ACTRESS Vanessa Hudgens has revealed her baby bump while strutting her stuff on the Oscars red carpet.
On Sunday afternoon, the High School Musical star all but confirmed that she is expecting her first child with her husband, Cole Tucker.
Vanessa, 35, flaunted her baby belly after clapping back at fan speculations on her pregnancy just this week.
She donned a long-sleeved black dress and pulled back half of her dark hair in a high ponytail while the rest flowed down her back.
The actress was all smiles while holding her stomach.
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She accessorized her elegant gown with silver necklaces and matching rings.
This will be Vanessa and Cole's first child together.
VANESSA CLAPS BACK
In 2023, many fans thought the star was pregnant.
In October, Cole and Vanessa traveled to Aspen, Colorado, for their bachelor/bachelorette parties and stayed in an Airbnb.
In the first clip from a video shared on social media, Vanessa walked out of the airport dressed in many layers of white and beige fabric with a cowboy hat perched on her head.
Next, she popped open a bottle of Veuve Clicquot champagne dressed in an oversized white shirt.
Fans theorized she was pregnant due to her baggy clothes and the supposed "bump" under her dress.
"Not pregnant. So y’all can stop," Vanessa replied to a comment at the time and dropped an eye roll emoji.
'SO RUDE!'
Vanessa was a recent guest on the She Pivots podcast where she discussed how those remarks made her "feel fat."
"I literally just had a run-in with the public taking control over their opinion of me in a way that was disrespectful," she said on the March 6 episode.
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"I went out on my bachelorette and I posted video of me, and there are all these comments that are like, 'Oh my god, you're pregnant."
She said that she wasn't pregnant at the time and thought the comments were "so rude."
The movie star continued, "I'm sorry I don't wear Spanx every day and am a real woman and have a real body."
However, her clapback didn't stop the pregnancy speculations.
PREGNANCY RUMORS
In January, the Bad Boys For Life star displayed her bikini figure online.
"A little sunshine is always good for the soul," she wrote.
At the same time, the Spring Breakers star shared a selfie of herself looking pale and sleepy.
In the short clip, she pressed her sharp fingernail against her lips.
"Sick and haven't posed in forever. So, here we are," she wrote.
"You ain't sick. You pregnant," a fan claimed.
"She is so pregnant. Lots of laughs," another fan added.
ABOUT COLE AND VANESSA'S RELATIONSHIP
On November 21, 2020, Vanessa was first spotted with Cole while leaving Canyon Country Store in Los Angeles.
They confirmed their relationship via Instagram on February 14, 2021.
When asked about his romance with the Tick, Tick...Boom! actress, Cole confessed to CBS News: "I got a girlfriend and she's cool.
"She's awesome. I love her but I don't want to be treated any differently than Mitch [Keller] having his wife come down, or Ke'Bryan [Hayes] having his girlfriend come down."
On February 2, 2023, it was revealed Vanessa and Cole became engaged sometime toward the end of 2022.
People later announced that the pair had officially tied the knot on December 2, 2023, in Tulum, Mexico.
MORE ABOUT COLE
Born on July 3, 1996, Cole Bryson Tucker is a professional baseball player from Phoenix, Arizona.
Before he was drafted to the MLB at 18 years old, Cole played for several minor league teams.
On April 20, 2019, he made his major league debut with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
He played for the Pirates for three years until he was claimed by the Arizona Diamondbacks on June 5, 2022.
By December 7 of that same year, he signed a deal with the Colorado Rockies.
Regarding his baseball career, Cole told Nevada Sports Nation: "Baseball is a game.
"I've been so lucky and fortunate and blessed to make a career of it, but it is a game at the end of the day.
"So I try to keep it fun and keep it light and keep it a game because it can get serious."The business of it and everything, it's hard and it'll beat you up and chew you up and spit you out."
