Zac Efron SPLITS from Vanessa Valladares, Kyle Sandilands confirms – Daily Mail

Radio host Kyle Sandilands has confirmed Hollywood star Zac Efron has split with Vanessa Valladares following a ten-month romance.

Rumours first surfaced that the 33-year-old actor and Byron Bay waitress, 25, had called time on their relationship on Tuesday.

And a day later, Kyle, 49 – who is good friends with Zac – revealed on live radio that it ‘wasn’t just a rumour’, saying: ‘I can also confirm after speaking with him yesterday.’

Kyle told his co-host Jackie ‘O’ Henderson that he had phoned the actor to speak about the upcoming Netflix show, Byron Baes.

There had been rumours published in Woman’s Day that Zac was trying to get Vanessa on the influencer-focused ‘docu-soap’, that Kyle refused to believe.

When he asked his pal about the rumours, Zac apparently admitted that he and Vanessa were no longer together. 

Kyle said their split was ‘recent’ but not ‘yesterday recent’, and that there was ‘no drama’ in their break-up.

‘It’s confirmed by Kyle,’ Jackie concluded, as Kyle claimed Zac was simply getting back into the swing of work and their busy lives weren’t in sync.

Kyle and Zac have been friends for years, with the Australian personality even attended his 33rd birthday celebrations in Byron Bay back in October.

The High School Musical actor first met Vanessa while she was waiting tables at Byron Bay’s General Store & Café around June or July last year.  

She had been loyally by his side while the Hollywood star travelled around Australia for various work projects over the past several months, including filming in Adelaide on the Stan film Gold and around the country shooting the TV series Down to Earth.

The pair flew into Sydney Airport together in late March, returning from Melbourne, where Zac had been filming the Netflix series. 

Vanessa had been a fixture at the various location shoots for the project, including during an abseiling session in NSW’s Blue Mountains on April 1, which is the last time the couple were spotted together. 

On Monday, Woman’s Day reported that Zac was ‘pulling strings’ to land Vanessa a role on the Netflix ‘docu-soap series’ Byron Baes. 

According to the publication, the American actor was ‘determined to make Vanessa Valladares a star’ on the upcoming show.   

Late last year, it was reported that Zac, who has been living in Australia for over a year and has been based in Byron Bay, couldn’t be happier with Vanessa.

A source said at the time: ‘They are very happy. They celebrated Zac’s birthday with friends before the weekend. Their relationship is very serious. Vanessa lives with him in Byron Bay.’   

The pair fuelled engagement rumours in mid-October last year.

The actor reportedly gifted his girlfriend a ring made especially for her during his star-studded 33rd birthday bash, which Vanessa organised.

A source told Woman’s Day at the time: ‘He gave it to her after the party – it was incredibly romantic. 

‘Neither of them are saying much about it, but there’s no doubt it was some kind of unofficial engagement.’ 

Zac was previously in a relationship with his High School Musical co-star Vanessa Hudgens for five years before they split in 2010.  

In 2012 he briefly dated Lily Collins, seven years before they starred together in Netflix’s Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile.

Zac was said to be in a relationship with American actress Halston Sage at the beginning of the year, but the pair never confirmed their split.

Meanwhile, Bryon Bay ‘It girl’ Vanessa is also understood to have spent time with Australian actor Liam Hemsworth following his split from singer Miley Cyrus.

Multiple sources told Daily Mail Australia they’d heard the pair briefly dated following his split from the Can’t Be Tamed star in August last year. 

Daily Mail Australia has contacted Zac’s representatives for comment.