During his appearance on The Rich Roll podcast on October 17, 2024, Spider-Man star Tom Holland spoke about his passion for carpentry. He told the host that uses his love for carpentry to fix things around his girlfriend Zendaya's house. He revealed that he takes pride in helping her with home repairs.
"If something breaks in Zendaya's house, I take huge pride in fixing it," Holland said.
He also told the podcast host that he built cupboards and a new wardrobe for Zendaya, which he fitted to make it look like a part of the wall. Speaking about his passion for carpentry, the actor said that it was something he "really enjoyed" doing.
When fans and netizens heard about Holland's love for carpentry and how he helped Zendaya around the house, they took to social media to praise him.
A Reddit user, LoudNoises89, stated that Zendaya and Tom Holland were their "favorite celebrity couple." The user wrote that the two seemed "really in love" but tried to keep their relationship private.
"They are my favorite celebrity couple. They seem really in love and try to keep it private. I really hope they stay together and get married (stay together long term if they don't believe in marriage)," the user said.
Other fans also took to Reddit to praise the actor for his handy skills and said that it was something he should be proud of. Many said that it was "pretty cool" that he could build cupboards and wardrobes.
"That's actually pretty cool that he is building cupboards and wardrobes," a Reddit user wrote.
"That's impressive and he should be proud," another Reddit user chimed in.
"Tom Holland feels like if Steven Universe was a real person minus the powers," another user on Reddit wrote.
Meanwhile, some social media users gushed over Tom Holland and Zendaya's relationship as others rooted for them to stay together. They claimed they didn't know what they would do if the couple was to split.
"If these two ever break up, I honestly don't know what I'll do with myself. I'm normally not a parasocial weirdo but I love them both and I love them together. Rooting for these two cuties," a user on Reddit commented.
"I hate the thought of being parasocial, but I fear I will be genuinely deeply upset if they ever break up," another user on Reddit wrote.
As he spoke on The Rich Roll podcast, Tom Holland said that his grandfather taught him about carpentry. The actor said that he hoped to have a little workshop to keep with their "family tradition of carpentry."
Tom Holland previously revealed that he fixed Zendaya's door early in their relationship
Discussing his carpentry skills, Tom Holland said that he often does the handy work at his girlfriend's house and has built her a closet as well. He has often spoken about his love for carpentry and told UNILAD in June 2023 that he had made his mother's kitchen table and office. He also said that he built the cupboards in his room.
He has also built a birdhouse with his grandfather and fixed things around his house and that of his girlfriend, Zendaya.
"I fixed my girlfriend's door once really early in out relationship. I was hanging out at her house and her door was broken. I was like, 'I'm gonna fix that for you.' And now we're in love," Tom Holland said.
The two actors starred in Marvel's Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017, establishing a close friendship that later turned romantic. They keep their relationship private, but a picture of them kissing in a car in Los Angeles in July 2021 sparked dating rumors.
The co-stars have attended a friend's wedding and red-carpet events as each other's dates and celebrated birthdays and other special occasions ever since.