Tom Holland and Zendaya Crochet Together, Find Calm After Stressful Days

Tom Holland turned a celebrity sports event into a crochet moment when he said he and Zendaya have been crocheting together at home, a habit he described as a way to “turn off” his brain after stressful days. The small detail gave a very public answer to a very private problem: how to find something calm, hands-on, and completely absorbing when the day has been loud.

Holland made the comment at the second annual BERO Padel Classic on April 29, 2026, held at Pura Padel in Sherman Oaks, Los Angeles. The invite-only tournament was tied to BERO, Holland’s non-alcoholic beer and lifestyle brand, and the setting made the contrast even sharper. Between the rackets, the guest list, and the brand spotlight, Holland was talking about a craft that asks for quiet repetition and full concentration, the kind of attention crochet demands stitch by stitch.

That is part of why the remark resonated so quickly. Crochet has long sat in the same lane as other portable, screen-free resets, but Holland’s description captured its appeal in plain language: it requires enough focus to crowd out stress without demanding anything flashy in return. Tom Daley has already helped normalize knitting and crochet as mindfulness practices, linking yarn crafts to mental health and mental decompression. Holland’s comment adds another high-profile voice to that same conversation.

Zendaya’s presence at the event added another layer of attention. She attended to support Holland, and the two were seen sharing a public moment at the BERO gathering as the brand’s second annual Padel Classic drew a crowd that also included Simu Liu, Steve Aoki, Diplo, Rainn Wilson and Jay Shetty. The event was as much a social cross-section as a sports tournament, mixing entertainment, culture and branding around Holland’s growing public profile.

Holland has been open about the path that led him here. He said he quit drinking after taking on Dry January in 2022, then launched BERO in 2024. Against that backdrop, the crochet reveal felt especially telling. It was not a polished lifestyle pitch but a glimpse of how a globally recognized couple reaches for calm: with yarn, focus and a hobby that leaves space for the mind to settle.