Zendaya unfollows boyfriend Tom Holland on Instagram in follower cull

The prince and princess. Hollywood stars. Superhero and his girlfriend. From snaps of them doing the weekly shop at Waitrose to walking the red carpet together, everyone loves this couple.

I’m talking about Zendaya and Tom Holland, obviously. The pair have been together since 2021 and are a pretty unproblematic couple – they’re just cool, you know?

Except the Dune star has only gone and thrown a spanner in the works as she seems to have unfollowed him on Instagram.

Yeah, yeah, it seems petty, but fans have absolutely lost their minds over it questioning what it means.

At this time of year, everyone’s still insisting they’re sticking to their resolutions, whether it's quitting vaping, doing Dry January or keeping the house tidier.

And to begin her new year, it looks like Zendaya decided to have a clear out on her Instagram.

With a mega 184 million followers on the social media site, the Euphoria star is now following, well, absolutely no one.

Yep, not even Spider-Man himself is treated to a follow by his MJ.

Zendaya is pretty low-key on Instagram anyway in all fairness – as is Holland.

The 27-year-old tends to use her account more for the occasional promotion of a project which is how she began the year just a few days before the absolute cull of her following list.

The star shared the film poster for her upcoming role in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers.

This was originally set to come out back in September 2023 but was postponed during the SAG-AFTRA strikes and is now due to release in cinemas on 26 April 2024.

Also starring Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist, the synopsis reads: “Tennis player turned coach Tashi (Zendaya) has taken her husband, Art (Faist), and transformed him into a world-famous grand slam champion.

“To jolt him out of his recent losing streak, she makes him play a ‘Challenger’ event — close to the lowest level of pro tournament — where he finds himself standing across the net from his former best friend and Tashi’s former boyfriend (O’Connor).”

There’s some speculation her cull of following could be to gear up for promoting the new film, which is common with music artists ahead of new projects – both Dua Lipa and Ariana Grande are known for it.

But then there’s also stars like Beyoncé, Adele and Timothée Chalamet who just simply don’t follow anyone on the app.

Maybe Zendaya’s doing some promo, maybe she’s having a little social media cleanse or maybe she’s up to something else.

Whatever it is though, it doesn’t seem too deep with Holland and there’s nothing else to suggest the lovebirds are having problems.

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Topics: Celebrity, Sex and Relationships, Zendaya, Instagram, Tom Holland

Jess Battison

Jess is an Entertainment Journalist with a love of all things pop culture. Her main interests include keeping up with the Twitter girlies, waiting for a new series of The Traitors and losing her voice at a Beyoncé concert. She graduated with a first in Journalism from City, University of London in 2021 and has previously worked at MyLondon.

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