Zac Efron recently shared a message of gratitude and reassurance with his fans after a reported incident in a swimming pool at a villa in Ibiza, Spain. The actor was taken to a hospital as a precautionary measure, but has since been released and is recovering well.
The 36-year-old High School Musical star took to his Instagram Stories on Sunday to share a photo of himself working out shirtless, lifting barbells while lying on an exercise ball. He captioned the post, “Happy and Healthy, thanks for the well wishes.”
Zac Efron spoke out after reportedly being taken to a hospital in Spain after suffering an ‘incident in a swimming pool’ at a villa in Ibiza on Friday night (pictured in 2024)
The High School Musical actor, 36, took to his Instagram Stories on Sunday to share a photo of himself working out shirtless, lifting barbells while lying on an exercise ball
Efron’s representative confirmed that the actor was hospitalized as a precautionary measure following the minor incident and is recovering just fine.
The incident comes more than a decade after he suffered a severe fall that ‘shattered’ his jaw, causing him to lose consciousness and wake up with his chin bone hanging off his face.
Zac (seen left in 2007 and right in a behind the scenes clip from A Family Affair) opened up in 2022 about his changing appearance, blaming it on a severe fall that ‘shattered his jaw’
In 2022, he told Men’s Health Magazine that he lost consciousness only to wake up with his chin bone hanging off his face.
Efron said that when he was injured, the masseter muscles on the inside of his face and jaw then ‘compensated’ for his injury causing them to grow in size – hence his remarkable transformation.
He says this explains why he looked so different at the time. ‘The masseters just grew. They just got really, really big.’
Following the accident, Efron has been at the center of plastic surgery rumors, but the hunky actor insisted that the changes are just the result of shattering his jaw.
The High School Musical star also claimed to not know that he was a huge talking point on social media and had in fact gone viral for his different-looking jaw, until his mother called to ask if he had gone under the knife.
In April 2021, Efron started trending on Twitter after he was seen on a video for Earth Day! The Musical displaying a more prominent square chin and heavier jawline.
It led fans to speculate that the handsome star had sought plastic surgery.
Efron’s pal Kyle Sandilands had also spoken on his behalf – saying the Baywatch star would never do such a thing, comparing him to an oil painting by one of the Old Masters.
The Australian radio host, who has known Zac for years, shut down speculation during The Kyle and Jackie O Show at the time.
Zac Efron pictured at the Golden Globe Awards in January 2018 – three years before his fall
Last month, fans once again raised questions about his appearance after watching his new Netflix film, A Family Affair, alongside Nicole Kidman.