Vanessa Hudgens Sings With The Grinch
Vanessa Hudgens made her first appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Friday. They showed a clip of a 9-year-old Vanessa performing as Cindy Lou at a local production of “How The Grinch Stole Christmas” in San Diego, Calif.
Adorable, no?
The 19-year-old High School Musical star also talked about her very first role in theater: “I auditioned for the Hunchback of Notre Dame and I wanted to be Esmeralda because that’s the girl part. I thought I could get it. But I actually got Quasimodo, the hunchback. So, I walked around with the hunchback and the crazy makeup.”
When asked if she had strict parents, Vanessa shared, “They weren’t that bad. They supported me and let me do acting. I must admit, I did get my mouth washed out with soap once. I actually, still to this day, don’t know why. I must have did something really wrong. I was 4-years-old, I don’t even know I said wrong… I honestly don’t really remember the taste.”
Watch the video below!
Vanessa Hudgens - The Tonigiht Show With Jay Leno, 10/10








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So beautiful!!!!!!!!!
She looks gorgeous!!!!!
I love her dress!!!!!!!!
I love you baby V so much!!!!!!!!!
She stinks! She sounds like a 2yr. old when she talks. Efron needs to dump her. He seems so much more mature then she does.
i love her!
wow isn’t it amazing how all these haters spend at least a minute thinking of something bad to say about vanessa and then typing it? why are they wasting all their time on someone they say they “don’t like”.i’m confused somebody explain why they do it? anyway she looked stunning.and very funny.she looked so cute when she was 9 (lovin her expression when she said she was 9 lol). xoxo
Zac also needs to stay away from “Hairspray 2″ if he wants to get beyond the “Song and Dance Guy” image.
Thanks to those of you who had the knowledge to understand what I meant in my previous post about pretty boys.
And for all you vanessa haters you’re opinion doesn’t seem to hurting her career any.
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re-read my comment, i never said 68 was insulting anyone, i said they had a funny way of showing their adoration for zac.
i get what you’re saying thoughbut if you really believe what you said that “for most pretty boy or girl…you can be hot today and dust tomorrow” then it also applies to vanessa NOT just zac. it seemed like the original comment we’re talking about was implying he might not make it based on “pretty boy” looks, even saying to “worry” about his career, in favor of complimenting vanessa and that didn’t seem fair and that is what i was addressing. if that’s the case then spread it across the board-vanessa is pretty too so i guess she may also be in the dust? i just think if you comment that looks is something to watch out for, then be fair and spread that idea equally. obviously i could be wrong and realize that, but that was the feeling i got from it. i actually don’t see where their looks is a bad thing- they have gorgeous faces. why say one needs to worry to make a point about the other?
i’m not 50 but i understand that celebs come and go-whether they have nice looking faces or not.
Anon…
#68 is not a hater…#68 appears to be HSM supporter and fans. Yes, the fact of pretty boy and girl statement does applies for both Zac and Vanessa, as well as any other Hearthrob celebrities.
Both Zac & Vanessa are considered “pretty” . If you are going to start making predictions and make comments that say people should start worrying about someones career based on looks then it applies to Zac AND Vanessa. To ” zaccarra” you are obviously not a hater but hollywood is filled with a bunch of pretty faces for girls that are here one day on gone the next. You can’t use that to only apply to Zac because it is not exclusive to guys.
Zac is a nice, mature, down to earth, talented guy. He is still here for more than his looks and will continue to be. A long healthy career for anyone can be filled with some not so great roles and etc so even if he did hs2(hope not) it won’t destroy him.
The same goes to Vanessa, she is a sweet, bubbly, real and also talented girl. Just because some people want her to a passing Disney fad doesn’t mean she will be.
Neither Zac or Vanessa have some one up on each other in terms of surviving after hsm. They both have done some great things unrelated to hsm and BOTH will continue to do so. They will both have to work hard and make good choices, which I think they have shown that they will.
Defending Vanessa is fine but it can be done without trying to undermine Zac and vice versa.
luv u vanessa!!!!!!!
#132,
I get where you are coming from. I think why the original comment implied that Zac should worry is that he stands in greater danger of being typecast and stereotyped than Vanessa.
If you check back, this tends to happen mostly to guys because the screaming population tend to be teen girls who are fickle and are always looking for the next poster boy.
