage

Kaia Gerber and Austin Butler have a ten year age gap. Picture: Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for Vanity Fair

Vanessa and Austin dated for eight years and split up when Austin was filming his break-out role in Elvis.

When Austin snagged the role in Elvis and they were still a couple, Vanessa went on an American morning show and explained how she’d heard Austin singing along to Elvis in the car and then encouraged him to audition for the role.

Austin went viral for repeating that story after they broke up but referring to Vanessa as a “friend”, not an ex-girlfriend.

justice for austin butler’s “friend” of almost a decade vanessa hudgens 😭

if he doesn’t put some respect on her name i s2g pic.twitter.com/B0R3mXAdtB

— alyssa marie (@alyssa_marriee) January 12, 2023

Neither Vanessa nor Austin has commented on the break-up, but there’s a video going viral of Vanessa walking past Austin at the Oscars, and neither acknowledges the other.

Austin and Kaia first sparked dating rumours in December 2021.

Kaia is a model and the daughter of supermodel Cindy Crawford and businessman Rande Gerber.

She also made headlines for dating Euphoria star Jacob Elordi.

Coincidentally, Kaia’s ex Elordi is playing Elvis in Sofia Coppola’s upcoming biopic, Priscilla.

Austin Butler and Vanessa Hudgens were together for almost a decade. Picture: Instagram

Austin was nominated for an oscar this year. Picture: Angela Weiss / AFP

Austin and Kaia have now been linked since around 2021 and often walk the red carpet together.

When Vanessa and Austin dated, Vanessa’s career eclipsed Austin’s; she was known for being part of the successful Disney High School Music franchise that shot her into mega-stardom, and Austin was a working actor known for roles on the cancelled Carrie Diaries and Zoey 101.

It wasn’t until after he got, his big break did the two call it quits. Vanessa is now engaged to sports star Cole Tuck.

Originally published as A photo is going viral of Vanessa Hudgens meeting her ex-boyfriend Austin Butler’s current girlfriend