In the interview, Zac called the rumors “funny” and explained that his different-looking face was due to a jaw injury in 2013—not surgery. “My mom told me. I never really read the internet, so, I don't really care,” he said. He continued, “It was funny.
Efron stated that he is working with a physical therapist to fix muscle damage in his masseters, which he took a break from during his recent tour in Australia — hence the change in his jawline. Without the therapy, the celebrity's masseters increased… They became enormous.
"The masseters just grew," he explained, adding, "They just got really big." Men's Health also noted that the High School Musical alum's now appears to be back to normal, as his jaw looked "much as it has always looked," at the time of the interview.
He then slipped, colliding with a granite fountain that broke his jaw.
Zac Efron opened up about the 2013 accident that shattered his jaw, telling Entertainment Tonight that the incident was nearly fatal. "It sucks. I almost died, but we're good," the "High School Musical" star said in a Tuesday interview at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The actor says that he was running through his house one day while wearing socks when he slipped and smacked his face on the corner of a granite fountain shattering his jaw. He was knocked unconscious and when he came to again his chin bone “was hanging off his face.”
After fans speculated that he had undergone surgery to enhance his jawline, Efron explained to Men's Health that he had shattered it while running around his house with socks. After getting surgery to repair the damage, his facial muscles got “really, really big” to compensate for the injury.
Although they called it quits in 2010, the former couple remained friendly, and have each looked back on their time together with fond memories. "We grew up together. It was nice to have someone to share all of those experiences with," Hudgens said following their split.
Personal life. Efron was on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list in 2008 at number 92, with estimated earnings of $5.8 million from June 2007 to June 2008. In April 2009, his personal wealth equaled about $10 million. In May 2015, Efron's net worth was $18 million.
Nope, Zac is currently single. During an interview with Men's Health in October 2022, the actor revealed that although he's taken some time away from the dating scene, he's optimistic about finding true love again.
In a new interview with Men's Health Magazine, the 34-year-old actor recalls how he slipped on a pair of socks while running at his home causing him to smash his chin into a granite fountain. The star explained that he lost consciousness only to wake up with 'his chin bone hanging off his face. '
The Internet quickly decided that he'd had some sort of botched Botox or filler procedure, but in a new interview the actor revealed the truth: He'd broken his jaw. He was running through his house in socks (cute) and slipped and smacked into a granite fountain, knocking himself unconscious, he told Men's Health.
While Zac Efron clearly enjoys his role as an uncle, he is not ready to be a dad. The 35-year-old has grown into more adult roles since he first rose to teen dream fame, and recently played the father of actress Ryan Kiera Armstrong in the film Firestarter.
The Neighbors star was proud to say his singing voice was actually used in The Greatest Showman. He explained that he and his co-stars pre-recorded some of the songs as a "skeleton track," while other parts were sung live, in order to ensure the cadence and notes were on-point.
He sure can! Although he didn't provide the vocals for the first High School Musical film, he did sing in the second and third films, and he also sang in his role as Link Larkin in Hairspray.
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Zac was paid $1 million to star as Matthew Perry's younger self in 2009's 17 Again.
So, What Is Vanessa Hudgens's Total Net Worth? According to Celebrity Net Worth, that'd be $18 million!
In the case of Hudgens, she dated Austin Butler for almost nine years and is now engaged to Cole Tucker. While it's highly unlikely that anything else will come out of this, it's nice that despite their break up, Zac and Vanessa can remain friends. “High School Musical” fans can have this win.
Did Zac and Vanessa ever get engaged? Although there was a rumor that circulated online in 2009 that the Baywatch star had actually popped the question to the brunette beauty while they were on a trip to Japan together, it turned out not to be true.
Vanessa dated Zac, her High School Musical co-star, for four years before splitting up in 2010.
Efron told CNN his decision to star in “The Greatest Showman” alongside Hugh Jackman boiled down to two factors: the director, Michael Gracey and the movie's message of inclusion. Efron plays Phillip Carlyle, a performer and business partner of P.T. Barnum, who launches what will eventually become the Ringling Bros.
2006: High School Musical
While the actual extent of his singing in his High School Musical debut is debatable, 18-year-old Zac Efron's main task in this beloved Disney Channel original is to be the attractive, popular basketball star with a heart of gold.
Efron Shared A Great Story About His Friendship With Leo
He cooked waffles and burnt those," Efron revealed. "Then he made pancakes." Of course, Efron wanted advice in dealing with the media; “I had a billion questions for him...