Zendaya’s new film, Challengers, comes out in five weeks. Which means she’s done with Dune, for now, and that who sand aesthetic, and moving onto the court, since she plays a former tennis player mindf-cking two white boy tennis players in the movie. 

 

Meanwhile, the white boy in her real life was with her this weekend at the BNP Paribas Open for the women’s final where they watched Iga Świątek win the title. Z and Iga posed for photos afterwards. 

Iga Swiatek of Poland and Zendaya during the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells Tennis Garden on March 17, 2024 in Indian Wells, California
 

As you can see, Zendaya showed up for the event in tennis clothes. And the cameras were all over her throughout the match which I don’t blame them because there’s always a conversation around tennis about whether or not it’s dying. People are still playing tennis but there’s not a lot of buzz around tennis. And the sport has not produced the kind of superstars that dominated over the last two decades: Serena Williams, Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal etc. Not a knock on the current crop of players who are winning and trying to take the game to the next level, I’m talking about hype, about capturing the public’s imagination. 

 

So tennis promoters are probably quite happy that Zendaya’s doing a guest appearance this season and that her boyfriend is tagging along. 

 

Why and how are they so cute though?!

 

Kathleen and I were texting each other the same video at the same time, she beat me to it. It’s this one, of the two of them singing along to Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” and this hilarious caption. 

It’s funny but it’s also true just how beloved these two are in the culture. Kathleen said to me, again, today that “it’s unhealthy how invested I am”, LOL forever. Same. Like in a protective way. PROTECT THEM. But, like, how do we when we’re so obsessed with them?!