Tom Holland finally confirms marriage to Zendaya after months of speculation
Tom Holland has spoken out about his marriage to Zendaya after months of speculation, with many having questioned whether it was all an elaborate marketing ploy for her marriage based film The Drama.
It was in fact, however, a genuine secret marriage between arguably the biggest celebrity couple in the world.
Zendaya and Holland have been outspoken on their desire to be able to keep their relationship secret, with it having been exposed by 'invasive' paparazzi pictures that showed the pair kissing.
The Spider-Man actor had previously spoken about the experience of having his privacy 'taken away' amid finding fame, referencing the fact that their relationship was made public against their will, saying: "I’ve always been really adamant to keep my private life private, because I share so much of my life with the world anyway. We sort of felt robbed of our privacy."
Advert
Rumours began of Holland and Zendaya's marriage when Law Roach, Zendaya's stylist, let slip in March of this year that the pair were now husband and wife.
This was compounded by Zendaya wearing a wedding ring throughout press for The Drama, but many questioned if this was just all an elaborate marketing ploy. According to Holland however, it wasn't.
Holland was now asked by Esquire about whether his family were confused by viral AI pictures of the 'wedding', responding saying: "No, because they were all there...That’s all you’ll get on that."
The viral AI pictures were so prominent that Zendaya had also addressed them in an appearance on The Jimmy Kimmel Show where she jokingly shared pictures of the 'wedding' with Holland's face pasted onto Robert Pattinson's body in stills from The Drama.
He continued, discussing his relationship and saying: "Our business can present very stressful situations and it’s really nice to have a bedrock of a relationship that will stand the test of time.
"We can support each other in ways that only we can, because only we understand really what it’s like to live this life, and I think that is such a luxury, because I just don’t understand how I would be able to have anything like that with anyone else.
"So, for me, I found my person. She’s my best friend, and I’m the happiest I have ever been when I’m with her, but I have also never felt so supported and safe, ever. Period."
The pair met during the audition process for Spider-Man: Homecoming, remaining friends for years before their relationship was revealed. He said of his first impression of her: "Obviously, I was super excited at the prospect of working with her and getting to know her.
"She smashed her audition out the park and got the part before she’d even left the room. I remember when she closed the door to leave, [Sony producer on the Spider-Man films] Amy Pascal was immediately like, 'Well, she’s getting the job.'"
Speaking about their relationship in a rare comment in an interview with The Times, Zendaya said: "There’s a certain feeling that I was able to experience when I knew that this is my person because I never feel nervous around them.
“I feel really peaceful and I feel really calm, and I feel like ‘Oh, I actually feel more nervous when I’m away from you than when I’m with you.’ And that was when I was like ‘Oh, that’s a good sign!'"
She did acknowledge the weird relationship the pair have with their fans, adding: "There is a level of parasocial investment in my personal relationship — I am aware that I am a public person and so is he — but in a lot of ways I also am a very private person, I try my best to be able to have things for myself and for him as well.”
Tom Holland and Zendaya relationship timeline
2016
Holland and Zendaya meet for the first time at a chemistry read for Spider-Man: Homecoming.
Apparently, producer Amy Pascal warned them not to date, after every other Spider-Man leading man and lady (Tobey Maguire and Kirsten Dunst, Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone) ended up falling for each other off-screen.
Pascal later told the New York Times: “I took Tom and Zendaya aside, separately, when we first cast them and gave them a lecture.
“Don’t go there—just don’t. Try not to. It can just complicate things, you know?”
Later that year, the pair start popping up on each other’s Instagram feeds.
July 2017
An insider tells People that Holland and Zendaya are dating, adding ‘they've gone on vacations with each other and try and spend as much time as possible with one another’.
Zendaya responds on X, writing: “Wait wait...my favorite is when it says we go on vacations together HA! I haven't been on a vacation in years!”
Holland responds, adding: “Does the press tour count?”
August 2017
In a Variety interview, Zendaya again tried to put rumours of her romance with Holland to bed. She says: “He’s a great dude. He’s literally one of my best friends.
“This past how many months we’ve had to do press tours together. There’s very few people that will understand what that’s like at 20 years old.”
February 2020
Zendaya and her Euphoria co-star Jacob Elordi are snapped by paparazzi kissing in New York. However, their romance appears to end months later.
May 2020
The Daily Mail reports that Holland is dating The Spanish Princess star Nadia Parkes, and that the pair are isolating together during the Covid-19 lockdown in Holland’s London home. They separate at some point in 2021.
July 2021
A paparazzi picture of Holland and Zendaya kissing in a car in Los Angeles drags their relationship into the public eye.
November 2021
In a GQ profile, Holland says of his relationship being made public: “We sort of felt robbed of our privacy.”
Zendaya says in the same piece: “It was quite strange and weird and confusing and invasive.
“When you really love and care about somebody, some moments or things, you wish were your own.”
February 2022
Holland shoots down rumours that he and Zendaya have bought a house together in South London.
September 2022
Zendaya refers to Holland as her boyfriend for the first time, saying she text him when she won the Emmy for lead actress in a drama series for Euphoria, becoming the youngest double winner in Emmys history.
January 2025
Holland says in Men’s Health profile that he doesn’t walk red carpets with Zendaya ‘because it’s not my moment, it’s her moment, and if we go together, it’s about us’.
5 January 2025
Zendaya sparks engagement rumours at the Golden Globes after sporting a massive diamond on her ring finger. TMZ reports Holland had proposed between Christmas and New Year at one of Zendaya’s family homes.
February 2026
Zendaya is spotted wearing a new ring, which fans are pretty confident is a wedding ring, indicating she and Holland have secretly wed,
March 2026
Zendaya’s stylish Law Roach tells reporters at the Actor Awards: "The wedding has already happened—you missed it! It’s very true."
However, the waters are muddied as this is around the time Zendaya is promoting The Drama, a wedding-themed movie she’s starring in with Robert Pattinson.
Some fans think her wedding ring and Roach’s comment are promo for the A24 film.
April 2026
AI-generated wedding pictures of Holland and Zendaya go viral. Zendaya tells Good Morning America: “AI is really getting advanced these days. Have an eye out. It definitely tricked some family and friends of mine.
June 2026
An Esquire journalist asks Holland if he had to send clarifications to family and friends about the AI-generated wedding photos. He responds: “No, because they were all there. That’s all you’ll get on that.”
Topics: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Celebrity, Sex and Relationships
Michael Slavin