Tom Holland is being hailed by followers on the web after he kindly corrected a journalist who mistakenly referred to Zendaya as his “girlfriend.”
In a now-viral X video that’s been making its rounds on social media, Holland appeared onstage at a latest press occasion. After an off-camera reporter advised him, “I brought my daughter, and she got to meet your girlfriend,” Holland delivered an lovely response.
With fun, the “Spider-Man” star interjected to remind her of his upcoming nuptials to Zendaya.
“Fiancée,” he replied candidly within the clip posted Monday.
Holland’s comment seems to be the primary time he’s damaged his silence on his engagement to Zendaya, whom he’s been romantically linked to since 2021, for the reason that information broke in January that the pair can be tying the knot.
Holland reportedly popped the query between Christmas and New Yr’s at one among Zendaya’s household properties.
Whereas Zendaya and Holland have remained largely hush-hush about their impending huge day, the “Euphoria” star has been seen sporting her engagement ring on a number of events, together with on the Golden Globes and the Met Gala earlier this yr.
Zendaya has but to publicly handle her engagement to Holland. When a Los Angeles Instances reporter requested Zendaya if she was engaged after recognizing her ring on the Golden Globes, the “Dune” star coyly smiled, held up her ring and shrugged.
Holland’s dad, nevertheless, confirmed the {couples}’ engagement in January.
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“Tom, as you know by now, was very incredibly well prepared,” his dad stated. “He had purchased a ring. He had spoken with her father and gained permission to propose to his daughter. Tom had everything planned out… When, where, how, what to say, what to wear.”
In the meantime, Zendaya confirmed off her engagement ring once more on Tuesday whereas attending the Louis Vuitton Womenswear Spring/Summer time 2026 present at Paris Vogue Week.
So far as what the “Challengers” actor and the Marvel star have deliberate for his or her marriage ceremony, Zendaya’s longtime stylist Legislation Roach advised E! Information in July that “the process hasn’t even started yet.”
“Zendaya is working on so many movies. She’s now filming the next iteration of ‘Dune,’ so she’s away doing that. It’s so many movies, so we have time. We have a lot of time,” Roach added.
Zendaya beforehand opened up about why she chooses to maintain her relationship with Holland comparatively non-public.
“Parts of my life, I accept, are going to be public,” she advised Elle Journal in August 2023. “I can’t not be a person and live my life and love the person I love. But also, I do have control over what I choose to share.”
Noting that “it’s about protecting the peace and letting things be your own but also not being afraid to exist,” Zendaya added, “You can’t hide. That’s not fun, either. I am navigating it more than ever now.”
