The besotted A-listers have long been #relationshipgoals, but now they’ve taken the next step and put a ring on it. Helen Coffey looks at how the pair managed to pull off the impossible – building a loving, authentic relationship under the scrutinising gaze of millions of fans.
Stop the presses. Alert the town crier. Shout it from the rooftops. Your favourite celebrity couple are set to wed at last!. Well, I’m assuming they’re your favourite celebrity couple, because aren’t they everyone’s? I’m talking, of course, about Zendaya and Tom Holland. Rumours of the pair’s engagement whipped the internet into a frenzy after the Euphoria actor was spotted accessorising her copper-coloured Golden Globes dress with an impressively hench rock adorning her ring finger.
Citing sources, People and TMZ both reported on Monday that Holland proposed at one of Zendaya’s family homes over the Twixmas period. But in typical Tomdaya (is that a thing?) fashion, both remained demurely tight-lipped on the subject. When a Los Angeles Times reporter asked her point blank on the red carpet on Sunday whether the rumours were true, Zendaya did the most Zendaya thing imaginable – “smiled coyly and shrugged her shoulders mysteriously”, according to said journalist.
But that, arguably, is part of the enduring charm of the two Hollywood sweethearts, and integral to how they’ve managed to pull off the seemingly impossible: building an authentic, supportive and deeply committed relationship under the hawk-like gaze of the press and legions of overly emotionally invested fans.
