Will Zac Efron dump Vanessa Hudgens if she doesn’t get naked?

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The tabloids are contradicting themselves this week over Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens’ relationship. Both The National Enquirer and Star have the same basic premise: Zac is eager to shed his vanilla Disney image, and he’s seeking various remedies to try to – how do the kids say it? – “sack up”. The Enquirer has Zac’s remedy as trying to talk Vanessa into shedding her vanilla image (amongst other things) with Zac, so they can go on to movie stardom together. Zac wants Vanessa to do some nudity in films and magazines so she won’t seem so goody-goody. The Enquirer has Zac sounding kind of like a pimp (and not in a good way, but in an icky “ho better recognize” way):

Zac Efron is encouraging girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens to take it ALL off!

[Zac] supports Vanessa’s effort to shed her goody-goody image – and her clothes – in a “tasteful” spread for a men’s magazine or a more mature film role, say sources.

[Friends] says she is seriously considering baring it all.

“Zac is making the leap to A-list actor, and he wants Vanessa to go along with him,” said the friend.

“[Zac] told a pal, if she has to bare more of her body in the process [of doing an edgy film], then she shouldn’t be afraid of doing that.”

[From The National Enquirer, print edition, June 1 2009]

Is Vanessa really that dumb? That she could talked into doing nudity just because Zac “Not Sacked Up Yet” Efron tells her to? Perhaps a better question would be – just how bad is Zac’s advice? In the grand scheme of things, it’s probably not that bad. The thing is, Vanessa has already partially shed her good girl image, and substantially raised her profile, with nude photos that were “leaked.” She could probably do it again to some extent with an “artsy” photo spread in a magazine.

And now for Star’s take. They have Zac on the cusp of dumping Vanessa because he thinks it will be better for his image and his career. There’s no changing Vanessa, in this version, so Zac is just taking his stuff and leaving:

[After] three years together, Zac Efron is thinking seriously of moving on from girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens – because he thinks that being tied down to his Disney costar at just 21 is holding back his career!

“Zac’s been told that to go from a teen idol to a major movie star, he has to distance himself from his HSM image,” a source tells Star. “One big thing that means is no more Vanessa. When people see them together, they think of their characters.”

It’s not surprising for Zac – who said he’ll never marry – would choose his career over his romance with Vanessa, 20, since he’s tried to put the breaks on their juggernaut of a relationship before.

“Last year when they were both house-hunting, Vanessa insisted that they share a home, but he refused,” says the source. “It also isn’t good for Vanessa that Zac’s mom, Starla, thinks he’s too young to get so serious with her.”

“He’s reconsidering his public image. No more musicals is another step – that’s why he dropped out of the Footloose remake,” says the source.

This summer, “they’ll be spending even more time apart,” says the source. In July, Zac begins shooting the drama The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud, which will likely film in New England. And he feels that’s the right time to make a clean break – though it won’t be easy, the source adds. “Zac does still love Vanessa. He’s agonizing about this!”

[From Star magazine, print edition, June 1 2009]

I sort of believe both reports. Zac and Vanessa have the sexual chemistry of wet noodles, so it doesn’t seem like they would stay together for any other reason other than “Disney told us to”. And I totally believe Zac is hellbent on becoming the next great movie star or whatever. The kid probably wants to be the next Tom Cruise. Will Vanessa really hamper his chances? Not if she becomes the next big starlet, and poses shirtless and pantless on Maxim. Then, all of a sudden, Vanessa will be Zac’s biggest asset, right?

Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron are shown outside Beso restaurant on 3/28/09 and at the premiere of Watchmen on 3/2/09. Credit: Juan Rico/Fame Pictures

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28 Responses to “Will Zac Efron dump Vanessa Hudgens if she doesn’t get naked?”

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  1. stewie says:

    hasn’t she already gotten naked?

    sure, wasn’t for a role, but I don’t think that anyone who saw those pics thinks of her as a “good girl” anymore.

