Trending 9th January 2025 by Stellar Magazine

Tom Holland & Zendaya – A Brief History Of Hollywood’s Current IT Couple

Is Peter Parker finally going to end up with MJ?

We’re all aware of the power of manifestation but Tom Holland took his manifesting skills to a whole new level when turning his first childhood crush into his fiancée.

Holland, known for his roles in Uncharted and the Spiderman franchise, and his partner Zendaya, star of Euphoria and Dune, have been openly together since the summer of 2021.

Since this year’s Golden Globes there has been speculation that the couple may be engaged when Zendaya showed up with a massive ring on her wedding finger! With this exciting news, let’s take a look back on their love story.

2016-2020

Zendaya and Holland have been working together since their first movie together, Spiderman Homecoming in 2016. Speculation began throughout the media that the pair might me more than co-stars when they saw how comfortable they were with each other outside filming.

 

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During the Spiderman Homecoming premiere, Holland made it clear in an interview that he and Zendaya were just friends, but that they very close and supportive of each other. The pair continued to deny their relationship was anything more than a friendship and would joke about the dating rumours on their socials.

July 2021

Fast forward to July of 2021, Holland and Zendaya are spotted in a stopped car in LA sharing a kiss. This is the first sign of the pair’s relationship flourishing from friendship to romance.

That same day the two were caught by paparazzi outside Zendaya’s mother’s house carrying boxes to the car. During that same month the couple also attended a mutual friend’s wedding together.

September 2021

On the first of September 2021 Holland posted a picture to his Instagram page for Zendaya’s birthday which left the public ecstatic. The picture contained the couple looking cosy in the mirror of a dressing room on the set of Spiderman.

The caption read, “My MJ, have the happiest of birthdays. Gimme a call when your up xxx”

 

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November 2021

In November 2021 Holland expressed in an interview with G2 that he wants his relationship with Zendaya to remain private, especially after the car photo as it was such an intimate moment that was published to the world without either of their consent.

June 2022

Due to the couple’s private lifestyle fans began to wonder if they were still involved. On the first of June 2022 we saw Zendaya confirm that the pair were still together when she posted to her Instagram for Holland’s birthday.

The post was a close up, black and white shot of the two smiling with their arms wrapped around each other. Zendaya wrote, “Happiest of birthdays to the one who makes me the happiest <3”.

Three months later Zendaya mentioned her “boyfriend” when asked who was the first person she texted after receiving her Emmy award for her role in Euphoria.

March 2023

The couple are all about small details to show off that they’re in love. On Zendaya’s nail technician’s Instagram story, fans spotted that Zendaya was wearing an engraved gold signet ring with the letters ‘TH’ on the front. Soon after Holland was seen with tiny a ‘Z’ embroidered onto his trousers.

December 2024 – January 2025

Last Christmas Holland gave Zendaya his heart! The two spent the holidays with Zendaya’s family in America. During the period between Christmas and New year’s Holland allegedly popped the question and as we can see from her appearance at this year’s Golden Globes, she said yes!

Fans also noticed a small detail in Zendaya’s red carpet photos. As the star’s dress moved slightly during different poses a tiny ‘t’ tattoo on her ribcage became visible. According to TMZ the pair got matching tattoos after their engagement.

 

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We couldn’t be more delighted for the talented, young couple and thrilled to see more of their journey … and hopefully wedding photos!