Spider-Man: Homecoming co-stars Zendaya and Tom Holland have yet to confirm that they are an official item, but if the Internet is to be believed on any level, the two are definitely more than work acquaintances. While they’ve maintained a commendable level of privacy by Hollywood standards, tabloid sleuths have reported on their (most likely) romance ad nauseam. Here, a breakdown of the sneaky couple. July 2016: After both Zendaya and Tom Holland were announced as part of the Spider-Man cast, the two slowly began popping up on each other’s Instagram feeds. The first sighting came on Holland’s account in July 2016, where he posted a photo of the two plus another friend having some pool time, which he captioned with the benign “Summer Sunday's.” This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. November 2016: In November of that year, Zendaya posted their shared Hollywood Reporter cover writing, “Amidst all the chaos and sadness...this one good thing did happen to me today. Honored to share it with the very best...Spider-Man himself.” This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. She echoed her praise for Holland later that month, posting a video of their visit to a children’s hospital in New York. “I think we have worlds best real life Spider-Man....an absolutely beautiful day at @nyphospital with two of my favorite people,” she wrote, tagging Holland. This content is imported from Instagram. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. July 2016: The two made their first red carpet appearance together in July 2016, joking around with each other while attending Comic-Con in San Diego. Albert L. Ortega Getty Images May 2017: In May 2017, the co-stars continued accompanying each other to high-profile events, presenting together during the MTV Movie and TV Awards. Kevin Winter Getty Images June 2017: And thus their press tour began. The two posed on red carpets together throughout the summer, showing off no more than the occasional arm around each other. Fotonoticias Getty Images July 2017: In July 2017, People magazine published a report confirming that the two co-stars were dating. “They started seeing each other while they were filming Spider-Man,” one source told the magazine. “They’ve been super careful to keep it private and out of the public eye, but they’ve gone on vacations with each other and try and spend as much time as possible with one another.” Another anonymous insider added, “They’re both really ambitious, and they challenge each other—but, most importantly, they make each other crack up. They seem to have a really similar sense of humor and love joking around together. They have great banter back and forth.” As People noted, they wouldn’t be the first Spider-Man love interests to take their romance to real life. Both Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire as well as Andrew Garfield and Emma Stone started relationships after filming their own Spider-Man films together. Before the Spider-Man: Homecoming premiere in June, Holland opened up to People about his friendship with Zendaya, saying, “We are like the best of friends. She’s so great and amazing. I’m a little worried [about dealing with fame … [but] Zendaya is super famous and she’s been through this and I just call her up and say, ‘How do I manage being famous?’ I’m very glad I have a friend like her.” Shortly after the report, the two denied the rumors over Twitter. Zendaya tweeted at Holland, “Wait wait...my favorite is when it says we go on vacations together HA! I haven't been on a vacation in years! hbu?” Holland quipped back: “Does the press tour count?” But just a week later, the two were seen driving around Los Angeles attempting to dodge the paparazzi, with Zendaya documenting the ordeal on Snapchat. August 2017: The next month, Zendaya went on the record in an issue of Variety denying the dating rumors once again. “We are friends,” she said. “He’s a great dude. He’s literally one of my best friends. This past how many months we’ve had to do press tours together. There’s very few people that will understand what that’s like at 20 years old.” She also discussed the audition process with Holland, admitting that she was nervous about how their height difference would go over. “I was worried because he’s so much shorter than me,” she said. “I was like, ‘Damn it! It’s going to be weird because I’m super tall.’ But then we ended up doing the audition sitting. So that was good." September 2017: The next month, Zendaya revealed her own thoughts on young love, revealing to her fans that she’d been cheated on in the past. “I’m so anti being in a committed relationship when you’re young and people are learning and growing, because when people are young, they make bad decisions sometimes because they don’t know any better,” she explained. “It doesn’t mean they don’t know the difference between right and wrong—it just means that they’re still in the experimental phase in their life where they haven’t made the right decisions yet…it’s very hard to be in a relationship when the both of you are still figuring out life. You cannot change anybody. You cannot make someone grow up faster than they’re supposed to.” December 2017: The two took a big step toward the end of the year, however, when Holland was seen hanging out with Zendaya and her parents. According to an onlooker, Holland “charmed her parents” while dining at a steakhouse in New York. March 2018: In March 2018, the two stars attended the Oscars. While they walked the carpet separately, they were spotted sitting next to each other during the ceremony.