Celebrity News June 14, 2023
Tom Holland Makes Rare Comments About Romance with Zendaya: ‘I’m Happy & in Love’
Tom Holland and Zendaya are one of Hollywood’s hottest couples, though the two are known for keeping their relationship mostly private.
In a new interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Tom revealed why he and the “Euphoria” star make an effort to keep their romance out of the public eye.
"Our relationship is something that we are incredibly protective of, and we want to keep as sacred as possible," Tom told the outlet. "We don't think that we owe it to anyone, it's our thing, and it has nothing to do with our careers."
That doesn’t mean they don’t publicly support one another. Tom gushed about Zendaya’s talent in an accompanying video for the THR profile.
"She's wonderful to work with. She's arguably the most talented person I've ever met. She's amazing."
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It appears Zendaya’s talents extend to golf, as Tom noted he discovered when he passed along his love of the sport to her.
"I've given her a few lessons," he told the outlet. "She's very naturally talented, a real athlete, so she picked it up really quickly."
Holland also hinted at his and Zendaya’s relationship in a June 13 interview with BuzzFeed when joking about his limited sense of “rizz.”
“I have no rizz whatsoever. I have limited rizz. I need you to fall in love with me, really, for it to work. So, long game. Probably making a movie with each other. Definitely helps when the characters you’re playing are falling in love with one another—you can sort of blur the lines a little bit. That’s kind of where my rizz is at. And I’m, you know, I’m locked up, so I’m happy and in love. So, I’ve got no need for rizz.”