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After OK! exclusively broke the story Wednesday morning that Vanessa Hudgens had been given the boot from the upcoming High School Musical 3 by Disney, the teen star’s personal publicist (not a Disney employee) seemed to magically appear on every entertainment news site in the world to deny the report.

Of course, that’s what publicists are hired to do and OK! stands by our reporting.

What OK! really wants to know is why — if the story is as false as Vanessa’s rep wishes it were — hasn’t Disney come out in such vigorous defense of the young star of their hugely profitable production?

When originally asked for a comment on the story, OK! was only told the cast, including Vanessa, was “still in negotiations for the feature film,” which they have since repeated to several other news sources, from Fox News to Access Hollywood, apparently refusing to say anything stronger in their defense.

So why wouldn’t Disney just come out with a “We’re standing behind her all the way” comment? “They’re probably waiting to gauge the public’s reaction to the story,” one Hollywood insider explains to OK!. “If HSM fans seem to be okay with moving forward without Vanessa, Disney made the right decision. On the other hand, if there’s some public outcry demanding her return, that’s when you’ll probably see a public statement.”

Well, just judging by the readers of OKmagazine.com, it seems like Disney ought to be extending the olive branch to Vanessa. The overwhelming number of comments on the story were pro-Vanessa, and thousands of supporters flooded the poll, saying they would never watch a High School Musical with her. So, for the sake of the massively popular franchise, Disney had better prick up their ears and listen.

Over a month after frisky nude photos of High School Musical starlet Vanessa Hudgens hit the Internet, OK! can exclusively report that Disney has made up its mind about what to do next and that the 18-year-old actress will not be asked to board the boat for the third HSM film.

“Disney finally decided that they don’t want her back,” an insider reveals to OK!. “They feel that as long as Zac Efron is in the movie, all will be fine. He’s the real star — the household name — and, most importantly, he comes without baggage.”

The source also reports that one of the Cheetah Girls — Adrienne Baillon, 23, or possibly 23-year-old Sabrina Bryan — will take Vanessa’s place. “The producers think that after Dancing With the Stars, Sabrina will be more famous than Vanessa.”

Adding fuel to the fire, Adrienne played coy with OK! when confronted with the information. “I love working with Disney,” she said. “I’m trying to convince Disney to let the whole Disney circle of stars in. I’m just trying to convince Disney to let your Zac and Codys and your Brenda Strongs join High School Musical. We all come in and invade their high school; that would be pretty hot. Put us all together in a feature film!”

Interesting thought — but does “us all” include Vanessa?