Austin Butler

Butler won the Globe for actor in a drama film thanks to his turn as Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann's biopic. Social media erupted during his acceptance speech ...

“I often liken it to when somebody lives in another country for a long time,” Butler said. I was speaking in his voice the whole time.” News](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOeIphUmC3c) on the Globes carpet when asked about his voice not being the same after working on “Elvis.” “I can’t really reflect on it too much. Butler was asked again about his voice backstage in the press room after he won the Globe. “Will Austin Butler ever stop talking like Elvis?,” the Today show [asked in an article](https://www.today.com/popculture/awards/austin-butler-elvis-voice-rcna65211), while the New York Post [headlined a piece](https://nypost.com/2023/01/10/austin-butlers-cringe-fake-voice-at-the-2023-golden-globes-called-out/): “Butler’s ‘cringe’ fake voice at the 2023 Golden Globes called out.” [Golden Globes](https://variety.com/t/golden-globes/) was full of memorable moments (Michelle Yeoh [refusing to let](https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/michelle-yeoh-everything-everywhere-all-at-once-golden-globes-best-actress-musical-comedy-1235478962/) her acceptance speech be cut short, for instance), but a topic of discussion that continues to baffle the internet is [Austin Butler](https://variety.com/t/austin-butler/)’s voice.

Austin Butler wished his girlfriend Kaia Gerber's ex-boyfriend Jacob Elordi "all the best" on playing Elvis Presley in "Priscilla."

[called it quits](https://pagesix.com/2020/01/14/vanessa-hudgens-and-austin-butler-break-up-after-nearly-9-years-together/) in January 2020. Elordi, meanwhile, has been linked to [Joey King](https://pagesix.com/2020/07/24/kissing-booth-2-exes-joey-king-jacob-elordi-talk-dating-in-the-public-eye/), [Zendaya](https://pagesix.com/2020/02/04/euphoria-stars-zendaya-and-jacob-elordi-fuel-dating-rumors-after-nyc-outing/) and most recently [Olivia Jade Giannulli](https://pagesix.com/2022/08/20/olivia-jade-giannulli-and-jacob-elordi-break-up-report/). [made their red carpet debut at the Met Gala](https://pagesix.com/2022/05/02/met-gala-2022-kaia-gerber-and-austin-butler-make-red-carpet-debut/) in May 2022 and have continued to [make public appearances together](https://pagesix.com/2022/05/25/kaia-gerber-austin-butler-kiss-at-elvis-premiere/). [Butler and Gerber were dating](https://pagesix.com/2022/01/10/kaia-gerber-dating-austin-butler-after-jacob-elordi-breakup/) in January 2022 after [her breakup with Elordi](https://pagesix.com/2021/11/18/kaia-gerber-and-jacob-elordi-break-up-after-1-year-of-dating/) two months prior. [told Variety](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1612971015969148931) on Tuesday at the [2023 Golden Globes](https://pagesix.com/2023/01/10/golden-globes-2023-live-red-carpet-see-all-the-celebrity-outfits/), where he [won the award](https://nypost.com/2023/01/10/2023-golden-globes-live-updates-winners-nominees-and-highlights/) for Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama for his [acclaimed portrayal of Presley](https://nypost.com/2022/06/23/elvis-review-austin-butler-dazzles-as-the-king/). [continuing to talk like Elvis during his acceptance speech](https://pagesix.com/2023/01/10/fans-troll-austin-butler-for-elvis-voice-in-golden-globes-2023-speech/) — despite production on the Baz Luhrmann-directed film wrapping in March 2021.

Austin Butler goes on the Golden Globe Awards red carpet to reveal how he truly feels about Kaia Gerber's ex playing the same role.

News](https://www.eonline.com/news/1310250/kaia-gerber-and-jacob-elordi-break-up-after-one-year-together) at the time. [ Elordi and Gerber’s split](https://stylecaster.com/jacob-elordi-girlfriend/) in November 2021. [dating](https://stylecaster.com/kaia-gerber-austin-butler/) Austin Butler in December 2021 a month after she broke up with the Euphoria star. [Variety](https://twitter.com/Variety/status/1612971015969148931) on the red carpet of the Golden Globes. “Lust is touching other people or wanting them, but love is really seeing someone.” She continued, “He’s a great person for me to go to because he’s gone to drama school and has years of experience that I don’t have. [GQ profile](https://www.gq.com/story/gq-hype-austin-butler), Butler was lowkey about his relationship with Gerber.

Austin Butler seemed to 'shade' his ex-girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens as he referred to her as just a friend ahead of his Golden Globe win last night, ...

Vanessa and Austin had first started dating after meeting on the set of High School Musical in 2011. Reacting to Austin describing the event, one person wrote: "Him calling vanessa hudgens a “friend” PLEASEEEE." "That same friend was there and I was just playing the piano and she said, 'I'm serious, you got to figure out how you can get the rights to a script to write something'," he said at the Hollywood Reporter's Actors Roundtable. "I was with a friend of mine and I was singing along and my friend kind of looks over at me and goes, 'You gotta play Elvis'." "And then a couple weeks later I was playing the piano and I never really sang in front of any of my friends or anything. The 31-year-old actor said "a friend" had