Zendaya and Tom Holland appear to confirm romance as they’re pictured kissing in a car

Zendaya and Tom Holland have been pictured kissing in Los Angeles (Picture: Rob Kim/Getty Images)

Zendaya and Tom Holland have been caught sharing a steamy kiss together as the pair finally appear to confirm they are dating.

Romance rumors have continually swirled around the duo even since they first starred together in Spider-Man: Homecoming in 2017.

Now it appears the pair are ready to go public with a relationship as they were spotted sharing a passionate smooch in pictures obtained by Page Six.

The makeout session took place in Los Angeles when the couple stopped at a red light in the British actor’s $125,000 (£90k) Audi sports car.

Fans had been speculating whether the actor and Zendaya, 26, were an item or not, after previous reports hinted at a romance between the two after meeting on the set of Spider-Man: Homecoming.

Zendaya stars as Michelle ‘MJ’ Jones, a love interest to Peter Parker/Spider-Man, so many couldn’t be but wonder if the pair would have chemistry off-screen, as well as on-screen.

Zendaya stars as Michelle ‘MJ’ Jones, a love interest to Tom’s Peter Parker/Spider-Man (Picture: J Whilden/Columbia/Marvel/Kobal/)

Months later, Zendaya denied the claims, telling Variety Magazine that she and Tom, 25, were simply ‘just friends’.

Tom began dating model Olivia Bolton in 2019 before they split in April 2020.

Elsewhere, Zendaya was linked to her Euphoria castmate Jacob Elordi on numerous occasions between August 2019 and March 2020.

This wouldn’t be the first time a Spider-Man franchise has led to a real-life romance between co-stars.

Kirsten Dunst and Tobey Maguire began dating while shooting 2002’s Spider-Man, but ended their relationship before shooting 2007’s Spider-Man 3.

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Meanwhile, Emma Stone and Andrew Garfield began dating after filming 2012’s The Amazing Spider-Man before they confirmed they’d split in 2015.

Spider-Man: No Way Home swings into cinemas on December 17.

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