Zac Efron was hospitalized in Ibiza this past weekend after taking a deep dive into a pool at a villa in Ibiza early Saturday morning, with his chest hitting the bottom of the pool and ingesting water into his lungs.
The experts said TMZ The 36-year-old actor took a dip in the pool on Monday during an outing with friends on the Spanish island.
The San Luis Obispo, California-born artist had ingested “a large amount of water into his lungs” after coming into contact with the bottom of the pool.
The Iron Claw star had “showed signs of distress” following the incident, sources told the outlet, at which point security officials rushed to his aid.
The High School Musical alum was “momentarily stunned” and was subsequently transported to a medical facility “as a precautionary measure,” sources told the outlet.
Zac Efron, 36, was hospitalized in Ibiza last weekend after he took a deep dive into a pool at a villa in Ibiza early Saturday morning, with his chest hitting the bottom of the pool and gulping water into his lungs. Pictured in Los Angeles in June
Efron appeared to be recovering from the incident, as he was photographed working out on social media following the scary incident.
Medical officials examined Efron with chest X-rays in an effort to determine that his lungs were free of water, sources close to the outlet told the outlet.
Efron had been cleared by doctors, but took his time leaving the medical facility after a group of photographers in the area learned he was there and gathered outside.
A source previously revealed to TMZ that the actor “was found inside the pool by two people who worked at the villa and who pulled him out of the water.”
His rep confirmed to the outlet that Efron was hospitalized “as a precaution” following the “minor” incident and that he is “recovering very well.”
He was discharged from the hospital on Saturday morning.
DailyMail.com has contacted the former teen idol’s representative for comment.
Efron’s rep was asked why he needed to be hospitalized if the problem was just minor.
In response, the rep did not reveal why Efron needed to be removed from the pool, but once again claimed the hospital visit was just a precaution.
Sources close to the couple told TMZ on Monday that the 36-year-old actor took a dip in the pool during an outing with friends on the Spanish island.
The San Luis Obispo, California-born artist had ingested “a large amount of water into his lungs” after coming into contact with the bottom of the pool (photo from 2024)
Before the incident, she joined Dutch DJ Martin Garrix on stage during one of his shows.
The Disney Channel alum has been spending time in Ibiza and Europe over the past few weeks.
Two weeks ago, she spent an afternoon on a yacht with friends in Ibiza after a recent getaway to St. Tropez earlier this month.
The incident comes more than a decade after he “broke” his jaw when he slipped on a pair of socks while jogging in his home, causing him to smash his chin into a granite fountain.
In 2022, he said Men’s Health Magazine who lost consciousness and woke up with “his chin hanging off his face.”
Efron said that when he was injured, the masseter muscles inside his face and jaw “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 got really, really big.”
Following the accident, Efron has been at the centre of plastic surgery rumours, but the handsome actor insisted the changes are just a result of breaking his jaw.
The Disney Channel alum has been spending time in Ibiza and Europe over the past few weeks.
The incident comes more than a decade after he “broke” his jaw when he slipped on a pair of socks while jogging at home, causing him to smash his chin into a granite fountain.
The High School Musical star also claimed to be unaware that he was a huge topic of conversation on social media and had in fact gone viral for his different-looking jawline, until his mother called him to ask if he had had surgery.
“If I valued what other people think of me as much as they think I do,” she told the magazine, “I definitely wouldn’t be able to do this job.”
In April 2021, Efron became a trending topic on Twitter after he was seen in a video for Earth Day! The Musical showing off a more prominent square chin and a more pronounced jawline. In the clip, Efron excitedly called Bill Nye a “genius” after hearing that he and Justin Bieber were working on a fictional Earth Day musical.
This led fans to speculate that the attractive star had undergone plastic surgery.
Efron’s friend Kyle Sandilands also spoke out on his behalf, saying the Baywatch star would never do something like that, comparing him to an oil painting by one of the old masters. The Australian radio host, who has known Zac for years, dismissed the speculation during The Kyle and Jackie O Show at the time.
“I’d like to know if he’d had any plastic surgery,” Kyle said, before telling co-host Jackie “O” Henderson that “of course” Zac hadn’t had any work done.
She then went on to say that it wouldn’t make sense for the High School Musical heartthrob to undergo surgery because he’s already so attractive: “It’s like getting a Picasso and having a kid finger paint all over it. Why bother?”
Last month, fans again raised questions about his appearance after watching his new Netflix film, A Family Affair, alongside Nicole Kidman.
