{"id":696921,"date":"2026-07-17T16:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696921\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T16:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T16:28:20","slug":"erling-haaland-finally-responds-to-tom-hollands-dinner-invitation-after-humbling-spider-man-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/696921\/","title":{"rendered":"Erling Haaland finally responds to Tom Holland\u2019s dinner invitation after \u2018humbling\u2019 Spider-Man star"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Erling Haaland will meet Spider-Man after all.<\/p>\n

The Norwegian football star<\/a> has finally responded to the Marvel superhero actor after Holland revealed that Haaland left his dinner invitation on read.<\/a><\/p>\n

Holland \u2014 who is currently on the promotional trail for Christopher Nolan\u2019s blockbuster adaptation of The Odyssey<\/a> \u2014 told the story on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Monday.<\/p>\n

Holland said he messaged the Manchester City striker after spotting him in a nearby hospitality suite at the Monaco Grand Prix last month, explaining: \u201cAnd I just thought I\u2019d shoot my shot, sent him a text. I never imagined I\u2019d talk about it on live television, but here we are!\u201d<\/p>\n

He told Fallon: \u201cThat is the exact type of humbling experience that is important for actors.<\/p>\n

\"ErlingErling Haaland (left) has finally accepted Tom Holland\u2019s invitation to dinner after blanking the Spider-Man actor\u2019s DM (Getty)<\/p>\n

\u201cLike, \u2018I\u2019ll text him, I\u2019ll take him for dinner\u2019. Not even a response. Not an excuse, not \u2018I\u2019m busy tonight, I\u2019m playing football\u2019. Nada.\u201d<\/p>\n

When Fallon asked if the invitation was still open, Holland referenced England\u2019s World Cup quarter-final win over Norway<\/a>, joking: \u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019d have dinner with me after the other day.\u201d<\/p>\n

However, after The Tonight Show shared a clip of Holland telling his story, the soccer star finally responded.<\/p>\n

\u201cDinner invitation accepted @tomholland2013,\u201d Haaland commented on the post. \u201cA little late\u2026 Just name the place!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"HaalandHaaland scored seven goals for his home nation during their incredible run in the 2026 World Cup (Reuters)\"HollandHolland plays Telemachus in Christopher Nolan\u2019s epic film \u2018The Odyssey\u2019 (Universal Pictures)<\/p>\n

Haaland previously revealed his side of the story during an appearance on the Norwegian version of The Assembly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a bit embarrassing, to be completely honest,\u201d he said. \u201cWe were in Monaco at the Formula 1, and then I got a message. I don\u2019t watch movies much, so I have no idea who people are.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was one asking if we could go out for dinner, but I\u2019d never seen him, so I didn\u2019t bother to answer. I didn\u2019t want to answer an unknown person.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Manchester City forward has been one of the most talked-about players at this summer\u2019s World Cup, which was Norway\u2019s first in 28 years.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old scored seven goals for his home nation during their incredible run in the tournament \u2013 which was brought to an end by England.<\/p>\n

Holland, meanwhile, has spoken publicly about being a lifelong Spurs fan and has attended numerous matches at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London, making a potential friendship with Haaland all the more surprising.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[6491,96,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-696921","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\/696921","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=696921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}