Tom Holland Asked Zendaya's Dad for Permission to Propose

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’s dad, , is giving insight on his son’s recent engagement to .

“The big news this week is a good example of just such an opportunity for me — are they/aren’t they engaged? Zendaya wearing a ring and Tom nowhere to be seen adding to the intrigue,” Dominic, 57, wrote via a recent blog post via his Patreon account. “The engagement has now been confirmed and why I am writing about it here but without adding anything new and juicy like a date, venue, guest list …”

On his Patreon page, Dominic, who is an author and comedian, usually shares unseen blogs, snippets from his books, podcasts that sometimes feature members of his family. But in the recent post, he wanted to highlight the news of Tom and Zendaya’s relationship milestone.

Dominic confessed that while he’s been “showered with parenthood praise” over the years, he joked that it’s more of a “fluke” how great Tom and his other kids turned out. (In addition to Tom, Dominic is also the father of , and .)

Related: Tom Holland's 'Low-Key' Proposal Was Exactly What Zendaya Wanted: SourceZendaya couldn’t be happier with how Tom Holland’s proposal played out. “Tom figured the holidays were the best time to propose in a very low-key way,” a source exclusively told Us Weekly shortly after news of the couple’s engagement broke on Monday, January 6. “She didn’t want anything over the top.” One day before Us […]

However, Dominic teased that Tom’s plan to pop the question to Zendaya, 28, was thoroughly thought out.

“And this I can demonstrate now by contrasting the different approaches of father and son to proposing marriage.Tom, as you know by now was very incredibly well prepared,” Dominic continued. “He had purchased a ring. He had spoken with her father and gained permission to propose to his daughter.”

While Tom, 38, had “everything planned out” from the location to his speech, Dominic confessed that his proposal to wife was not done in a similar fashion.

Tom Holland (R) and his father Dominic Holland. Karwai Tang/WireImage/Getty Images

“I on the other hand was woefully ill-prepared, almost as though I wasn’t taking it seriously,” he said. “I do fret that their combined stardom will amplify their spotlight and the commensurate demands on them and yet they continually confound me by handling everything with aplomb.”

While Dominic acknowledged that his son and Zendaya’s relationship is in the public eye, he has no doubts that the couple will achieve a lifetime of happiness.

“And even though show-business is a messy place for relationships and particularly so for famous couples as they crash and burn in public and are too numerous to mention,” he continued. “With us an example, with Nikki helming this family and my ‘wisdom’ on tap and a study in getting things mostly wrong and yet somehow right at the same time, I am completely confident they will make a successful union.”

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Us Weekly confirmed that Tom and Zendaya were engaged after the actress was spotted rocking a diamond on her ring finger while attending the 2025 Golden Globes Awards.

“Tom figured the holidays were the best time to propose in a very low-key way,” a source exclusively told Us shortly after news of Tom and Zendaya’s engagement broke on Monday, January 6. “She didn’t want anything over the top.”

Following their engagement news, Tom and Zendaya reportedly got matching tattoos of each other’s initials.

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