I think Zac is talented and has a lot of potential but his stardom unfortunately now is based on his ‘hotness’ and appeal to teen girls. He really needs to take roles that would take him out of that demographic, roles in which his talent would not be overshadowed by his looks or sex appeal.
As for Vanessa, while she also of course needs to be careful about her roles, she’s not exactly facing the same situation Zac is facing as people have less expectations from her.
And honestly, you rarely have poster girl roles in movies as teen girls would go for the guys. her own danger would be in doing disney type films with characters like gabby but so far with her movie choices, she’s shown that she’s veering from that. she’s playing a dark and off the wall role in her next film.
Also. her scandal realigned her fanbase, she shed a lot of the fickle teen ones who moved on to the other disney stars and gained a lot of older fans who would actually stay with her even if she moves to indie films or non-glamourous roles.
She’s always been the outsider in disney as well, the disney princesses are Ashley and Miley and the new ones which has helped her as her fanbase is largely independent of disney.
For instance, Zac has a much larger fanbase than Vanessa, why did she win teen choice female hottie and he didn’t win the male one, because new poster boys, the Jonas brothers had arrived and the teen girls had moved to them. That’s the danger of being a teen idol.
Having said that, I like Zac’s role choice in MAOW, that is the right direction and with the right film choices, he definitely would have longevity. However, he needs to loose the poster boy image and the tween fans.
To do that he might have to take smaller and grittier roles and work his way up from there.
More musicals or romantic comedies would not be the way at all.
Vanessa had have always a great talent that’s all that i can say of the video with the Grinch
and omg she is so nice I love her, i think she has a awesome personality and is so funny
oh god!
she is beatiful
i won’t get tired to say this
i love you vanessa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
she did great, she looked gorgeous as per usual.
she was really personable, funny, && that Cindy Lou Who video was just about the most adorable thing i’ve seen in awhile.
loved it.
thanks Jared
wow nice interview and wow she had a great voice at nine!
#36<———-SHUT UP!!!
Vanessa is BEAUTIFUL AS ALWAYS (with or without make up)
She is talented and sexy!
OH JOE JONAS IS BETTER (or hotter) THAN zac efron (gay but cute)
Naomi, profound thoughts again. I do agree that when the scandal broke Vanessa inadvertently ( for the better) found herself with a different class of fans, the mature, understanding, compassionate, maternal/paternal kind who admired her resilience and family values and recognised her for what she is , human. These are the type of fans who will steadfastly support her along the rocky road to establishing herself as a bonafide actress and entertainer.
And I agree that it has been even harder for her to prove herself even though she has natural talent given the prejudices surrounding her and her background unlike the rest of the Disney Princesses and Princes who have had regular roles on television.
Whatever the debate going on this thread, it is interesting to read the differing points of view without the usual “sucks, ugly, lame, w ho re, gay, fake” comments amongst others and that we are not blinded by the fickle entertainment industry but are just voicing our fears and hopes for Vanessa and Zac.
#142 is me, Naomi, incase you didn’t know. It amazes me why my moniker always comes out in blue no matter the change.
Sorry, again, 142 and 143 is me, Boji
I always loved her alot but now I love her even more and I’ll never stop loving her no matter what these nasty haters say .
#142- She still has alot of younger fans!
Btw, In my la class we have 2 do reports on famous celebs and guess who I got??!!!! Vanessa Hudgens! Four other ppl wanted her, but i got her! At first I got angelina jolie, but then I choose Vanessa instead! I’m gonna b able to do some fun research for the next 4 days!
Good for you cheerxgirlx, and please do a thorough job on your research and make us proud.
Another thing is please stick to this name, it is hard to keep up with your name change.
i love you vanessa
SHE is soo GORGEOUS. wow a talent back when she nine…and still one now!!!
zanessa stay strong.
110: i agree with you 110%!!
Nessa ia a wayyy better role model than that “clean” other disney girls *cough.selena.gomes.cough* that’s why V is my #1 role model!!
VANESSA ROCKS!!!!!!
i dont think zac will loose his carrer and neither will vanessa!!
they are both talented and all the directors want them in their movies.
and all of the movies that zac has done has been a hit and so has vanessa’s both CDs.
so no need to worry about. they know what they’re doing!
and btw, there is NO hairspray 2.
Vanessa is the best!!!!
LOVE HER!!!!
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