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Why Zendaya Won’t Confirm Tom Holland Marriage Amid Speculation
Zendaya’s spidey senses have always bee tingling around Tom Holland.
Amid speculation that the Spider-Man costars privately wed, Zendaya detailed how she knew that Tom was the one for her.
“I think sometimes, at least in my personal experience, I found that— sometimes people can get nervous around people,” the Euphoria star told New York Times’ Modern Love podcast for the April 1 episode, “but there's a certain feeling that I was able to experience when I knew that this is my person, because I didn't.”
She continued, “I don't feel nervous, I feel really peaceful and I feel really calm. And feel like, ‘Oh, I actually feel more nervous when I'm away from you than when I'm with you.’ And that's when I was like, ‘Ah, that's a good sign, that’s me listening to intuition.’”
In fact, the 29-year-old can trace that feeling when she and Tom did a chemistry read for 2017’s Spider-Man: Homecoming.
“We first met in an audition, so I was pretty nervous anyway, but he did make me feel calm,” Zendaya explained, “just by being a nice person, you know, by making me feel comfortable. Having to do a chemistry read for a big movie like that—it’s like, you really want the job and all these kind of things. And yeah, he was really lovely then.”
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But while The Drama actress is more than happy to walk down memory lane, don’t expect her to talk the present—or future.
“I just feel like for me there is this level of a parasocial investment in my personal relationship,” she said. “I do know that I’m a public person, and so is he, and I’m also aware that we’ve grown up in front of people and we’ve done movies where we fall in love with each other, so I really do understand that and I don’t want to dismiss that like, ‘Stay out of my business’ or whatever.”
But at the same time, she acknowledged she is “a very private person,” adding, “I try my best to be able to have things for myself and for him as well.”
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And no, she and Tom aren’t trying to “hide from the world,” she explained. Rather, Zendaya continued, keeping some details to themselves allows them to “preserve things for ourselves so that we can maintain that joy just within ourselves and our loved ones and our family.”
So she and her beloved will continue to maintain their privacy.
“I hear it,” she acknowledged, “but also my own little boundaries of what I like to bring up and talk about but then also what I’m willing to share.”
For a look back at how Zendaya and Tom’s relationship went swinging into high gear, read on.
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July 2016: Comic-Con Fun
Tom Holland and Zendaya shared a laugh during the Marvel panel event at San Diego Comic-Con International 2016 in San Diego, Calif, ahead of the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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May 2017: MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Spider-Man: Homecoming stars spoke onstage at the award show in Los Angeles.
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June 2017: Promoting in Spain
Tom and Zendaya attended a photo call for Spider-Man: Homecoming in Madrid.
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June 2019: Par-tay
The duo appeared at the after-party for the premiere of Spider-Man: Far From Home in Hollywood, Calif.
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September 2021: Birthday Shoutout
Months after their romance was confirmed, Tom gushed over his onscreen and offscreen girlfriend.
"My MJ, have the happiest of birthdays," he wrote, referring to Zendaya by her character's name, in his Sept. 1 post. "Gimme a call when your up xxx"
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December 2021: Back to London
The two attended a photo call for Spider-Man: No Way Home at The Old Sessions House in London.
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December 2021: Promoting Spider-Man: No Way Home
Tom and Zendaya spoke during SiriusXM Radio's Town Hall with the cast of Spider-Man: No Way Home in New York City.
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December 2021: Spider-Man: No Way Home Premiere in L.A.
The actress, in a custom Valentino gown, and Tom, in a Prada suit, posed for pictures at the premiere of Spider-Man: No Way Home in Los Angeles.
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December 2021: Celebrating a Dream Fulfilled
After their third Spider-Man film hit theaters, Zendaya heaped praise over her leading man.
"My Spider-Man, I’m so proud of you," she gushed, "some things never change and good thing @tomholland2013."
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February 2022: Taking in a New York Minute
The duo dressed to impress as they enjoyed a belated Valentine's Day night on the town in NYC Feb. 16.
June 2023: Tom's 27th Birthday
Zendaya shared this sweet shot of her boyfriend enjoying the water in honor of his birthday.
June 2023: Tom's "Sexiest" Pic Ever
Tom unveiled this beauty for his 27th birthday, joking on Instagram, "A gift from me to you. I thought I'd share possibly the sexiest picture ever taken of me!" Zendaya was into it, reacting with a heart-eye emoji.
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March 2024: Acing a Tennis Date
Zendaya channeled her inner Tashi Duncan ahead of her movie Challengers' release during a tennis outing with Tom and her longtime assistant Darnell Appling at the Men's Final of the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, Calif.
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April 2024: All Smiles
The two enjoyed a night out in London.
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May 2024: In Fair Verona
Zendaya supported Tom after the debut of his play Romeo and Juliet in London, where the pair were seen holding hands following the show.
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October 2024: Bero Launch Party
As Tom debuted his non-alcoholic beer company, Bero, Zendaya was by his side in a coordinating burgundy look.
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November 2024: Low Key Date Night
While visiting Zendaya in Newbury, Massachusetts, where Zendaya was filming her movie The Drama, the duo popped out for a pint of Bero.
“I’m heading out to a bar to have my first Bero in the wild,” Tom, wrote on is Instagram story alongside a shot of his longtime girlfriend smiling in the background. “I’ll let you know how it goes.”
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