Why Tom Holland rarely walks red carpets with girlfriend Zendaya

You might not catch Tom Holland walking hand-in-hand with Zendaya on many red carpets. In a new interview to cover off Men’s healththe actor shared that he prefers to let his girlfriend shine on her own during big events.

“It’s not my moment, it’s her moment,” he told the paper. “And if we go together, it’s about us.”

Holland and Zendaya confirmed their relationship in 2021, after first playing together in Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017, and have since become known as one of Hollywood’s IT couples. They last posed for a red carpet together during the Spider-Man: No Way Home premiere in 2021.

Although he did not go into more detail about the couple’s relationship in his Men’s health interview, Holland shared that going out — either alone or with Zendaya — often involves making a few calls to make sure they can have privacy: “It’s booked in advance, we work it all out, we call the theater in advance and make sure we can go somewhere private.”

In one Dish Podcast interview last month, Holland also joked about the benefits of dating Zendaya and filming Spider-Manand a separate Christopher Nolan project.

“Studios love it: one hotel room,” he joked. “Special drivers. We’re not crazy… It’s work, okay!”

During that episode, Holland also shared that he appreciated having a partner who understands the perks and difficulties of fame: “That’s where Zendaya and I have been such a strong couple is in the spirit of being able to relate to each other about something that is very, very unique.”

Maybe there will be another Zendaya-Holland red carpet when Spider-Man 4 comes out. Holland teased the script in an October interview. “We have a creative and a pitch and a draft which is excellent,” Holland told Rich Roll podcast. “It needs work, but the writers are doing a great job, and I read it three weeks ago. It really lit a fire in me.”

“Zendaya and I sat down and read it together and at times we were jumping around the room like, ‘This is a real movie worthy of the fans’ respect,'” he added. “But there are a few things we have to figure out before we can really get it going, but it’s exciting and I’m really excited about it.”