  2. Annie says:

    Really…at this point, if she were to get naked, it wouldn’t be something we hadn’t seen before….

  3. Zoe (The Other One) says:

    Er, is he not gay? Have I missed a meeting?

    Neither of them are talented actors – just more in a very long line of semi-attractive semi-talented adolescents.

  4. Iggles says:

    These stories are ridiculous. Hasn’t Zac moved on from Disney?? If their relationship was fake, how come he’s still with her?

  5. ToddRH says:

    Her nude photo was pretty good but I prefer some of the bikini shots I’ve seen of her. She’d have to take a much darker role than she is used to and I don’t know if she’s got the talent.

  6. ash says:

    She’s practically nude in public already, she isn’t wearing pants in the top photo for God’s sake.

    Yeah, I’m so sure he’s begging her to go nude to drop the ‘good girl’ image. So he wants her to have a ‘no talent slutty actress’ image? Right!

  7. bob says:

    her career will be over soon, at which point she will go into porn

  8. Mack Teflon says:

    I’m all for hot babes getting naked. You go, Zac!

  9. Because I Say So says:

    Do adults really care what they do? Neither has the talent or the real appeal to make it much further than the Disney juggernaut.

  10. Simon FC says:

    great – we’ve not seen her arse yet!

  11. nashnash says:

    I don’t think Vanessa will have a problem with it. She already posed nude and that wasn’t even for a movie. For me, Vanessa always looks like she is seducing the cameras every time she poses, with that smirk of a smile that she thinks makes her look “coy” but just ends up making people think she’s slutty.

  12. DiMi says:

    This kid is gay. That’s what’s really going on here.

  13. Leah says:

    uhhhh she never seemed like a good girl to me. always seemed like a pompous, egotistical (yet talentless; funny how that works), slut.

  14. CandyKay says:

    How about Zac getting naked himself?

    It worked for Richard Gere, another pretty boy who wanted to be taken seriously.

  15. Codzilla says:

    That hat makes Zac look even more ridiculous than usual.

  16. awurbii says:

    Um humm, Star magazine and The enquirer are the most reliable sources. They know exactly what they are talking about!
    Who believes this crap??
    Seriously!
    This article is obviously totally made up. Gossip sites post these stupid articles and make judgments on them to add excitement to their websites when the truth is, even they know its fake.
    Don’t believe it!

  17. gawgaw says:

    Why doesn’t Van just take a serious role in a movie?

    ….

    Oh wait, I forgot… she can’t act >.<

  18. Cas says:

    Am I the only one that thinks she is way too good for him? She is stunning and stylish and he seems kinda cheesy.

  19. Dick Throbbn says:

    OMG ! Dump her? She is friggin’ awesome hot ! He’s probably queer……

    I’d kill my family to have at her !

  20. Magsy says:

    He needs to dump the goofy hat with stains on it.

  21. Faith87 says:

    Zac efron is a gross disgusting tool. The reason he gets acting parts is not because of his acting ability, but because tweens drool over his pre-pubescent prettyboy poptart face.

    If Vanessa actually takes his advice she’s an idiot. If she wants to become a real actress, she needs the talent and schooling for it. Otherwise, she might as well start working out her career in the porn industry.

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  23. priscilla says:

    if u wanna see her naked google her. maybe she should get naked so we can be distracted from her horrible acting

  24. Judy S. says:

    Zac should dump Vanessa. She is holding
    him back with his upcoming movies. I
    read the article in the Star June 1, 2009 magazine. I agree with the article
    in the Star Magazine that Zac would be
    better off without Vanessa.

  25. kathy says:

    i think that zac is way to good for vanessa. Naked pics and rude photos arent exactly a great thing to do…everybody knows what her boobs look like and zac is way too good for her.

  26. Candy Cane says:

    Well if I was Vanessa I would do it with Zac! SEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  27. vanessa love zac so leave them

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