Tom Holland impressed girlfriend Zendaya by fixing her door: ‘And now we’re in love’

Tom Holland shared that his carpentry skills played a role in romance Zendaya.

“Carpentry is something I just really enjoy,” says de Full room star, 27, said in a interview with Uniad which was published on Friday, June 23. “I made my mother’s kitchen table. I made my mother’s office. I built all the closets in my bedroom. I built a bird house with my grandfather. I once fixed my girlfriend’s door very early in our relationship.

Holland and Zendaya’s relationship went public in July 2021 when they were photographed kissing in a car in Los Angeles, confirming years of romance rumors dating back to the release of Spider Man: Coming Home in 2017.

Though he didn’t say exactly when he impressed the Euphoria star, 26, with his craft, Holland explained that he was determined to show his girlfriend how helpful he was.

“I was hanging out at her house and her door was broken,” recalls the native of England. “I thought, ‘I’m going to fix that door for you.’ And now we’re in love.”

This wasn’t the first time Holland has said he’s “in love” with his Spider-Man Co-star. “I’m locked up, so I’m happy and in love. So I don’t need rizz,” he said in a June 14 video interview with BuzzFeedreferring to the slang term for “charisma” when it comes to flirting.

Holland added that Zendaya is the only person who thinks he has “rizz” so he needs someone “to really fall in love with me, will it work”, noting that the easiest way to do this is by “to make a movie”. with each other,” as he and Zendaya did. They played in three Spider-Man movies together, released between 2017 and 2021.

“It definitely helps when the characters you play fall in love with each other,” he joked. “You can blur the lines a little bit.”

Holland’s recent comments have provided rare insight into his romance. He and the challengers star both make it a point to keep their love lives low profile.

“Our relationship is something we’re incredibly protective of and we want to keep it as sacred as possible,” Holland shared The Hollywood Reporter earlier this month. “We don’t think we owe it to anyone, it’s our thing and it has nothing to do with our career.”

The two-time Emmy winner and her beau are “serious and permanent,” an insider told exclusive Us weekly in November 2022. “They are both in settling down mode and absolutely intending to have a real future together,” the source shared at the time.