Jacob Elordi, who co-stars with Zendaya on Euphoria, and the actress are currently enjoying a city break.
The 23-year-old former Disney star and her fellow Euphoria cast member were among the guests at Thursday’s 2020 American Australian Arts Awards dinner at New York City’s Skylight Modern. In attendance were performers from Australia, the country from which 22-year-old Elordi is originally.
The Australian Red Cross’s Australian Bushfire Relief Fund was another beneficiary of the event’s proceeds.
Zendaya sported a free-flowing cut-out dress for the evening, while Elordi sported an all-black suit adorned with a ring-full of accessories. Pictures of the two of them conversing show Elordi putting his hand on the Spider-Man actress’ shoulder.
In December, Elordi put an end to relationship rumours by stating that Zendaya is more like family, after previously being romantically linked to Joey King, his co-star on Kissing Booth.
“She’s like my sister,” Elordi told the GQ Australia at the time.
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Jacob Elordi and Zendaya. Janet Mayer/SplashNews.com
The actor continued to gush about Zendaya in the interview, also adding that the entire cast of the hit HBO drama became close while making the first season.
“Zendaya is an amazing creative, you know? She’s super dope to work with,” he said. “She’s an incredible artist and a very caring person to all of us.”
He added: “But we’re all really close. There is not one weak link in that show. We’ve spent so much time together and everyone is just so cool to work with.”
Elordi and King, who dated for a year before splitting in 2018, found filming the sequel to their Netflix high school rom-com to be a smooth process.
“It was crazy. It was a wild experience. But honestly, it was a really beautiful time because I learned a lot about myself and I grew as an actor,” King said on the podcast Mood with Lauren Elizabeth in October. “I grew as a person on this.”
Zendaya, Jacob Elordi. FilmMagic
Zendaya gave dating advise to her fans in a 2017 video series, advising them to “follow your gut” when they feel a connection with someone.
“I’m so anti being in a committed relationship when you’re young and people are learning and growing, because when people are young they make bad decisions sometimes because they don’t know any better,” she said at the time. “It doesn’t mean they don’t know the difference between right and wrong, it just means that they’re still in the experimental phase in their life where they haven’t made the right decisions yet.”
She added: “I would say follow your gut — if you feel it, it’s probably happening. If you feel like you can’t trust somebody or you feel whatever, then you shouldn’t be in a relationship with them.”