A source exclusively tells the National Enquirer that the handsome Australian has no interest in making amends, which is making for some awkward moments in Hollywood.
“Even with Jacob’s stock in Hollywood skyrocketing, it’s a bit annoying to him that Tom and Zendaya have branded themselves as the ultimate woke power couple,” the source says, adding that they’re “courting headlines just going out to lunch together or getting on a flight.”
The dynamic isn’t Elordi’s “style and never has been.”
“He’s a private, quiet and humble guy in the face of the tremendous success he’s had just over the last couple of years,” the source explains. “He knows how to lay low and dig into the work.”
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The tension is also tied to his rumored past relationship with Zendaya, 29.
“Of course, the other issue is that Jacob and Zendaya did have a very intense romance going in the early days of Euphoria back in 2019,” the source continues. “They were in love, way back when, and things ended badly, leading to Zendaya getting together with Tom.”
However, the source says that Elordi, 28, “doesn’t want Zendaya back,” but the Wuthering Heights star also “doesn’t need a tense relationship with Tom complicating his life.”
Right now, Elordi is trying his best to keep out of both Zendaya and the Spider-Man star’s ways.
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“The Oscars were tough for him because he hadn’t been to a big televised event that Zendaya also attended in a long time,” the source adds. “It was supposed to be a fun night for him, then suddenly his ex-girlfriend was up on stage, twenty feet away from him. For all the love and awards Frankenstein got, that’s not what Jacob signed up for this past awards season.”
While Zendaya and Elordi were briefly linked to one another from August 2019 to March 2020, the two never addressed the rumored relationship. She and Holland, 29, met when they were both cast in the first Spider-Man in 2016, but they didn’t officially start dating until 2021.
Earlier this month, Zendaya’s longtime architect, Law Roach, implied that she and Holland had secretly tied the knot, but neither have addressed the speculation.