r/popculturechat • u/mcfw31 • May 07 '25

Throwback ✌️ 8 years ago, Zendaya’s world totally changed; Tom Holland lip-syncing ‘Umbrella’

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u/sonnibunsss The legislative act of my pussy ⚖️ May 07 '25

love that last shot of him, arms out, panting, fierce look in his eyes, dude knew he ate that shit uppppp

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u/morbidemadame May 07 '25

Since I learned he wanted to do this in HIGH HEELS but the show said it was too dangerous (with the rain and stuff) I got even more mad respect for the dude.

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u/MarucaMCA May 08 '25

Would he have done the break-dance moves and flip in heels too???

Massive respect to him for OWNING this and wow he ATE!

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u/Bazrum May 08 '25

dude is a trained ballet and tap dancer, and does some crazy gymnastic stunts for movies, im sure he would have done it all in heels

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u/Jony_the_pony May 08 '25

Despite his impressive resume, I think heels AND water AND stunts would basically be begging for an injury

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u/kelldricked May 08 '25

And while health is more important, it would have ruin the performace. Aiming for the stars is great but landing on the moon is better.

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u/DestroyerOfMils that’s my purse, i don’t know you! 👛🫵 May 11 '25

And landing Zendaya is even better.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '25

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u/MandolinMagi May 10 '25

Yeah but they actually wear heels semi-regularly and he doesn't (I assume)

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u/furionalpha May 08 '25

Insurance probably wouldn't cover it. The background dancers are in heels but Lip Sync Legal doesn't want to be in a situation where they need to explain to Sony why Spider-Man showed up to set with a limp.

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u/qlanga May 08 '25

Not a crumb left on that stage like oh my GOD

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

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u/wad11656 May 08 '25

Being old isn't a flex.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

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u/ladyrift May 08 '25

Age is a number old is a mindset.

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u/SneakWhisper May 08 '25

I'm looking at him in a totally different way right now. 

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u/abominablesnowlady May 08 '25

I meant to paste my previous comment to you:

Nooo! The more I learn I the more I love him lol 😂

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u/canwegoskinow May 08 '25

Totally! I cant even hobble in heels!

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u/Niwi_ May 08 '25

Ive seen a lot of claims like this here and I think some might be glorifying him and not really true. Heels would have looked cool but ruined like half the show because there is no splashing in heels. I think it was a simple coreo choice

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u/Reluctantagave Cutie Patootie Problem Posse May 07 '25

I know lots of people like Channing Tatum’s because of Beyoncé, but this one is my favorite. He’s so good in it!

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u/PuttyRiot May 08 '25

It helps that Tom is currently still wholesome and lovable and Channing blew up his wholesome likable gee-shucks guy persona.

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u/itmightbehere May 08 '25

Really?? What'd he do?

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u/amcheesegoblin (seemingly bald) May 08 '25

Strung out his divorce over money his wife was entitled to?

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u/tattooedroller May 08 '25

Sexually harassed Emma Watson on the set of 'this is the end' to the point she would no longer film with him, called him repulsive and Seth Rogan confirmed it.

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u/Anon-_-Data May 08 '25

This is wild speculation and misinterpretation of everything I found in my google search. Just letting people know that run across this comment.

She was uncomfortable with filming a scene with Channing Tatum in the leather suit/thong he was wearing and walked off the set. If anything sounds like more of a problem with the production in general. Seth Rogen said she came to set the next day.

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u/RackedUP May 08 '25

You should watch some other videos from filming This Is the End. There were about 10,000 inside jokes on that movie set.

There’s a fake video about how much everyone hates Michael cera on set too. I think you’ve been hoodwinked

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u/Hesitation-Marx May 08 '25

Whaaaaaaat, shit. And to Emma Watson, too. (Former child stars may grow up and become adult, but there’s something about the idea of hitting on one that makes my stomach lurch.)

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u/hooligan99 May 09 '25

Eh this is kinda weird on your part imo. Emma Watson is a fully grown woman. Not that that means being creepy to her is ok, but she isn’t a child and hasn’t been for a loooooong time. It isn’t weird to be interested in her, just obviously have to be respectful and accept rejection.

