Vanessa Hudgens could not be happier with her new MLB boyfriend Cole Tucker.
The 32-year-old actress ‘still cannot get over the fact that’ she found love with the 24-year-old athlete while in quarantine.
‘It’s so weird,’ she said during a virtual appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show on Friday about meeting the Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop on Zoom.
In love! Vanessa Hudgens couldn’t be happier with her new MLB boyfriend Cole Tucker. The 32-year-old actress ‘still cannot get over the fact that’ she found love with the 24-year-old athlete while in quarantine; pictured April 22
‘I remember in quarantine I was like, “Cool so I’m single now and I can’t meet anybody.” I was like, “I guess I’ll go on a dating app, but I always said I would never go on a dating app” and then I find myself on a dating app and I was like, “I hate myself, I’ve got to get off of that” and then I kind of just gave up for a minute,’ she explained about her failed efforts at staying single.
‘My girlfriend was on this Zoom meditation group weekly, and she was like, “Would you want to hop on?” And I was like, “Of course I love that,” and they added me to a group text,’ the Spring Breakers star told the talk show host.
Then there was a gif in the group chat of a baseball player sliding into a base and she thought it was a joke so she responded, ‘Hot.’
‘And then I get on the Zoom and I am like, “Who is that?” And we started talking and yeah it’s wild that we found each other over Zoom,’ she recalled.
‘Weird’: ‘It’s so weird,’ she said during a virtual appearance on The Drew Barrymore Show on Friday about meeting the Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop on Zoom
Virtual introduction: ‘We started talking and yeah it’s wild that we found each other over Zoom,’ she recalled about their virtual introduction
When Barrymore asked about how she navigated starting their relationship over DMs, Hudgens said it wasn’t an issue.
‘I mean I’m such a go getter. If I want something or someone I’m going after them. I fully just slid into his DMs and was like, “Hey it was nice to meet you,”‘ she said.
The star admitted she has no qualms about making the first move with a person she’s interested in: ‘I think there is no shame in making the first move. If you want it why wait for someone else to give you what you want.’
She’s been spending time in Florida over the last few months while her new love completes spring training.
‘Go getter’: When Barrymore asked about how she navigated starting their relationship over DMs, Hudgens said it wasn’t an issue: ‘I mean I’m such a go getter. If I want something or someone I’m going after them. I fully just slid into his DMs’
Couple: The star admitted she has no qualms about making the first move with a person she’s interested in: ‘I think there is no shame in making the first move. If you want it why wait for someone else to give you what you want’
The two were first romantically linked back in November when they were spotted together in Los Angeles.
‘He’s just kind of perfect for me,’ the actress shared with Entertainment Tonight about the baseball pro.
She went Instagram official with Tucker on Valentine’s Day when she shared a photo of the two of them kissing.
During a spring training session, Tucker confirmed reports he had a new girlfriend to CBS Pittsburgh’s KDKA: ‘I got a girlfriend and she’s cool. She’s awesome, I love her.’
Loved up: The two were first romantically linked back in November when they were spotted together in LA. ‘He’s just kind of perfect for me,’ the actress said of the baseball pro
Third wheel: Drew also brought up a moment when she played third wheel on a date between Vanessa and her ex-boyfriend Zac Efron, 33; here in 2010
Drew also brought up a moment when she played third wheel on a date between Vanessa and her ex-boyfriend Zac Efron, 33.
‘I was just thinking about back in the day we went to a Kings of Leon concert together, you, me and Zac Efron. It was one of the funnest nights of my life,’ said the Charlie’s Angels starlet.
Hudgens responded: ‘Are you kidding me that it still a story I tell until this day. That was such a wild time. I was like, “What is happening? This is amazing.” You were so sweet.’
The former couple began dating after meeting on the set of High School Musical in 2006, and officially called it quits in 2010.
Fun time: ‘I was just thinking about back in the day we went to a Kings of Leon concert together, you, me and Zac Efron. It was one of the funnest nights of my life,’ said the Charlie’s Angels starlet
Cocktail time: With her current beau focused on baseball, Vanessa has been enjoying downtime with friends, sharing pics from a recent pool day on her Instagram account. The star wore a tummy-baring cutout bathing suit as she made cocktails in the revealing look
‘I was literally your and Zac’s third wheel… It was so fun and you guys were so cute and cozy and I just had the best time,’ the 46-year-old star added.
With her current beau focused on the baseball season, Vanessa has been enjoying downtime with friends, sharing pics from a recent pool day on her Instagram account.
The star wore a tummy-baring cutout bathing suit as she made cocktails in the revealing look.
‘Wanna marg?,’ she captioned the pics in which she also wore a large straw hat and sunglasses.
‘Real hot girl summer,’ she wrote alongside another of her with the gang riding in an inflatable pool toy with their giant libations in hand.
The Rent Live performer has also kept busy working on her new line of cactus water, Cali Water.
Summer fun: ‘Real hot girl summer,’ she wrote alongside another of her with the gang riding in an inflatable pool toy with their giant libations in hand. The Rent Live performer has also kept busy working on her new line of cactus water, Cali Water