Vanessa Hudgens had a quick realization. Cole Tucker was the one she’d been searching for. The High School Musical alum had a significant revelation on the Oscars 2024 red carpet on March 10. She was pregnant.
She crossed paths with the baseball player and something clicked. It was a new beginning. (You can see every star’s arrival here).
She shared a memory from their first weekend together. “I called my sister [Stella],” she confessed during an appearance on Hoda & Jenna. She was giddy, excited. “I think I just found my future husband,” she’d told her sister. Talk about foresight!
Valentine’s Day 2021 rolled around. Vanessa decided to make their relationship Instagram official. She posted a snapshot of them kissing. The caption? “It’s you, it’s me, it’s us.”
But Vanessa wasn’t the only one on cloud nine. Cole was over the moon too.
“I got a girlfriend and she’s cool,” he told KDKA during spring training that same month. He was smitten. “She’s awesome, I love her.” But he didn’t want their relationship to overshadow his career. “I don’t want it to be, ‘Oh, Cole’s dating Vanessa.’ She’s great. She’ll be around. You will see her.”