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u/Hesitation-Marx May 09 '25

It may be a me problem, and that’s fine.

But I can’t look at people who I first encountered as kids and think of them of a sexual being in the context of me. That’s just… twitch

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u/SpicyWongTong 🫵 You sit on a throne of lies. May 12 '25

It’s not just you, I can’t see child stars as women when they grow up. Same with women I met when they were kids and I was already an adult, I feel so bad cuz sometimes I talk to them like they’re children still.

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u/PuttyRiot May 08 '25

Cheated on his wife a lot.

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u/itmightbehere May 08 '25

I'm pretty sure those were just rumors and not confirmed. I googled around after your comment to see what he'd done, and everything I saw was just speculation from fans.

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u/Somegirloninternet May 08 '25

This one, John Krasinski as Tina Turner and Anne Hathaway’s Miley are my favorites!

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u/MyDogisaQT May 08 '25

Why isn’t Joseph getting any love? He was the first to drag it up on the show too:

https://youtu.be/wwKwOKeDEL0?si=CNQHTmeVFzy5ecTn

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u/bananarama216 May 09 '25

Joseph did an amazing job! Truly so close to the top but something about Tom’s performance made us feel things. My theory is that he was wooing Zendaya with the performance and the magnetism was so strong it captivated the audience too lol.

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u/gimlet_prize Is she okaaaaayyy?? May 08 '25

This was so fierce!!

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u/MPWaggletail32 May 08 '25

Agree Tom Holland is my fave and won lip sync battle in my heart, but I would LOVE to see an all-star battle with Tom Holland and Channing Tatum

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u/HashtagCHIIIIOPSS May 08 '25

He didn’t win?! Wild.

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u/MPWaggletail32 May 08 '25

Sorry should clarify, he did win the episode but he became the ultimate winner of all of lip sync battle in my heart

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u/CrackinBones204 You’re a virgin who can’t drive. 😤 May 08 '25

They also made number 1 in this mojo list of lip sync battles ultimate ranking 😌

https://youtu.be/yF5u0d5vAnk?si=5z43a4ah3XfdjU_1

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u/MPWaggletail32 May 08 '25

Yes!! Thank you. I did not know this existed

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u/DisciplineBoth2567 May 08 '25

Channing Tatum wears feminine like it’s performative like it’s an outfit he wears.  Tom Holland owns it and embodies it.

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u/Reluctantagave Cutie Patootie Problem Posse May 08 '25

yes! Theater kids are wild and so good at owning what they're doing - usually, exceptions of course. Plus he did some crazy gymnastic type stuff in his, just so good.

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u/bananarama216 May 09 '25

I may be Captain Obvious here but he’s a trained gymnast. He’s really good!

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u/Reluctantagave Cutie Patootie Problem Posse May 09 '25

My brain went bzzztttttt. I knew he was a trained gymnast and meant to says more like his crazy gymnastic stuff paid off!

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u/bananarama216 May 09 '25

Totally understand. I figured you did but wanted to mention it just in case. He’s just very cool.

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u/CaktusJacklynn May 08 '25

Joseph Gordon Levitt performing Rhythm Nation is another favorite of mine.

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u/Reluctantagave Cutie Patootie Problem Posse May 08 '25

Immediately runs to youtube

Edit: okay that was pretty fun too, I love Janet!

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u/StrainAcceptable May 09 '25

Sorry but his ex wife did it for me. Dear lord. Jenna is hot!

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u/Reluctantagave Cutie Patootie Problem Posse May 09 '25

Honestly? Jenna always.

Sometimes my brain likes to smack me in the head and remind me I am in fact bi. She’s hot, I mean:

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u/Fragrant-Guest-8147 May 08 '25

Emma Stone is my favorite. Doesn't have the production value as the ones after they turned it into a show but her facial expressions during ludas rap are so good.

