Everything Zendaya and Tom Holland Have Said About Their Relationship
November 2021
In an interview with GQ in November, Tom discussed the viral photo of him and Zendaya kissing and that they "sort of felt robbed of our privacy". He continued: "One of the downsides of our fame is that privacy isn't really in our control anymore, and a moment that you think is between two people that love each other very much is now a moment that is shared with the entire world. I've always been really adamant to keep my private life private because I share so much of my life with the world anyway." Tom also added that the reason he didn't want to say too much about their relationship without her is that he "[respects] her too much".
Zendaya was dialled in by GQ, where she shared over the phone that speaking about their relationship was "quite strange and weird and confusing and invasive". She added: "The equal sentiment [we both share] is just that when you really love and care about somebody, some moments or things, you wish were your own. . . . I think loving someone is a sacred thing and a special thing and something that you want to deal with and go through and experience and enjoy amongst the two people that love each other."
February 2021
Earlier this year, Tom and Zendaya were still denying romance rumours. Speaking to British GQ, Tom admitted that it's "incredibly frustrating" to deal with the speculation that they are dating. "It means that if you are dating someone, you have to be really conscious of their feelings, because if something does happen between the two of you, it's not just happening between the two of you, it's happening in front of the entire world," he explained. "And it can be very complicated. It's one of the things I worry about most, of all the things in my career."
August 2017
Rumours of Zendaya and Tom's relationship took off soon before the release of Spider-Man: Homecoming, which means the pair had spent years denying they were anything but friends. The actress understood the speculation, telling Entertainment Tonight in Aug. 2017: "It happens all the time, and of course we expected it. I mean, it comes with the territory. It comes with the job, so it's all good."