Vanessa HudgensandAustin Butlerhavebroken upafter more than eight years together, but in recent years, much of their time was spent apart.
Sincefirst getting together in 2011, the pair have been busy working on various projects around the globe.
Hudgens, 31, has starred in a number of Netflix Christmas movies recently, shootingThe Princess Switch: Switched Againin the U.K. in November 2019.
At the time, Hudgenstold PEOPLEthat the two were “very long-distance.”
“Just communication, communication is key,” Hudgens cited as the tool they used make dating across an ocean work. Just a week prior, she hadshared a postwith Butler on Instagram captioned, “Missing this guy. #mcm #longdistancesucks.”
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“I think that if anything’s bothering you, don’t hold it in,” she added. “Always bring it up and just talk about it. Un-censor yourself and just be open.”
Inan interviewwithAccessthe following year, Hudgens reiterated the point that the secret to their long-standing relationship was “communication,” although she didn’t explicitly mention their long-distance status.
“I think communication is key. It’s so easy to let things get lost in the shuffle, or to kind of push things down because you think that they don’t really bother you, but if anything even remotely bothers you, you gotta talk about it,” she said.
“Everyone’s relationship is different,” she added. “Whatever works for you is right.”
On the subject of how they kept their relationship strong, Butler toldEntertainment Tonightin 2015, “I think you just have to — it’s important to put that other person first. If you’re constantly looking for ways that you can make them happy, and they’re constantly looking for ways that they can make you happy, then you kind of lift each other up as much as possible and you can’t go wrong.”
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In aprofile published earlier this month, Hudgens opened up toCosmopolitan UKabout what kept the couple going during long stretches apart.
“It’s eight years this year – FaceTime, good communication, respect and trust [are what keep us going],” Hudgens told the outlet. “The longest we’ve been apart was four months. It sucks! You start hating hearing yourself say ‘I miss you.’ But if it’s your person, you make it work.”
Both Hudgens and Butler have yet to publicly address their split.
source: people.com
