{"id":696286,"date":"2026-07-17T08:10:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696286\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T08:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T08:10:22","slug":"erling-haaland-responds-to-tom-hollands-dinner-invite-after-norways-world-cup-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696286\/","title":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland Responds to Tom Holland&#8217;s Dinner Invite After Norway&#8217;s World Cup Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Erling Haaland finally accepted actor Tom Holland&#8217;s dinner invitation on social media after Norway&#8217;s 2026 FIFA World Cup run came to an end.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;Dinner invitation accepted @tomholland2013,&#8221; Haaland wrote in an <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DawiWRQuQ16\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram comment<\/a> on Wednesday (h\/t <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2026\/07\/16\/erling-haaland-responds-to-tom-holland\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">TMZ Sports<\/a>). &#8220;A little late. Just name the place!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Holland previously explained that he invited Haaland to dinner in a direct message after seeing him at Formula One&#8217;s Monaco Grand Prix, but didn&#8217;t receive a response.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">&#8220;That is exactly the type of humbling experience that is important for actors,&#8221; Holland said during a Monday <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/25454865-tom-holland-explains-erling-haaland-ignoring-his-dm-trending-video-jimmy-fallon\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">appearance<\/a> on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. &#8220;You&#8217;re like, &#8216;I&#8217;ll text him, I&#8217;ll take him to dinner.&#8217; Not even a response. Not an excuse. Not &#8216;I&#8217;m busy tonight, I&#8217;m playing football.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">Haaland <a class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-inherit MuiLink-root MuiLink-underlineAlways MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__ui__link__medium_strong css-lu48cp\" href=\"https:\/\/www.operationsports.com\/erling-haaland-ignored-a-dinner-message-from-tom-holland-in-monaco-saying-he-doesnt-watch-movies-and-didnt-know-who-he-was\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">also revealed<\/a> that he didn&#8217;t know who Holland was when he received the invitation, as he doesn&#8217;t watch many movies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MuiTypography-root MuiTypography-bp_small__body__article__medium css-1vqr2el\">The 25-year-old is coming off an impressive performance at the 2026 World Cup, finishing with seven goals in five matches while helping Norway reach the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland finally accepted actor Tom Holland&#8217;s dinner invitation on social media after Norway&#8217;s 2026 FIFA World Cup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696287,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-696286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696286"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696286\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}