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Of Course Zendaya Fell For Tom Holland In Drag 91%
By Ian Kumamoto0%
6/24/2026, 6:51:02 PM
BS Summary: This article contains 27 faulty reasoning types, including Hasty Generalization, Indoctrination, and Halo Effect, with Biased Writer Voice as the most egregious example at 66.6% saturation with 259 hits. Analysis detected 1,466 faulty-reasoning hits from 389 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 85.2% and a BS Rank of 91% (1,911 of 20,516 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 90.70% of the article peer group.
Since Zendaya and Tom Holland are reportedly married now and on a global press tour for their upcoming film, “Spider-Man: Brand New Day,” the ebb and flow of lore around their relationship is, well, flowing.
Many media outlets are revisiting the moment Zendaya witnessed Holland’s now-iconic performance of Rihanna’s “Umbrella” on “Lip Sync Battle” in 2017.
That performance, in which Holland wore a fabulous bob while Zendaya watched nearby, has become a ubiquitous meme that oozes non-toxic masculinity.
“It’s not just sexy, but it shows how amazingly talented he is,” a source told The Daily Mail.
“It takes a lot of confidence for a straight guy to pull off drag.”
First off, queer people know all too well how sexy it is to play with gender fluidity by expressing yourself outside of the binary.
Having the confidence to shatter the norm assigned to your gender identity and embrace another version of yourself is hot.
If this is truly the moment that got our girl hooked, it also gets at something deeper about why drag continues to resonate far beyond queer communities.
At its best, drag exposes the absurdity of gender roles by treating them as performance.
Drag queens parody femininity, highlighting the extent to which gender roles are things we’re all kind of forced into.
In my opinion, by breaking down the barriers of who we’re all told we’re “supposed” to be, we can get to a more authentic core of who we are.
When Zendaya fell for the so-called drag queen version of Tom Holland, I imagine she innately felt something that queer people have felt forever: that when someone breaks free of what they are “supposed” to be, they reveal the essence of who they truly are.
And to show up unencumbered by oppressive expectations is objectively attractive.
You don’t have to have same-sex attraction or identify as trans to have a quintessentially queer approach to life.
Clearly, straight men like the “Spider-Man” star are doing it, and it’s pretty great to see.
And perhaps that’s why Holland’s “Lip Sync” performance remains so memorable.
Beyond the choreography and spectacle, there was something undeniably attractive about watching someone who appeared completely unafraid of being who they were, beyond the performance of being a man.
There’s nothing sexier than that.
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