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Inside Zac Efron’s biggest scandals – ‘never-ending struggle’ with alcohol; fight with homeless man; ‘burn-out’; nude photo leak; plastic surgery rumours

Zac Efron appears on your TV this weekend with The Greatest Showman on Channel 4 but his career has not been without its scandals.

He plays Phillip Carlyle, a playwright who becomes the showbiz partner of Hugh Jackman’s PT Barnum in the acclaimed musical flick. Zac indirectly had an unwelcome brush with nudes images being leaked online when his then-girlfriend Vanessa Hudgens was a victim in 2007. In December 2023, fans pondered Zac’s appearance after he wore sunglasses for a TV interview to promote The Iron Claw.

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