Published 15:55 IST, January 12th 2021

Are Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett dating? Learn about the High School Musical stars

A lot of speculations have surfaced about the alleged couple Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett. Read on to find out are Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett dating

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In 2019, Bizaardvark actor Olivia Rodrigo joined cast of highly anticipated show High School Musical: Musical: Series, reboot of popular film series. link-up rumours between Olivia Rodrigo and her High School Musical co-star Joshua Bassett became rife once pair began shooting show toger. Re on to find out, “Are Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett dating?”

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Are Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett dating?

From ir Instagram handles at moment, answer to this question appears to be no. In HSMTMTS, Olivia plays Nini Salazar-Roberts, an ambitious musical atre geek who lands role of Gabriella in school production of High School Musical without breaking a sweat. She hopes that this new opportunity will help her get much-needed escape from drama caused by her ex-boyfriend, Ricky played by Joshua Bassett), however, things soon take a different turn. 

According to a report by buzzfeed.com although dating rumours were rife towards end of 2019 and all of 2020, pair never really revealed that y were toger or spoke publicly about ir relationship. Recently Olivia h released a song called Driver's License, which dominated Apple charts and has blown up all over social media during first weekend of its release. However, it appears as though song might be hinting towards a break up between her and Joshua Bassett.

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How long did Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett date?

It seems as though pair parted ways after only a few months of dating in 2020. report in BuzzFeed suggests that speculations about pair’s break up first started on Jan. 4, 2021, when Olivia announced release of her song. A bunch of her castmates commented ir praise. However, surprisingly, about an hour later, Joshua announced release of his upcoming single Lie, Lie, Lie. Over course of 2020, pair did make frequent appearances on each ors Instagram handle. But pair has now deleted all pictures with one anor.

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Why did Olivia Rodrigo and Joshua Bassett break up?

Breakup rumours between Olivia and Josh first came to light during summer 2020, when Olivia posted this video on TikTok, were saying, "you think u can hurt my feelings? I wrote this song" as "All I Want" played in background. video is no longer available on TikTok. Soon after, Olivia posted a photo on Instagram with her close friend Iris Apatow, both wearing "Dump Him" shirts.

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Is Joshua Bassett with Sabrina Carpenter now?

Around same time as all of this was happening, photos of Joshua and Sabrina Carpenter on what looks like a date surfaced. Hence, this sparked dating rumours between two of m. duo also dressed as Sharkboy and Lavagirl for Halloween and shared a few videos acting out scenes from movie. report in Buzzfeed reveals that it appears as though Joshua became close with Sabrina while he and Olivia were still toger. In her song Drivers License, Olivia sings about a ‘blonde girl’ and also includes lines, ‘so much older than me.’

 

15:55 IST, January 12th 2021