Something I enjoy about Zendaya and Tom Holland’s relationship is the feeling that they both make each other a priority. They don’t take each other for granted, and they prioritize spending time together and going on dates and traveling to see each other. They’re only 26 and they both work a lot (her more than him), and imagine how easy it would be for one of them to say “no, my career is the most important thing right now, I don’t have time for this.” But they stick with it. They’re so cute. Well, Zendaya was recently interviewed in the Sun and she was asked about Tom’s British accent and whether she has trouble understanding British accents in general.
In an exclusive chat with The Sun on Sunday, she said: “I love the British accent, but as much as Tom tries to explain it to me, I will never understand rhyming slang. Like I understand the concept — but what do apples and pears have to do with stairs? It’s cute when he tells me all the different phrases — but I really don’t get it!”
Despite their combined Instagram following of 241million fans, Zendaya and Tom proved they were just like any other couple when they were snapped pushing their Waitrose trolley in South West London last month. It comes after they were reported to have picked up the keys to a £3million, six-bed pad in Richmond last year — four miles from Kingston upon Thames, where Tom grew up.
Settling into life in London, Zendaya said: “He is really good in the kitchen, which is fortunate as I am really accident-prone. We learnt early on that only one of us could be in the kitchen at a time, we are both control freaks so we can’t be in there together.”
God, I love the American girlfriend + British boyfriend combo. They’re just the cutest – I can imagine Tom thoughtfully and diligently cooking for Zendaya and telling her she’s not allowed in the kitchen or else they’ll fight. As for rhyming slang… I don’t get it either? But then I have trouble with some British accents too, especially Cockney. Like, I don’t know what those people are saying half the time. Regional British slang is bonkers too.
Tom is such a short king.
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- New York City, NY – Tom Holland and Zendaya hold hands while leaving the Crosby Street Hotel in New York City. Pictured: Tom Holland, Zendaya BACKGRID USA 16 FEBRUARY 2022 USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
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- Paris, FRANCE – Louis Vuitton Womenswear Fall Winter 2023-2024 show as part of Paris Fashion Week. Pictured: Zendaya BACKGRID USA 6 MARCH 2023 BYLINE MUST READ: Dede / BACKGRID USA: +1 310 798 9111 / usasales@backgrid.com UK: +44 208 344 2007 / uksales@backgrid.com *UK Clients – Pictures Containing Children Please Pixelate Face Prior To Publication*
Why do all these white British men all look middle-aged when they’re in their 20s? It’s baffling to me why people are interested in these milquetoast dudes.
Look up Tom holland under my umbrella
Oh man, the umbrella video was an AWAKING for me
I didn’t get his appeal until I saw the umbrella thing, then I UNDERSTOOD
I rewatch it from time to time 😸
I didn’t understand his appeal until the umbrella video either, but *fans self*
It’s the clothes, I think. They dress much more conservatively over there and it’s ages them.
Why is she legitimizing the Sun of all tabloids?
Wouldn’t tom warn her? Just why?
Rhyming slang came from a need to speak in code. Its not really for outsiders to understand.
@Kimmee Can you give more detail about this? Why did they need to speak in code? When we’re talking about rhyming slang, do we mean things like “easy peazy lemon squeezy”? I guess I’m not familiar…
ETA: ok, I googled it. Not one of the examples listed in the Wikipedia entry seem like something that would need to be said in code except “teeth” for Hampstead Heath if you were trying to keep the location private.
It’s not a need to speak in code or be put to death for being a spy kind of thing, it’s just a way of speaking to keep out outsiders, And, in some instances, to say a thing more politely (see “Bristols.”)
Googled most of these and realized I knew most of them (context).
But calling Americans “septic” is not even trying and is incredibly rude and tacky.
The career first is probably why they broke up for a year. After they got back together, both talked about prioritizing happiness over a job.
My husband and I are both obsessed with British culture and we practice rhyming slang (in private at home, not in public. We aren’t asshats). It’s a fun brain exercise.
I don’t even know what she’s talking about. Is there a saying with apples, pears, and stairs or something? Somebody please enlighten me!
Its cockney rhyming slang, think the Dick Van Dyke character in Mary Poppins (a bit example I know).
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/jun/09/guide-to-cockney-rhyming-slang
Apparently they refer to stairs as apples (as in “I’m going up the apples.) it’s shortened from “apples and pears” which of course pears rhymes with stairs.
Interesting take on this esp the last paragraph of the article. American + British couple combo 🙂 . Thinking about it. Just this week alone these relationships were headline show biz news: Taylor-Joe, Nicola-Brooklyn, Millie Bobby Brown-Jake, Zendaya-Tom, even Meghan-Harry. Just a few weeks ago Emrata-Harry. Even Gigi talking about her daughter speaking some words with a British accent. As more Americans travel and live/work in other countries and Vice versa, this just seems inevitable esp with the influences of social media where the world gets smaller.
The traditional press though esp on the other side of the pond sometimes can ruin something special with their arrogance and being so condescending. I think though the Z-generation who identifies themselves more as world citizens probably doesn’t give a crap about these traditionalists, as Instagram and tik-tok rules their world.
Just so we’re all on the same page, no-one in London has used Cockney rhyming slang since about 1983 and certainly not in Kingston which is not even in east London!! In fact, you’d be hard pushed to find a genuine Cockney in east London at all these days and if you did, they’d likely be over the age of 60. Cockney Rhyming slang is more of a historical thing.