‘It’s not my moment:’ Tom Holland reveals why he sometimes avoids walking the red carpet with Zendaya

boo and Spider-Man co-star, Zendaya. 

The actor spoke of his highly-publicized romance with the fellow A-lister in a new interview as the cover star of Men’s Health. When discussing the inescapability of being noticed in public, Holland said he tends to avoid most nonmandatory appearances — except for Zendaya’s film premieres. However, while he always shows up in of his girlfriend of three years, he usually allows Zendaya to walk the red carpet alone to avoid stealing the spotlight. “It’s not my moment,” Holland said of the actress’ often head-turning red carpet appearances. 

“It’s her moment, and if we go together, it’s .” The ission is enough to make single folks (like me) both swoon and cry, but Holland’s decision to let Zendaya fly solo is ultimately a wise one, since the actress’ red carpet looks are scene-stealing enough in their own right. Who could forget the sported for a solo appearance at the Gotham Awards last month? 

With so many jaw-dropping red carpet looks, it stands to reason that Holland lets Zendaya shine all by herself, but that’s not to say they’ve never appeared together in front of the cameras. In October, the Hollywood ‘It’ couple got the Christopher Nolan’s star-studded project, we can likely expect them to appear side-by-side during that film’s press tour. 

In another instance, Holland was forced to intervene in one of Zendaya’s public appearances late last year, when script for Spider-Man 4 with his girlfriend by his side. Speaking of the Spider-Verse, Zendaya recently revealed that Holland is “absolutely worn down” by his role as the titular hero, but stopped short of spilling broader details of the highly-anticipated sequel. 

Beyond Zendaya and Holland, the cast for Spider-Man 4 has been kept under wraps, but that hasn’t stopped fans from theorizing the return of time he split-up a fight at Whole Foods, and discussed his years-long sobriety journey. 

Zendaya, meanwhile, was nominated for her role in Challengers ahead of this year’s Golden Globes, and will star opposite Robert Pattinson in the Kristoffer Borgli-directed movie, The Drama. With such an accomplished list of credits to their name, we will thankfully be blessed with many red-carpet appearances from both Holland and Zendaya. Just don’t expect them to always arrive arm-in-arm.