<doc-sep>Zendaya, Tom Holland and co. are back at it again promoting the upcoming Spider-Man: Far From Home and so are fans with the dating rumors — which Zendaya masterfully continues to shut down. On May 9, Tom posted a photo alongside his co-stars at a press stop in Disneyland to his Instagram account and fans — and Zendaya herself — noticed the, ehm, strange placement of the Euphoria star's tag. "I'm assuming because you don't know how to work ig, that's the reasoning behind my name placement," Zendaya commented on the post alongside multiple laughing emojis, per viral Instagram account Comments By Celebs. Of course, Tom was quick to edit the tag after the call out, changing it to a much more normal place: Zendaya’s actual face. And he also made sure to give her credit for it with a small update on the caption as well. “Thanks @zendaya for making me aware of my obvious blunder,” Tom added with a laughing emoji. But not before some fans caught notice of it and started digging for other reasons to explain the original placement. “Why is it killing me that Tom Holland tagged Zendaya right on his crotch in this pic? Is this a subliminal message, Tom?” a fan teasing joked on Twitter upon seeing the snap.<doc-sep>Zendaya hilariously calls out Tom Holland's NSFW tag on Instagram By Katie Louise Smith Oh, Tom. This is only gonna fuel those dating rumours even more, isn't it? Good news, everyone! After spending the last two weeks crying about Avengers: Endgame, co-stars Tom Holland and Zendaya have come to our rescue and are back on the press trail scene for Spider-Man: Far From Home which means there's about to be an onslaught of banter and endless amounts of content. In fact, we didn't even have to wait very long for Tom's first hilarious slip up of the tour. In a picture uploaded to Instagram of him, Zendaya and Jacob Batalon, he managed to tag Zendaya in a very NSFW place, which she then had to call out in his comments below after everyone started freaking out. In what might be the most iconic Instagram slip up of all time, Tom tagged her right on his crotch. Yeah, that's gonna do absolutely no favours in trying to dampen those dating rumours. Is it? thomas... pic.twitter.com/QtZrYsRo7V — fox is far from home (@tearsparker) May 9, 2019 Why is it killing me that Tom Holland tagged Zendaya right on his crotch in this pic? Is this a subliminal message, Tom? pic.twitter.com/OyjFrblpgv — scott lang is the strongest avenger (@g_droggon) May 9, 2019 In case you aren't in the know, Tom and Zendaya have been surrounded by dating rumours for a while now. They've both denied them many times but they just won't go away... After seeing the commotion on Twitter and on Instagram, Zendaya then responded to her strategically placed tag, first responding with a comment under the picture reading: "I'm assuming because you don't know how to work ig, that's the reasoning behind my name placement." She also replied to a couple of tweets that went viral, and sent a few cheeky replies to a couple of fans who responded with some messy @ replies. Nah he’s just Instagram stupid — Zendaya (@Zendaya) May 9, 2019 Messssyyyy — Zendaya (@Zendaya) May 9, 2019 Following Zendaya's comment - and her subsequent tweet clarifying the whole thing - Tom then corrected the tag (it's now on her face) and thanked her for alerting him to the... mistake. "Thanks @zendaya for making me aware of my obvious blunder," he wrote. We may never know why Tom tagged Zendaya in such a precarious place! Maybe it was a... private... joke? Or maybe he's just really really shit at Instagram? We'll go for the latter.<doc-sep>Tom admitted he initially forgot to post the new Spider-Man trailer to his Instagram and had to FaceTime Zendaya for help. She's officially taken on the role as his personal IT person whenever he gets stumped by Instagram.<doc-sep>
Tom Holland and Zendaya's Spider-Man: Far From Home press tour is just beginning, and already the definite friends (and alleged ultra-private couple) had a social media moment no one was expecting. Holland shared a photo of the two and Jacob Batalon posing together in Disneyland on Instagram and tagged Zendaya in the most NSFW place possible. Comments By Celebs caught a screenshot of the placement, along with Zendaya calling Holland out in the comments for it. "I'm assuming because you don't know how to work ig, that's the reasoning behind my name placement," she wrote with five laughing emojis. Holland corrected the Instagram (her name now appears on her eye) and gave Zendaya a thank you in his amended caption. "Thanks @zendaya for making me aware of my obvious blunder," he wrote. Instagram Was it an obvious blunder? Zendaya's fans weren't entirely buying that, so Zendaya explained to them on Twitter that yes, it really only happened because Holland is "just Instagram stupid." Twitter Holland and Zendaya were first reported to be dating by People in July 2017. “They started seeing each other while they were filming Spider-Man,” one source told the outlet. “They’ve been super careful to keep it private and out of the public eye, but they’ve gone on vacations with each other and try and spend as much time as possible with one another.” But the two have long denied they're anything more than friends. Zendaya tweeted at Holland when that initial People report went around, “Wait wait...my favorite is when it says we go on vacations together HA! I haven't been on a vacation in years! hbu?” Holland replied back: “Does the press tour count?” Alyssa Bailey News and Strategy Editor Alyssa Bailey is the news and strategy editor at ELLE.com, where she oversees coverage of celebrities and royals (particularly Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton).