Tom Holland denies Zendaya breakup rumors
Tom Holland, Zendaya.
Eric Charbonneau/Getty Images for Sony PicturesTom Holland denies rumors that he and Zendaya broke up after mysteriously unfollowing everyone on social media.
“No no no no, absolutely not,” Holland, 27, said of the breakup speculation in a video obtained by TMZ on Friday, January 12. In the clip, Holland walked through the streets of Los Angeles as he headed to his car.
Zendaya, 27, raised eyebrows earlier this month when she removed everyone — including her boyfriend — from her Instagram follow list. While it is unknown what prompted the actress to clean up her timeline, she did post one message for her fans.
“Challengers April 26,” she wrote alongside a poster of her upcoming film, directed by Luca Guadagnino. “I wish you the most beautiful new year ✨.”
Zendaya and Tom Holland have kept their romance relatively private, but fans know the two have a long history. The actors met while working on Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2016 and dating rumors quickly followed. However, there was no direct confirmation of their relationship until July 2021, when they were spotted packing on the PDA. […]
Zendaya hasn't shared anything new since then, but Holland still follows Zendaya on Instagram. Although he hasn't posted on the platform since November 2023, the actor has previously been candid about the fact that he doesn't really keep up with social media.
“I delete my Instagram for days at a time,” Holland explained to Buzzfeed in June 2023, noting that his girlfriend constantly sends him memes on the app. “I'll download it to post and then I'll have to check my messages, and I'll have hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of things from her. And I'm trying to keep it up, but it's intense.”
While Holland was out and about on Friday, Zendaya was seen running errands in Los Angeles with her brother Austin.
Holland and Zendaya met in 2017 while filming Marvel's Spider-Man: Homecoming. However, their relationship was not confirmed until four years later. The couple made their romance public after they were photographed kissing in a car in July 2021.
“Zendaya and Tom really tried their best to keep their romance under wraps when they first started dating,” a source exclusively shared We weekly in June 2023. “Before they started seeing each other, they had both always been very private when it came to their personal lives. It was something that bonded them in the early stages of their relationship as they were both on the same page when it came to avoiding public speculation.”
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In December 2023, Holland said that honesty is an important principle of the relationship between him and Zendaya.
“Zendaya is probably the most honest with me, and I like that because you need that,” Holland said during a SAG-AFTRA Foundation conversation shared via YouTube at the time.