Sherri Shepherd calls out 'horny' audience members thirsting over shirtless Tom Holland

A day after it was widely reported that Tom Holland and Zendaya are engaged, Sherri host Sherri Shepherd jokingly chastised her audience for thirsting over him.

When she mentioned the happy couple's news to her audience, she flashed photos of his racy photos in the new issue of Men's Health. The ones that have sent the internet swooning, depicting him shirtless and sweaty.

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As Shepherd talked about what she called the Crowded Room star's "16-pack" abs, she stopped to put the audience in check.

"Look at y'all horny people in the back," she said. "I know!"

See the moment at about 2:17 in the video below.

Shepherd had commented directly on his assets before that, saying Holland's abs were "perfectly symmetrical." She added that he has "veins popping out of his arms," which she is a fan of. "And let me tell you, one thing that gets me is a good vein. I like a good vein."

More seriously, but just as enthusiastically, the former View co-host said that she's happy for the couple, who costarred in Holland's Spider-Man movies, in which she played his MJ. The stars began dating about four years ago.

For the talk show host, part of why the relationship is a good one because of the way he keeps aggressive photographers from the Challengers star when they go on a date.

"It's pretty much drama free," Shepherd said, "except when they try to go to a restaurant and Tom has to push the paparazzi out the way to protect his girl."

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She showed a clip of him "pushing everybody out the way, pulling her," and cracked, "He got that short man anger." (Holland is 5 feet 8 inches tall, according to PEOPLE.)

The footage was from a night in New York City in October when Holland insisted fans and photographers give Zendaya room, after they mobbed her, as they were leaving a party.

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While the couple are very public people, they have attempted to keep their relationship as private as possible.

"The equal sentiment [we both share] is just that when you really love and care about somebody, some moments or things, you wish were your own," Zendaya told GQ in November 2021.

Shepherd joked that, as a wedding gift, she would send them a product she had whipped up called Zenday-Away, for when they face similar situations in the future.

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