It was one of the most viral moments of Dancing With the Stars so far this season. Julianne Hough snapped a picture with Zac Efron when he was supporting his brother Dylan on the show, and some fans are wondering what happened for the two to be very close.
Julianne posted a photo of her posing with Zac and his younger sister, Olivia, on Instagram. “Dancing is family! 💛 #dwts” she captioned the post. Some netizens were suspicious of the post and even shipped the two together. “Okay hear me out… Zac and Julianne??? 👀👀,” one popular comment read. Other fans wanted her to take action: “Shoot your shot julianne.”
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So, what exactly is the history between the two?
Did Zac Efron and Julianne Hough date?
Zac Efron and Julianne Hough did not date. The two did appear as on-screen lovers in the hit movie Dirty Grandpa, but they’re just friends.
At the time, Julianne was with her then-husband Brooks Laich. The two were married from 2017 until their divorce was finalized in June 2022.
In an interview with Film Is Now, the Dancing With the Stars host gushed about working with the High School Musical star. “He’s super down to try anything and open to playing. It’s been really fun because we really get to play in this movie and it’s not strict.
Recently, Zac has been making headlines where he’s been linked to one of Julianne’s BFFs, Nina Dobrev. The Vampire Diaries star shut down the rumors to TMZ, saying that they’re just “mates.” The rumors criculated after they were spotted on a boat together alongside Keleigh Teller, and her husband, Miles Teller.
After the episode, Julianne did say that she was open to having kids in the near future. “Okay, so I became an aunt at 11 years old because I have three older sisters and they have, you know, been having kids for a long time. But this is the first time, you know, my ovaries are screaming,” she admitted after her brother Derek recently became a father. “I’m ready to be a mom. So to be at this stage of my life while he’s having a baby, I’m just seeing it through different eyes.
