Vanessa Hudgens has issued a bittersweet message announcing the birth of her newborn baby . The High School Musical and Princess Switch actor has announced the happy news that she and her husband, Cole Tucker, have welcomed their first child together, but she acknowledged that she wasn’t the first person to reveal the news. In a post shared on Instagram, she said her family’s privacy was “disrespected” by paparazzi photographers who snapped pictures of her and her family leaving the hospital just hours after the baby’s birth.
“We’re disappointed that our family’s privacy was disrespected and exploited during this very special time due to the greed of a long lens camera feeding the media,” she wrote. “Despite all of that, mum, dad and baby are happy and healthy.” Pictures obtained by several news outlets showed Hudgens in a wheelchair while holding a baby in her arms with her husband, Tucker, standing behind her.
The actor revealed her pregnancy in March while co-hosting ABC’s Oscars coverage at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles while holding her baby bump. The news came just three months after her wedding to the former Colorado Rockies baseball player. The pair met during the Covid-19 pandemic through a Zoom meditation session hosted by Camp Rock star Joe Jonas in 2020, before making their relationship public on social media.
In December 2022, they announced their engagement after two years of dating. In September 2022, Hudgens spoke about wanting to be.