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This July 4th will surely be a memorable one for Vanessa Hudgens, who just gave birth to her first child.
He High School Musical The student was seen leaving a hospital in Santa Monica on July 3, according toTMZPhotos obtained by the outlet show the actress being wheeled to her car in a wheelchair while holding a baby in her arms with her husband, Cole Tucker, standing behind her.
Neither the name nor the gender of the baby have yet been revealed.
He Princess switch The star debuted her baby bump this year while co-hosting the ABC show Oscars Countdown: Live on the Red Carpet! at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The news came just three months after her wedding to the former Colorado Rockies baseball player.
Fans had previously suspected she was pregnant in October 2023, though she denied the rumors by sharing photos from her bachelorette trip in Aspen, Colorado.
When one user wrote: “Why does she look like she's pregnant or trying to hide a belly?” the guy… High School Musical The student replied: “I’m not pregnant, so you can stop.”
Hudgens and Tucker met during the Covid-19 pandemic through a Zoom meditation session hosted by Joe Jonas in 2020. They were later spotted holding hands and eventually made their relationship official on social media. In December 2022, they announced their engagement after dating for two years.
In September 2022, Hudgens spoke about her desire to become a mother in an interview with Nylon“I always thought I would get married at 25, because that's when my mom got married, and then when that didn't happen, I was like, 'Oh, okay, let's just delay everything a little bit then,'” she told the outlet.
“I always thought that around 36 or 37 would be when I would want to have children, and that is still important. I don’t panic.
Some of her former Disney Channel movie co-stars have spoken out about her pregnancy in recent months.
Zac Efron, who was her co-star and boyfriend from 2005 to 2010, was asked at the premiere of her new film, A family affairwhat he thought about Hudgens being pregnant with her first child while another High School Musical Former student Ashley Tisdale was pregnant with her second child.
He said he was sure they would both be good parents. “They will be the best mothers in the world,” he said. Access to Hollywood“Those girls, are you kidding me? We’re going to have some fun family gatherings in the future.”
In a previous Q&A on her Instagram Stories in May, Tisdale, who is expecting her second child with husband Christopher French, was also asked about being pregnant at the same time as Hudgens.
“How cool is it that you and Vanessa are having babies at the same time!” the question read, to which Tisdale replied: “That’s so cool! I’m so excited for her and this new chapter in her life.”
The two new parents have yet to make any announcements about the birth on social media, but Hudgens shared a sweet message for Tucker's 28th birthday on July 3. Her Instagram post featured several photos of her and Tucker together with a caption that read, “Happy birthday to my little piece of heaven @cotuck you make the world a brighter place just by being you.”
