Tom Holland and Zendaya share surprising hobby: crochet

Tom Holland and Zendaya bond over crochet, which helps Holland relax and switch off from stress. Photo / Getty Images

Tom Holland and Zendaya do crochet together.

The 29-year-old actor revealed he and his partner – who he is rumoured to have married earlier this year – bond over the crafty hobby and he finds it a great way to switch off from the stresses of life when they are relaxing at home.

During a visit to Pura Padel in California last week, where his non-alcoholic beer brand BERO was in a padel competition, the Uncharted star was presented with a Spider-Man themed can holder by diver Tom Daley, who is known for his passion for knitting and crochet.

In a video shared to the Olympian’s Instagram account, Holland exclaimed: “Mate I love that! And it also is kind of like a spider web. It’s perfect!

“We have been crocheting at home.

“I absolutely love it. I just find it, like, turns my brain off [after I’ve] had a stressful day. I can’t do anything else and do it.

“Like, I have to be like lasered in.”

Holland gave up drinking in January 2022 and recently admitted alcohol was “getting in the way” of his career at one point in time.

He told USA Today: “I’ve been so lucky in the last four years that my career has really blossomed in a really lovely way, and I really love what’s happening and what I have to come in the future. And I don’t know how much of that would’ve come to fruition had I still been drinking.”

Holland faces intense scrutiny over his personal life, and he believes that alcohol actually makes the stresses of fame even worse.

The actor – who has worked with Zendaya on the Spider-Man film franchise – shared: “Drinking was something that was ultimately really getting in the way of my professional life.

“Being an actor and living your life on the big stage can be really stressful. And I think that alcohol, for me personally, really compounded that issue. And, since getting rid of the booze and feeling more like myself and waking up clear-headed every day and fresh to start the day, I just feel so much more confident in myself as who I am as a person.”

Holland thinks that his own attitude towards alcohol is reflected more broadly among young people.

He explained: “Alcohol can be an amazing thing, but it can also be an incredibly dangerous thing. And I just love seeing that young people are turning away from booze and looking for alternatives. And it creates, I think, a safer environment, a more communal environment.”