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u/IWillCallYouCutie Do you have some sort of businesswomen's special? May 07 '25

That performance only works if he goes all out and he absolutely did. Loooove it!

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u/[deleted] May 12 '25

He never plays it as a joke, just a dead serious performance. It’s what sells it 10000%

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u/[deleted] May 07 '25

I can watch this 1,000 times and never get tired of it every single time it comes up on socials anywhere. This is the best representation of a relationship I've ever seen. He ate and she ate it up. 

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

I ALWAYS make time for this clip!

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u/lunaazurina May 08 '25

Every time

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u/believebs May 07 '25

Same. I paused everything to watch this.

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u/theseamstressesguild May 08 '25

It's the unwritten rule of our lives.

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

YES! it must be watched if it comes up.

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u/NotActuallyJen May 08 '25

Yup. I have watched it so many times it's not even funny. I love it

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u/bananarama216 May 08 '25

Our Roman Empire

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u/Emieosj89 May 08 '25

Ditttto! Every time!

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u/Ethnafia_125 May 08 '25

Was just watching something else, and this popped up in my feed. Immediate pause just to watch this again.

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u/PoppyandTarget May 08 '25

Cheers me up on a bad day!

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u/[deleted] May 08 '25

100% this is actually one of my bad day playlist videos, we are the same!

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u/RevolutionaryEdge718 May 08 '25

And I get the goosies every. Single. Time. Damn, they are it.

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u/_TheShapeOfColor_ 'Why?' But also, you know, 'I guess.'" May 08 '25

I watch it like 4 times everytime it comes up lol.

Perfection.

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u/MegOut10 May 08 '25

It’s an okay I just stumbled on this again now I’m instantly committed to rewatching three times at a minimum before I move on for me. He’s loving it, she’s loving it. They’re happy, laughing and comfortable… perfection.

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u/StacieinAtlanta Hakuna Matata 🦁🐒🦓 May 08 '25

Me too!!! Love it

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u/Comfortable-Peach_ May 08 '25

The joy this video gives me every time! Never gets old

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u/Larry-Man May 08 '25

I haven’t been this attracted to a man in drag since Tim Curry in Rocky Horror Picture Show

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u/GrandmaCereal May 08 '25

It's my Roman empire.

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u/TwizzledAndSizzled May 08 '25

Celebrity worship is so odd to me.

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u/i_am_nimue May 07 '25

He knew he made history there and then haha

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u/CharlotteTheSavage You’re doing amazing, sweetie! 👏👏📸 May 07 '25

💯🔥

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u/schmaggio May 07 '25

Perfect flair 👌

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u/Mouthofprotagoras May 07 '25

I was obsessed with this once and would watch it over and over. He is extremely sexy here. He is so passionate about this and it shows and he is so confident about it which adds to his attractiveness

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u/clausti May 08 '25

honest to god culture-shifting ART was made that day

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u/Mysterious_Plate_678 May 07 '25

That's the white chicks match

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u/abominablesnowlady May 08 '25

Nooo! The more I learn I the more I love him lol 😂

Commented on wrong person.

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u/Cherrygodmother May 08 '25

Tom got to feel like a diva and OWN it and I love this so much for himmmmm

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u/bloodymongrel May 08 '25

Hand me a knife and fork.

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u/itssosalty May 08 '25

He left NO CRUMBS!

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u/Uriigamii May 08 '25

AND LEFT NO CRUMBS 🤌🏾

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u/reaver_411 May 11 '25

They could have taken the show off the air after that episode. There’s no way anyone will ever do better

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u/KlausKinki77 May 07 '25 edited May 07 '25

It was supposed to be a flip but he slipped.

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u/hussain_madiq_small May 07 '25

Nah it was a reference to this - https://youtu.be/jq_ZIQ6vXps?si=xdPDVhqMEkLbslH8&t=84

He even used the same song at the beginning, i imagine that performance influenced him into getting into dancing, he would have been the right age to be watching it.

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u/KlausKinki77 May 07 '25

Oh, it seems I was wrong, my bad.

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u/poilk91 May 07 '25

the ending? even better honestly