Zendaya’s 'mother' Nika King euphoric as she gives boyfriend Tom Holland the nod
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Nika King, who portrays Zendaya's mother Leslie Bennett in 'Euphoria', recently addressed the relationship between the 'Dune' actress and Tom Holland. In an exclusive interview with Page Six, published on April 12, the 44-year-old actress, who plays Bennett to Zendaya's Rue, admits to being a fan of the British heartthrob.
King has had the chance to consider her own path to Hollywood as she has watched Zendaya's fame build over the years. The multi-hyphenate is pleased to have found fame later in life despite working diligently for decades as an actor, model, and comedian.
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What did Nika King say about Tom Holland?
King said in the interview, "I’ve met Tom. He’s come over to her house when they have dinners and stuff like that. He’s very sweet, very nice." The stand-up comedian added, "And I don’t know what the extent of their relationship [is], but they always look happy, they always look like they’re enjoying themselves. And I’m just like, look, whenever I see love, I’m here for it."
'Good core of people'
Both 26-year-olds Holland and Zendaya started dating in 2017, the same year they co-starred in 'Spider-Man: Homecoming', with her playing his love interest, Michelle Jones-Watson, also known as MJ. King believes that Holland is part of Zendaya's "good core of people," which helps the Disney Channel star remain grounded despite her overwhelming fame.
"She has a good core of people around her and I think that’s also important. She keeps her clique pretty small,” King explains. “So she’s learned through probably the same — just like we all do — trial and error, or having different people come into your life just to say, 'OK, this is the tribe and I trust this tribe,'" King continued.
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King openly declared that she is "happy just the way" she is at the moment and is no longer looking for approval from others. "No one can tell me who I am because I’ve had so many years to kind of go through the, ‘Oh, my hair isn’t straight enough, oh, my nose is not [thin] enough, oh, my complexion, I need to be more ambiguous.'"
She referred to the criticism she faced in the early stages of her career, which was often driven by misogyny and racism, saying, "All of those things don’t affect me now because I’ve been through those things. I feel so much stronger and confident today because of it."
Her philanthropic endeavors help King feel more valuable. She established Rose of Sharon, a charity organization last year to aid individuals in the Black community going through comparable challenges, as it was motivated by her mother's struggles with addiction, cancer, and mental health.
King also has a soft spot for kids in the foster care system after having completed the filming of 'Possum Trot,' which tells the story of 22 families from a rural Black church in Texas adopting 77 children who were deemed to be "difficult to place." She felt driven by the effort to invite foster kids in Los Angeles to the March 18 TLC Chinese Theatre showing of her new action movie, '65', starring Adam Driver.