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Tom Holland's Dad Shares Secrets Behind His Proposal to Zendaya
Tom Holland wove the cleanable engagement for Zendaya.
Less than a week aft the Spider-Man actress debuted a 5-carat diamond ring on her near ringing digit astatine the 2025 Golden Globes, Tom's father Dominic Holland confirmed the couple's engagement, sharing a fewer parts astir the peculiar day, including 1 important detail.
"Tom, arsenic you cognize by present was precise incredibly good prepared," Dominic wrote successful a Patreon post connected Jan. 10, noting that not lone had Tom purchased the ring, but helium had spoken with Zendaya's father, Kazembe Ajamu Coleman, and "gained support to suggest to his daughter."
"Tom had everything planned out," his begetter added. "When, where, how, what to say, what to wear…"
Dominic contrasted Tom's preparedness with his ain deficiency of prep erstwhile helium projected to Tom's parent Nikki Holland 1993, joking helium "was woefully ill-prepared, astir arsenic though I wasn't taking it seriously," arsenic helium hadn't talked to her household oregon adjacent gotten a ring.
But each of Tom's mentation intelligibly paid off, arsenic Zendaya surely seemed thrilled to flash her Jessica McCormack designed rock. The Los Angeles Times noted successful a Jan. 5 nonfiction that 1 of their reporters astatine the Golden Globes held up her ain near ringing digit and pointed astatine it, portion Zendaya responded by showing disconnected her rock. But erstwhile she was asked astir her engagement directly, she simply shrugged and smiled.
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The ringing was connected show again days later when she attended a Jan. 7 screening of her film Challengers in West Hollywood.
And portion Tom and Zendaya, some 28, person not publically commented connected their engagement yet, they person been flooded with congratulations, including 1 from their Spider-Man costar Marisa Tomei.
The My Cousin Vinny actress—who played Aunt May successful the franchise—posted a photograph of Zendaya and Tom astatine the 2021 Spider-Man: No Way Home Los Angeles premiere, adding a buss emoji and writing, "Congrats you two, xoxo."
The couple—whose romance went nationalist successful 2021—have kept a debased illustration passim their romance, though Tom precocious shared his thoughts connected the aboriginal and what helium hopes for erstwhile it comes to raising a family.
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"When I person kids, you volition not spot maine successful movies anymore," Tom told Men's Health in an interrogation published Jan. 2. "Golf and dad. And I volition conscionable vanish disconnected the look of the earth."
He besides explained wherefore helium and Zendaya support their reddish carpet appearances truthful fewer and acold between, saying helium wants to marque definite the pistillate helium calls "my lady" has her clip to radiance for her projects.
"It's not my moment, it's her moment," helium said. "And if we spell together, it's astir us."
But that doesn't mean the Marvel costars haven't fixed fans immoderate adorable moments implicit the years. Keep speechmaking to spot their emotion communicative unfold.
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July 2016: Comic-Con Fun
Tom Holland and Zendaya shared a laughter during the Marvel sheet lawsuit astatine San Diego Comic-Con International 2016 successful San Diego, Calif, up of the merchandise of Spider-Man: Homecoming.
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May 2017: MTV Movie & TV Awards
The Spider-Man: Homecoming stars spoke onstage astatine the grant amusement successful Los Angeles.
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June 2017: Promoting successful Spain
Tom and Zendaya attended a photograph telephone for Spider-Man: Homecoming successful Madrid.
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June 2019: Par-tay
The duo appeared astatine the after-party for the premiere of Spider-Man: Far From Home successful Hollywood, Calif.
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September 2021: Birthday Shoutout
Months aft their romance was confirmed, Tom gushed implicit his onscreen and offscreen girlfriend.
"My MJ, person the happiest of birthdays," helium wrote, referring to Zendaya by her character's name, in his Sept. 1 post. "Gimme a telephone erstwhile your up xxx"
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December 2021: Back to London
The 2 attended a photograph telephone for Spider-Man: No Way Home at The Old Sessions House successful 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 formed of Spider-Man: No Way Home in New York City.
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December 2021: Spider-Man: No Way Home Premiere successful L.A.
The actress, successful a customized Valentino gown, and Tom, successful a Prada suit, posed for pictures astatine the premiere of Spider-Man: No Way Home successful Los Angeles.
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December 2021: Celebrating a Dream Fulfilled
After their third Spider-Man film deed theaters, Zendaya heaped praise implicit her starring man.
"My Spider-Man, I’m truthful arrogant of you," she gushed, "some things ne'er alteration and bully happening @tomholland2013."
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February 2022: Taking successful a New York Minute
The duo dressed to impressment arsenic they enjoyed a belated Valentine's Day nighttime connected the municipality successful NYC Feb. 16.
June 2023: Tom's 27th Birthday
Zendaya shared this saccharine changeable of her fellow enjoying the h2o successful grant of his birthday.
June 2023: Tom's "Sexiest" Pic Ever
Tom unveiled this quality for his 27th birthday, joking connected Instagram, "A acquisition from maine to you. I thought I'd stock perchance the sexiest representation 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 interior Tashi Duncan up of her movie Challengers' merchandise during a tennis outing with Tom and her longtime adjunct Darnell Appling astatine the Men's Final of the BNP Paribas Open successful Indian Wells, Calif.
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April 2024: All Smiles
The 2 enjoyed a nighttime retired successful London.
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May 2024: In Fair Verona
Zendaya supported Tom aft the debut of his play Romeo and Juliet successful London, wherever the brace were seen holding hands pursuing the show.
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October 2024: Bero Launch Party
As Tom debuted his non-alcoholic brew company, Bero, Zendaya was by his side successful a coordinating burgundy look.
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November 2024: Low Key Date Night
While visiting Zendaya successful Newbury, Massachusetts, wherever Zendaya was filming her movie The Drama, the duo popped retired for a pint of Bero.
“I’m heading retired to a barroom to person my archetypal Bero successful the wild,” Tom, wrote connected is Instagram communicative alongside a changeable of his longtime girlfriend smiling successful the background. “I’ll fto you cognize however it goes.”
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