Vanessa Hudgens is "grateful" for her relationship with Zac Efron

Speaking on the Awards Chatter podcast, she said: "It started off really organically. I could not have been more grateful to have that relationship at the time ... It was this massive phenomenon and all eyes were on me. And it's just a really weird foreign thing to go through, and by being in a relationship, it kind of kept me stabilised and grounded, and I had someone to lean on who was going through it as well ...

"I remember one time we did have a fight and it was while we were at rehearsals, and I remember Kenny Ortega coming around the corner with the most concerned look on his face like, 'Oh no, is our movie going to fall apart right?' I pride myself on being a professional, so I was like that aside we are going to move forward and do what we need to do...and we sorted it all out. I think because I was so young, I think that relationship stabilised me."

Vanessa previously confessed dating Zac made her "really mean".

She said: "I went through a phase when I was really mean because I was so fed up. Girls were running after him, and I was giving them death stares ...

"Then I realised that's not what that's about. 'Spread the love, be a good person, they support you, be nice."