This diamond affair sounds like a police investigation, but it only concerns the engagement ring of a Hollywood celebrity. “News of the engagement broke hours after Zendaya caused a stir at the 2025 Golden Globes, where she appeared with a huge diamond ring on her left ring finger,” relate the Los Angeles Times. On social networks, the attention paid to the jewel bordered on“hysteria”, underlines The Guardian.
American actress (EuphoriaDune) has been in a relationship with British actor Tom Holland (who shares the screen with her as Spider-Man in several Marvel films) since 2021. The celebrity couple in sight “horrifies that his private life is searched by vultures”, further emphasizes the Guardian, and made it known in an interview. To the point that Sian Cain, journalist from the Australian editorial team of the London media, believes that there is a certain paradox in seeing so many Internet users so invested in their relationship – and obsessed with the new diamond on the actress’s finger.
“These two excellent actors seem like utterly charming and interesting people, but for some reason they are the center of attention – to a level that is difficult to understand.” No doubt because the public has seen them grow up, she says, before adding, not without sarcasm:
“On social networks, they are regularly praised with a strange ardor as two people ‘authentic’ et ‘without fuss’ (the bar is not very high) by people who do not know them from Eve or Adam.”
Well-informed and anonymous sources
Thus, network investigators went to analyze from all angles the images of the ring worn by the actress on January 5. Their conclusions agree with the remark of Los Angeles Times. “The ring in question did not appear in the Bulgari press release which detailed the other jewelry Zendaya wore on the red carpet.” However, the star is an official muse of this luxury company. The fact that she wore a diamond from another brand must therefore have been a decisive clue.
A clue that has not escaped the celebrity press. So, TMZ was the first to draw the line, citing (anonymous) sources close to the couple. “According to our information, Tom Holland did not propose with great fanfare: it was not flashy or spectacular, but rather intimate and romantic,” he believes he can assure. Then the American tabloid in turn underlines that the two stars are not the type to flaunt their relationship in broad daylight – which is not lacking in irony, coming from a site known for its research of scoops.
The journalist from Guardian is sad to note that, in the age of social networks, the desire to stay away from the spotlight contributes to generating controversies over ultimately trivial details. “Even Zendaya’s choice, it seems, to announce her engagement by wearing this ring in public sparked heated controversy, among those who saw it as a ‘subtle announcement’ and successful, and those who criticized an alleged ‘crying out for attention’.” Hence his rather fatalistic conclusion: “Remember when we behaved rationally towards celebrities? No ? Well, me neither.”
