Zendaya and Tom Holland are married! Or at least, that’s what Law Roach would have us believe. The legendary stylist and close friend of Zendaya appeared to let the cat out of the bag on Sunday as part of a red carpet interview at the 2026 Actor Awards, sparking a flurry of speculation.
When asked if he was planning on how to style Zendaya for her wedding, Roach responded: “Y’all the wedding already happened. Y’all missed it.” It should be noted that Law Roach is well known for his quips and wisecracks, so it’s not entirely certain that he was being serious, but he did seem pretty convinced.
Cue a thousand questions: Where was the wedding? When did it happen? Who was invited? What did Zendaya wear? One wedding dress or two? Chicken or fish?
These are questions we may never know the answers to. Tom Holland and Zendaya live a notoriously private life, especially when they’re at home in London, where they reside the majority of the time.
However, enough glimpses of the couple over their several-year stint in London have allowed us to glean some understanding of the life they lead here. And it’s phenomenally... normal?
Tom Holland and Zendaya secured their home in Richmond in 2022. The outer London area might seem like an unlikely choice for these Hollywood lovebirds, but it holds a special place for Holland, who grew up in the nearby Kingston-upon-Thames. Following their purchase, The Mirror reported that the couple would be undertaking significant renovations on the property, including adding a cinema, a gym and a “man cave.”
When the couple are in London, they consistently prefer the lo-fi life — aside from the odd movie premiere here and there. A particularly enjoyable “celebrities — they’re just like us” moment came in 2023, when the couple paid £26 to play tourists for the day in their local area, sightseeing at Hampton Court Palace; listening to a guided tour before exploring its undeniably romantic (if ludicrously capacious) grounds.
"One of the most special moments working at the palace being part of my phenomenal friend @tracy.borman smashing tour for @tomholland2013 and @zendaya, who were just the most lovely and down to earth people,” historian James Peacock wrote on Instagram. “[A] moment to treasure forever.”
There’s other stuff too. Countless dog walks around Richmond Park, dressed in some of the best IYKYK labels, pairing Prada with poo bags. You know, just average Londoner-stomping-around stuff. Running errands to afternoon dates in the capital. Holland taking huge bags of pre-loved clothes and shoes into a Cancer Research UK branch, say, or Zendaya popping into Gail’s for a little snack. A personal favourite: mid-week Waitrose shops.
We see them in New Malden Waitrose from time to time, they’re both very casual
“We see [them] in New Malden Waitrose from time to time,” my colleague, who lives in the area, tells me. “They’re both very casual.” What’s the reception been of late? “Generally, the locals love him, his mum still lives in New Malden. He seems very grounded… although some people on the (New Malden Neighbourhood) Facebook group are a little moany and dismissive when their local appearances have made it onto MailOnline.”
I wonder, why is it that we lock in on, devour so readily, extraordinarily public figures acting (perceptively, at least) ordinary? Remember the media frenzy surrounding Pete Davidson taking Thee Kim Kardashian out for pizza and ice-cream dates, or the more recent fuss around Timothée Chalamet and Kylie Jenner doing much the same?
Are they, underneath it all, just like us? Would we, crucially, want them to be? Of course, celebrities cannot wholly function to mirror our lives: they’re too distorted by intense scrutiny and status, money in the bank and billboards with their faces on them for that to ever really be the case. As the author and journalist Jia Tolentino wrote in Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion, “There’s a limit, I think, to the utility of reading celebrity lives like tea leaves.”
Yet, one cannot deny how softly soothing it is to visibly witness that, sure, you can have all the awards, all the glory, all the money, in the world. And still the thing that thing that clearly brings you the most joy is wearing your comfiest, most unglamourous outfit to hand; blissfully bobbing around your local supermarket holding hands with someone you love.
If this isn’t nice, I don’t know what is.
