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Tom Holland says being utterly ghosted by Erling Haaland was ‘humbling’ expertise

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14 Jul 2026 17:55
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Spider-Man star Tom Holland says that being utterly ghosted by Norway star Erling Haaland after reaching out to see if he fancied assembly up was ‘humbling’.

In what must be one of many more unusual celeb tales we’ve come throughout, Holland, 30, revealed that he noticed Haaland, 25, again in June whereas watching Lewis Hamilton on the Method 1 Monaco Grand Prix and determined to see if he wished to hang around.

Nonetheless, Holland didn’t get fairly the response he was anticipating with the footy ace utterly blanking the message.

Talking on The Tonight Present Starring Jimmy Fallon, Holland opened up concerning the awkward incident.

“I used to be at Monaco. I used to be watching Lewis race, and I noticed him,” Holland stated.

“He was [in] like a hospitality suite throughout from me, and I simply thought I might shoot my shot.

He opened up about being ghosted by Haaland (Todd Owyoung/NBC through Getty Pictures)

“Ship him a textual content. After which, you understand, I by no means imagined I might speak about it on reside tv, however right here we’re.”

Fortunately, Holland did speak about it on tv and he wasn’t too proud to confess that he received left on ‘learn’ by Haaland.

In reality, he even joked that being ignored was an ‘vital’ studying expertise for him.

He added: “I will inform you what. That’s precisely the kind of humbling expertise that’s vital for actors.

“You already know, you are like, ‘I will textual content him. I will take him to dinner.’ Not even a response.

“Not an excuse, not ‘I am busy tonight. I am taking part in soccer.’ Nada.”

In accordance with earlier experiences, Haaland hadn’t responded as he does not have a lot time to observe films and he wasn’t conscious of who Holland truly was. Ouch.

Regardless of being ghosted, Holland stated he’d nonetheless be eager to fulfill up with Haaland, however given England’s current win over Norway, which despatched them crashing out of the World Cup that ship may need sailed.

Erling Haaland earned a military of followers in the course of the World Cup (Jan Langhaug / NTB / AFP through Getty Pictures)

“I do not suppose he would have dinner with me after the opposite day,” Holland joked.

“He’s unbelievable. I imply, he’s an absolute legend.”

It’s truthful to say that Haaland has actually achieved legendary standing this World Cup, on and off the pitch.

The six-foot-five Norwegian managed to attain a severely spectacular 16 targets in eight matches, and the identify throughout the again of his shirt grew to become a significant speaking level.

In the meantime, off the pitch his hilarious social media posts earned him a military of recent followers throughout the globe.

And whereas he may not be going residence with the World Cup trophy he did deal with himself to a taxidermy racoon as an uncommon memento of his time within the States.

With Norway out of the competitors, plainly Haaland is throwing his assist behind the Three Lions.

He advised ESPN: “I’ve been supporting; I feel I received an England jersey earlier than I received a Norway jersey after I was younger, so in fact I would like England to do effectively as a result of it’s a pleasant nation and it’s a pleasant t-shirt.”

So possibly he may nonetheless be persuaded to seize a chew to eat with Holland in any case.

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